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Virginia counties and cities by year of establishment. The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes, totaling 133 second-level subdivisions. In Virginia, cities are co-equal levels of government to counties, but towns are part of counties.
The 19 United States statistical areas, 95 counties and 38 independent cities of the State of Virginia [a]; Combined statistical area [1] 2023 population (est.) [3] Core-based statistical area [1]
The demographics of Virginia are the various elements used to describe the population of the Commonwealth of Virginia and are studied by various government and non-government organizations. Virginia is the 12th-most populous state in the United States with over 8 million residents [2] and is the 35th largest in area. [3]
Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia.With a population of 1,150,309 as of the 2020 census, [1] it is the most populous county in Virginia, the most populous jurisdiction in the Washington metropolitan area, and the most populous location in the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.
Northern Virginia, locally referred to as NOVA or NoVA, comprises several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The region radiates westward and southward from Washington, D.C., the nation's capital, and has a population of 3,257,133 people as of 2023 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, representing over a third of the state's total population.
The OMB defines the area as comprising 17 county-level jurisdictions, including the independent cities of Richmond, Petersburg, Hopewell, and Colonial Heights. [3] As of 2020, it had a population of 1,314,434, making it the 44th largest MSA in the country. The Greater Richmond Region is located in the central part of Virginia.
Loudoun County (/ ˈ l aʊ d ən /) is in the northern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. In 2020, the census returned a population of 420,959, [3] making it Virginia's third-most populous county.
As of the 2020 census, the population was 364,548 [2] making it the fourth-most populous county in Virginia (behind Fairfax, Prince William, and Loudoun, respectively). Chesterfield County is part of the Greater Richmond Region , and the county refers to much of the northern portion as " North Chesterfield ".