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Wythe County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 68 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51197

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

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Population
27,983
-341 (-1.2%) since 2020
Land area
462
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
60.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Wytheville
Seat of county government.
Established
1790
235 years ago
Largest city
Wytheville town
Population 8,128.

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 Wythe 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 Wythe 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 527 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 Wythe 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
Population27,98368th of 1331,511th of 3,144
Land area462 sq mi34th of 1332,223rd of 3,144
Population density60.6 per sq mi95th of 1331,297th of 3,144
Median household income$57,74598th of 1332,284th of 3,143

Full data for Wythe County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population27,983Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202028,324Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?28,292Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area462 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area464.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?60.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,745American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$171,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households12,533American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units14,030American 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
-192
264 births, 456 deaths
Net migration
+127
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 5 areas bordering Wythe 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
Bland CountyVirginia31 mi6,151
Carroll CountyVirginia18 mi29,299
Pulaski CountyVirginia18 mi33,586
Grayson CountyVirginia16 mi15,230
Smyth CountyVirginia15 mi28,882

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.