Data / Rankings / Diagnosed diabetes in adults, local model estimate / Counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia by diagnosed diabetes in adults, local model estimate

Emporia city had the highest diagnosed diabetes in adults, local model estimate of 133 counties in 2021, at 20.7%. Arlington County had the lowest, at 7%. The median was 12.7%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest20.7Emporia city
Lowest7Arlington County
Median12.7133 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Accomack County: 16.6 %Albemarle County: 9.3 %Alleghany County: 14 %Amelia County: 14.5 %Amherst County: 13.3 %Appomattox County: 13.3 %Arlington County: 7 %Augusta County: 12 %Bath County: 16.3 %Bedford County: 11.5 %Bland County: 12.7 %Botetourt County: 11.6 %Brunswick County: 16.9 %Buchanan County: 16.3 %Buckingham County: 15.6 %Campbell County: 12.6 %Caroline County: 12.4 %Carroll County: 14.2 %Charles City County: 18 %Charlotte County: 16.2 %Chesterfield County: 10.6 %Clarke County: 11.5 %Craig County: 12.7 %Culpeper County: 11.5 %Cumberland County: 13.9 %Dickenson County: 15.5 %Dinwiddie County: 13.4 %Essex County: 17.1 %Fairfax County: 9.1 %Fauquier County: 10 %Floyd County: 12.5 %Fluvanna County: 10.7 %Franklin County: 13.3 %Frederick County: 10.8 %Giles County: 12.5 %Gloucester County: 11.5 %Goochland County: 11 %Grayson County: 15 %Greene County: 11.1 %Greensville County: 15.4 %Halifax County: 17.1 %Hanover County: 10 %Henrico County: 11.7 %Henry County: 17 %Highland County: 14.6 %Isle of Wight County: 12.8 %James City County: 11.4 %King and Queen County: 15.2 %King George County: 10.5 %King William County: 11.3 %Lancaster County: 15.9 %Lee County: 15.7 %Loudoun County: 8.5 %Louisa County: 12.9 %Lunenburg County: 17 %Madison County: 13.3 %Mathews County: 14 %Mecklenburg County: 16.7 %Middlesex County: 14.8 %Montgomery County: 8.6 %Nelson County: 14 %New Kent County: 10.3 %Northampton County: 16.4 %Northumberland County: 16 %Nottoway County: 15.5 %Orange County: 11.9 %Page County: 13 %Patrick County: 14 %Pittsylvania County: 16.5 %Powhatan County: 10.5 %Prince Edward County: 12.4 %Prince George County: 12.1 %Prince William County: 10.1 %Pulaski County: 12.7 %Rappahannock County: 12.4 %Richmond County: 14.7 %Roanoke County: 10.6 %Rockbridge County: 12.6 %Rockingham County: 11.5 %Russell County: 14.4 %Scott County: 14.4 %Shenandoah County: 12.6 %Smyth County: 13.9 %Southampton County: 14.3 %Spotsylvania County: 10.6 %Stafford County: 9.4 %Surry County: 17.2 %Sussex County: 14.4 %Tazewell County: 14.2 %Warren County: 11.2 %Washington County: 12.3 %Westmoreland County: 16.1 %Wise County: 13.1 %Wythe County: 13 %York County: 9.7 %Alexandria city: 9 %Bristol city: 13.5 %Buena Vista city: 12.8 %Charlottesville city: 9.6 %Chesapeake city: 11.5 %Colonial Heights city: 11.1 %Covington city: 14.4 %Danville city: 17.8 %Emporia city: 20.7 %Fairfax city: 9.9 %Falls Church city: 7.9 %Franklin city: 17.6 %Fredericksburg city: 9.1 %Galax city: 14.2 %Hampton city: 13.4 %Harrisonburg city: 9.4 %Hopewell city: 16.2 %Lexington city: 7.4 %Lynchburg city: 10.1 %Manassas city: 10.8 %Manassas Park city: 11.3 %Martinsville city: 17.2 %Newport News city: 13.2 %Norfolk city: 10.8 %Norton city: 13.8 %Petersburg city: 18.6 %Poquoson city: 9.5 %Portsmouth city: 15.3 %Radford city: 8.6 %Richmond city: 12 %Roanoke city: 13.7 %Salem city: 10.4 %Staunton city: 11.7 %Suffolk city: 12.2 %Virginia Beach city: 10.3 %Waynesboro city: 12.5 %Williamsburg city: 9 %Winchester city: 11.3 %
  • Under 10
  • 10 to 12
  • 12 to 13
  • 13 to 14
  • 14 to 16
  • 16 and over
%, 2021. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), diagnosed diabetes in adults, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

Emporia city: 20.7 %Emporia city20.7Petersburg city: 18.6 %Petersburg city18.6Charles City County: 18 %Charles City County18Danville city: 17.8 %Danville city17.8Franklin city: 17.6 %Franklin city17.6Martinsville city: 17.2 %Martinsville city17.2Surry County: 17.2 %Surry County17.2Essex County: 17.1 %Essex County17.1Halifax County: 17.1 %Halifax County17.1Henry County: 17 %Henry County17Lunenburg County: 17 %Lunenburg County17Brunswick County: 16.9 %Brunswick County16.9Mecklenburg County: 16.7 %Mecklenburg County16.7Accomack County: 16.6 %Accomack County16.6Pittsylvania County: 16.5 %Pittsylvania County16.5Northampton County: 16.4 %Northampton County16.4Bath County: 16.3 %Bath County16.3Buchanan County: 16.3 %Buchanan County16.3Charlotte County: 16.2 %Charlotte County16.2Hopewell city: 16.2 %Hopewell city16.2Westmoreland County: 16.1 %Westmoreland County16.1Northumberland County: 16 %Northumberland County16Lancaster County: 15.9 %Lancaster County15.9Lee County: 15.7 %Lee County15.7Buckingham County: 15.6 %Buckingham County15.6Dickenson County: 15.5 %Dickenson County15.5Nottoway County: 15.5 %Nottoway County15.5Greensville County: 15.4 %Greensville County15.4Portsmouth city: 15.3 %Portsmouth city15.3King and Queen County: 15.2 %King and Queen County15.2Grayson County: 15 %Grayson County15Middlesex County: 14.8 %Middlesex County14.8Richmond County: 14.7 %Richmond County14.7Highland County: 14.6 %Highland County14.6Amelia County: 14.5 %Amelia County14.5Covington city: 14.4 %Covington city14.4Russell County: 14.4 %Russell County14.4Scott County: 14.4 %Scott County14.4Sussex County: 14.4 %Sussex County14.4Southampton County: 14.3 %Southampton County14.3Emporia city: 20.7 %Emporia city20.7Petersburg city: 18.6 %Petersburg city18.6Charles City County: 18 %Charles City County18Danville city: 17.8 %Danville city17.8Franklin city: 17.6 %Franklin city17.6Martinsville city: 17.2 %Martinsville city17.2Surry County: 17.2 %Surry County17.2Essex County: 17.1 %Essex County17.1Halifax County: 17.1 %Halifax County17.1Henry County: 17 %Henry County17Lunenburg County: 17 %Lunenburg County17Brunswick County: 16.9 %Brunswick County16.9Mecklenburg County: 16.7 %Mecklenburg County16.7Accomack County: 16.6 %Accomack County16.6Pittsylvania County: 16.5 %Pittsylvania County16.5Northampton County: 16.4 %Northampton County16.4Bath County: 16.3 %Bath County16.3Buchanan County: 16.3 %Buchanan County16.3Charlotte County: 16.2 %Charlotte County16.2Hopewell city: 16.2 %Hopewell city16.2Westmoreland County: 16.1 %Westmoreland County16.1Northumberland County: 16 %Northumberland County16Lancaster County: 15.9 %Lancaster County15.9Lee County: 15.7 %Lee County15.7Buckingham County: 15.6 %Buckingham County15.6Dickenson County: 15.5 %Dickenson County15.5Nottoway County: 15.5 %Nottoway County15.5Greensville County: 15.4 %Greensville County15.4Portsmouth city: 15.3 %Portsmouth city15.3King and Queen County: 15.2 %King and Queen County15.2Grayson County: 15 %Grayson County15Middlesex County: 14.8 %Middlesex County14.8Richmond County: 14.7 %Richmond County14.7Highland County: 14.6 %Highland County14.6Amelia County: 14.5 %Amelia County14.5Covington city: 14.4 %Covington city14.4Russell County: 14.4 %Russell County14.4Scott County: 14.4 %Scott County14.4Sussex County: 14.4 %Sussex County14.4Southampton County: 14.3 %Southampton County14.3
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), diagnosed diabetes in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Emporia city20.7
2Petersburg city18.6
3Charles City County18
4Danville city17.8
5Franklin city17.6
6Martinsville city17.2
6Surry County17.2
8Essex County17.1
8Halifax County17.1
10Henry County17
10Lunenburg County17
12Brunswick County16.9
13Mecklenburg County16.7
14Accomack County16.6
15Pittsylvania County16.5
16Northampton County16.4
17Bath County16.3
17Buchanan County16.3
19Charlotte County16.2
19Hopewell city16.2
21Westmoreland County16.1
22Northumberland County16
23Lancaster County15.9
24Lee County15.7
25Buckingham County15.6
26Dickenson County15.5
26Nottoway County15.5
28Greensville County15.4
29Portsmouth city15.3
30King and Queen County15.2
31Grayson County15
32Middlesex County14.8
33Richmond County14.7
34Highland County14.6
35Amelia County14.5
36Covington city14.4
36Russell County14.4
36Scott County14.4
36Sussex County14.4
40Southampton County14.3
41Carroll County14.2
41Galax city14.2
41Tazewell County14.2
44Alleghany County14
44Mathews County14
44Nelson County14
44Patrick County14
48Cumberland County13.9
48Smyth County13.9
50Norton city13.8
51Roanoke city13.7
52Bristol city13.5
53Dinwiddie County13.4
53Hampton city13.4
55Amherst County13.3
55Appomattox County13.3
55Franklin County13.3
55Madison County13.3
59Newport News city13.2
60Wise County13.1
61Page County13
61Wythe County13
63Louisa County12.9
64Buena Vista city12.8
64Isle of Wight County12.8
66Bland County12.7
66Craig County12.7
66Pulaski County12.7
69Campbell County12.6
69Rockbridge County12.6
69Shenandoah County12.6
72Floyd County12.5
72Giles County12.5
72Waynesboro city12.5
75Caroline County12.4
75Prince Edward County12.4
75Rappahannock County12.4
78Washington County12.3
79Suffolk city12.2
80Prince George County12.1
81Augusta County12
81Richmond city12
83Orange County11.9
84Henrico County11.7
84Staunton city11.7
86Botetourt County11.6
87Bedford County11.5
87Chesapeake city11.5
87Clarke County11.5
87Culpeper County11.5
87Gloucester County11.5
87Rockingham County11.5
93James City County11.4
94King William County11.3
94Manassas Park city11.3
94Winchester city11.3
97Warren County11.2
98Colonial Heights city11.1
98Greene County11.1
100Goochland County11
101Frederick County10.8
101Manassas city10.8
101Norfolk city10.8
104Fluvanna County10.7
105Chesterfield County10.6
105Roanoke County10.6
105Spotsylvania County10.6
108King George County10.5
108Powhatan County10.5
110Salem city10.4
111New Kent County10.3
111Virginia Beach city10.3
113Lynchburg city10.1
113Prince William County10.1
115Fauquier County10
115Hanover County10
117Fairfax city9.9
118York County9.7
119Charlottesville city9.6
120Poquoson city9.5
121Harrisonburg city9.4
121Stafford County9.4
123Albemarle County9.3
124Fairfax County9.1
124Fredericksburg city9.1
126Alexandria city9
126Williamsburg city9
128Montgomery County8.6
128Radford city8.6
130Loudoun County8.5
131Falls Church city7.9
132Lexington city7.4
133Arlington County7

Other periods

About this ranking

Percentage of adults who report being told by a doctor or other health professional that they have diabetes, other than diabetes only during pregnancy. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), diagnosed diabetes in adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), diagnosed diabetes in adults, crude prevalence (Counties in Virginia by diagnosed diabetes in adults, local model estimate, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

MLA 9

PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), diagnosed diabetes in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Virginia by diagnosed diabetes in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-diabetes-rate-county-estimate/virginia-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), diagnosed diabetes in adults, crude prevalence. Counties in Virginia by diagnosed diabetes in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-diabetes-rate-county-estimate/virginia-counties?period=2021.

Harvard

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), diagnosed diabetes in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Virginia by diagnosed diabetes in adults, local model estimate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-diabetes-rate-county-estimate/virginia-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{centers_counties_in_virginia_by_2021,
  author = {{Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}},
  title = {{PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), diagnosed diabetes in adults, crude prevalence: Counties in Virginia by diagnosed diabetes in adults, local model estimate, 2021}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.cdc.gov/places/},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-diabetes-rate-county-estimate/virginia-counties?period=2021. Publisher attribution: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), diagnosed diabetes in adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
TI  - PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), diagnosed diabetes in adults, crude prevalence: Counties in Virginia by diagnosed diabetes in adults, local model estimate, 2021
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/12/04
PB  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www.cdc.gov/places/
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-diabetes-rate-county-estimate/virginia-counties?period=2021
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-diabetes-rate-county-estimate/virginia-counties?period=2021.
N1  - Publisher attribution: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), diagnosed diabetes in adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Counties in Virginia by diagnosed diabetes in adults, local model estimate using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"adult_diabetes_rate_modelled","level":"province","within":"Virginia","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=adult_diabetes_rate_modelled&level=province&within=Virginia&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which county has the highest diagnosed diabetes in adults, local model estimate?

Emporia city, with 20.7% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest diagnosed diabetes in adults, local model estimate?

Arlington County, with 7% in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), diagnosed diabetes in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Diagnosed diabetes in adults, local model estimate: other rankings

Counties in Virginia: more rankings