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York County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 30 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51199

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

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Population
71,374
+1,138 (+1.6%) since 2020
Land area
104.7
square miles. A further 51.3% of the total area is water
Population density
682
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Yorktown
Seat of county government.
Established
1634
391 years ago
Largest city
Not available
No incorporated place lies within this county.

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 York 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 York 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 787 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 York 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
Population71,37430th of 133778th of 3,144
Land area104.7 sq mi96th of 1333,084th of 3,144
Population density682 per sq mi43rd of 133217th of 3,144
Median household income$109,95620th of 133100th of 3,143

Full data for York County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population71,374Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202070,236Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?70,054Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area104.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area110.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area215 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?682 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$109,956American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$433,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households26,968American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units28,506American 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
0
566 births, 566 deaths
Net migration
+41
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 York 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
Gloucester CountyVirginia25 mi40,097
James City CountyVirginia21 mi83,326
Poquoson cityVirginia21 mi13,292
Newport News cityVirginia14 mi183,230
Mathews CountyVirginia9.3 mi8,529
Williamsburg cityVirginia7.1 mi15,861
Northampton CountyVirginia6.2 mi11,879
Hampton cityVirginia5.3 mi137,315

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.