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Henry County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 37 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51089

Within Virginia
Henry County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
49,242
-1,603 (-3.2%) since 2020
Land area
382.4
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
129
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Martinsville
Seat of county government.
Established
1777
248 years ago
Largest city
Ridgeway town
Population 732.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Henry County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Henry County, Virginia from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 701 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Henry County ranks

Position among the 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn VirginiaNationally
Population49,24237th of 1331,022nd of 3,144
Land area382.4 sq mi49th of 1332,593rd of 3,144
Population density129 per sq mi62nd of 133762nd of 3,144
Median household income$50,760118th of 1332,727th of 3,143

Full data for Henry County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population49,242Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202050,845Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?50,939Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area382.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area384.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?129 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$50,760American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$134,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households21,043American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units25,404American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-429
379 births, 808 deaths
Net migration
+146
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Henry County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Franklin CountyVirginia32 mi55,526
Pittsylvania CountyVirginia22 mi59,490
Patrick CountyVirginia22 mi17,424
Martinsville cityVirginia18 mi13,849
Rockingham CountyNorth Carolina17 mi94,195
Stokes CountyNorth Carolina1.5 mi46,126

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.