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Washington County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 35 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51191

Within Virginia
Washington County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Abingdon, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
53,898
-12 (0%) since 2020
Land area
561.2
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
96.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Abingdon
Seat of county government.
Established
1776
249 years ago
Largest city
Abingdon town
Population 8,284.

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 Washington 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 Washington 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 497 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 Washington 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
Population53,89835th of 133967th of 3,144
Land area561.2 sq mi14th of 1331,844th of 3,144
Population density96.0 per sq mi73rd of 133941st of 3,144
Median household income$64,55279th of 1331,668th of 3,143

Full data for Washington County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population53,898Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202053,910Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?53,946Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area561.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area566.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?96.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$64,552American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$214,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households22,112American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units25,570American 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
-380
452 births, 832 deaths
Net migration
+161
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 7 areas bordering Washington 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
Russell CountyVirginia38 mi25,332
Bristol cityVirginia26 mi16,418
Smyth CountyVirginia25 mi28,882
Sullivan CountyTennessee22 mi163,759
Johnson CountyTennessee10 mi18,718
Scott CountyVirginia8.1 mi21,200
Grayson CountyVirginia3.9 mi15,230

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.