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Rockingham County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 24 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51165

Within Virginia
Rockingham 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
89,316
+5,536 (+6.6%) since 2020
Land area
849.8
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
105
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Harrisonburg
Seat of county government.
Established
1778
247 years ago
Largest city
Bridgewater town
Population 6,924.

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 Rockingham 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 Rockingham 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 727 by 800 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 Rockingham 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
Population89,31624th of 133673rd of 3,144
Land area849.8 sq mi3rd of 133981st of 3,144
Population density105 per sq mi68th of 133867th of 3,144
Median household income$80,69348th of 133553rd of 3,143

Full data for Rockingham County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population89,316Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202083,780Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?83,769Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area849.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area853.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?105 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$80,693American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$313,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households32,686American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units36,550American 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
-56
869 births, 925 deaths
Net migration
+1,059
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 8 areas bordering Rockingham 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
Augusta CountyVirginia32 mi78,940
Pendleton CountyWest Virginia25 mi5,826
Harrisonburg cityVirginia23 mi50,839
Page CountyVirginia23 mi23,762
Hardy CountyWest Virginia18 mi14,337
Greene CountyVirginia17 mi21,958
Shenandoah CountyVirginia16 mi45,839
Albemarle CountyVirginia9.5 mi118,356

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.