Counties in Virginia by birth rate (July to June)
Fairfax city had the highest birth rate (July to June) of 133 counties in 2022, at 23.66 per 1,000 inhabitants. Manassas Park city had the lowest, at 2.43 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 9.91 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Virginia was 11.04 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2022
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2022 | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairfax city Estimated | 23.66 | +0.05 pts |
| 2 | Petersburg city Estimated | 22.14 | -0.09 pts |
| 3 | Franklin city Estimated | 18.78 | -1.96 pts |
| 4 | Martinsville city Estimated | 18.53 | -0.79 pts |
| 5 | Galax city Estimated | 16.9 | +0.89 pts |
| 6 | Manassas city Estimated | 16.02 | -0.27 pts |
| 7 | Covington city Estimated | 15.8 | +0.45 pts |
| 8 | Lexington city Estimated | 15.38 | +0.35 pts |
| 9 | Lynchburg city Estimated | 15.17 | -0.43 pts |
| 10 | Colonial Heights city Estimated | 14.54 | -0.14 pts |
| 11 | Waynesboro city Estimated | 14.28 | -1.84 pts |
| 12 | Hopewell city Estimated | 14.06 | +0.83 pts |
| 13 | Alexandria city Estimated | 14.03 | -0.48 pts |
| 14 | Staunton city Estimated | 13.79 | -0.42 pts |
| 15 | Roanoke city Estimated | 13.55 | +0.3 pts |
| 16 | Portsmouth city Estimated | 13.42 | -0.62 pts |
| 17 | Newport News city Estimated | 13.42 | -0.5 pts |
| 18 | Winchester city Estimated | 13.31 | +0.87 pts |
| 19 | Salem city Estimated | 13.31 | +1.85 pts |
| 20 | Norfolk city Estimated | 13.23 | +0.21 pts |
| 21 | Richmond city Estimated | 13.07 | +0.42 pts |
| 22 | Prince William County Estimated | 13.06 | +0.39 pts |
| 23 | King William County Estimated | 12.73 | +0.12 pts |
| 24 | Suffolk city Estimated | 12.7 | +0.64 pts |
| 25 | Bath County Estimated | 12.49 | +3.07 pts |
| 26 | Warren County Estimated | 12.45 | +1.93 pts |
| 27 | Buena Vista city Estimated | 12.45 | -1.91 pts |
| 28 | Danville city Estimated | 12.42 | +1.54 pts |
| 29 | Emporia city Estimated | 12.19 | +0.01 pts |
| 30 | Orange County Estimated | 12.18 | +0.28 pts |
| 31 | Charlotte County Estimated | 12.13 | -0.81 pts |
| 32 | Fredericksburg city Estimated | 12.07 | -2.17 pts |
| 33 | Harrisonburg city Estimated | 11.91 | +0.78 pts |
| 34 | Culpeper County Estimated | 11.79 | -0.79 pts |
| 35 | Hampton city Estimated | 11.76 | -0.14 pts |
| 36 | New Kent County Estimated | 11.61 | +1.37 pts |
| 37 | Nottoway County Estimated | 11.56 | +1.95 pts |
| 38 | Charlottesville city Estimated | 11.56 | -1.29 pts |
| 39 | Chesapeake city Estimated | 11.45 | -0.18 pts |
| 40 | Virginia Beach city Estimated | 11.44 | -0.1 pts |
| 41 | Highland County Estimated | 11.43 | +7.42 pts |
| 42 | Stafford County Estimated | 11.34 | +0.49 pts |
| 43 | Caroline County Estimated | 11.33 | +0.35 pts |
| 44 | Loudoun County Estimated | 11.31 | -0.01 pts |
| 45 | Appomattox County Estimated | 11.24 | -1.23 pts |
| 46 | Essex County Estimated | 11.22 | +0.07 pts |
| 47 | Spotsylvania County Estimated | 11.17 | +0.55 pts |
| 48 | Henrico County Estimated | 11.11 | +0.43 pts |
| 49 | Falls Church city Estimated | 11.09 | +0.47 pts |
| 50 | Chesterfield County Estimated | 11.03 | +0.33 pts |
| 51 | Fairfax County Estimated | 10.92 | +0.14 pts |
| 52 | Arlington County Estimated | 10.92 | +0.78 pts |
| 53 | Rockingham County Estimated | 10.8 | +0.59 pts |
| 54 | King George County Estimated | 10.68 | -0.72 pts |
| 55 | Louisa County Estimated | 10.63 | -0.57 pts |
| 56 | Wythe County Estimated | 10.61 | +1.52 pts |
| 57 | Greene County Estimated | 10.52 | -1.16 pts |
| 58 | Norton city Estimated | 10.52 | +0.94 pts |
| 59 | Amelia County Estimated | 10.47 | +0.69 pts |
| 60 | Fauquier County Estimated | 10.47 | +0.9 pts |
| 61 | Russell County Estimated | 10.27 | +0.88 pts |
| 62 | Amherst County Estimated | 10.01 | -0 pts |
| 63 | James City County Estimated | 10.01 | +0.29 pts |
| 64 | Accomack County Estimated | 9.99 | -0.24 pts |
| 65 | Shenandoah County Estimated | 9.94 | -1.37 pts |
| 66 | Hanover County Estimated | 9.94 | +1.13 pts |
| 67 | Clarke County Estimated | 9.91 | +0.37 pts |
| 68 | Poquoson city Estimated | 9.9 | -0.46 pts |
| 69 | Nelson County Estimated | 9.89 | -0.46 pts |
| 70 | Frederick County Estimated | 9.86 | -0.09 pts |
| 71 | Surry County Estimated | 9.82 | -0.12 pts |
| 72 | Mecklenburg County Estimated | 9.76 | +0.23 pts |
| 73 | Middlesex County Estimated | 9.75 | +1.34 pts |
| 74 | Gloucester County Estimated | 9.73 | +0.08 pts |
| 75 | Isle of Wight County Estimated | 9.71 | -0.23 pts |
| 76 | Lunenburg County Estimated | 9.66 | -0.44 pts |
| 77 | Craig County Estimated | 9.65 | +0.43 pts |
| 78 | Giles County Estimated | 9.63 | +0.64 pts |
| 79 | Franklin County Estimated | 9.63 | +0.7 pts |
| 80 | Prince Edward County Estimated | 9.42 | -0.08 pts |
| 81 | Halifax County Estimated | 9.38 | -0.93 pts |
| 82 | Madison County Estimated | 9.37 | -0.26 pts |
| 83 | Page County Estimated | 9.16 | +0.07 pts |
| 84 | Albemarle County Estimated | 9.13 | 0 pts |
| 85 | Wise County Estimated | 9.09 | +0.2 pts |
| 86 | Prince George County Estimated | 9.04 | +0.67 pts |
| 87 | Cumberland County Estimated | 9.04 | +1.2 pts |
| 88 | Smyth County Estimated | 8.98 | -0.55 pts |
| 89 | Buchanan County Estimated | 8.98 | +1.45 pts |
| 90 | Pulaski County Estimated | 8.83 | +0.05 pts |
| 91 | Fluvanna County Estimated | 8.83 | -0.97 pts |
| 92 | Westmoreland County Estimated | 8.8 | -0.69 pts |
| 93 | Richmond County Estimated | 8.8 | -2.86 pts |
| 94 | Powhatan County Estimated | 8.75 | -0.68 pts |
| 95 | York County Estimated | 8.67 | +0.34 pts |
| 96 | Dickenson County Estimated | 8.63 | +0.61 pts |
| 97 | Bedford County Estimated | 8.4 | +0.49 pts |
| 98 | King and Queen County Estimated | 8.37 | -0.08 pts |
| 99 | Carroll County Estimated | 8.32 | +0.14 pts |
| 100 | Sussex County Estimated | 8.28 | +0.24 pts |
| 101 | Tazewell County Estimated | 8.24 | +0.75 pts |
| 102 | Floyd County Estimated | 8.16 | +0.03 pts |
| 103 | Bristol city Estimated | 8.06 | -1.12 pts |
| 104 | Northampton County Estimated | 7.99 | -0.41 pts |
| 105 | Washington County Estimated | 7.9 | -0.76 pts |
| 106 | Radford city Estimated | 7.89 | -1.37 pts |
| 107 | Botetourt County Estimated | 7.75 | +0.69 pts |
| 108 | Roanoke County Estimated | 7.72 | +0.33 pts |
| 109 | Goochland County Estimated | 7.65 | -0.01 pts |
| 110 | Mathews County Estimated | 7.64 | +0.73 pts |
| 111 | Henry County Estimated | 7.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 112 | Brunswick County Estimated | 7.42 | -1.58 pts |
| 113 | Greensville County Estimated | 7.33 | -1.35 pts |
| 114 | Campbell County Estimated | 7.32 | +0.78 pts |
| 115 | Pittsylvania County Estimated | 7.29 | -0.09 pts |
| 116 | Scott County Estimated | 7.26 | -0.45 pts |
| 117 | Lee County Estimated | 7.02 | -1.77 pts |
| 118 | Lancaster County Estimated | 6.98 | -0.07 pts |
| 119 | Bland County Estimated | 6.97 | +1.02 pts |
| 120 | Patrick County Estimated | 6.93 | -1.41 pts |
| 121 | Montgomery County Estimated | 6.83 | +0.32 pts |
| 122 | Buckingham County Estimated | 6.66 | -1.39 pts |
| 123 | Dinwiddie County Estimated | 6.63 | -0.6 pts |
| 124 | Augusta County Estimated | 6.47 | -0.01 pts |
| 125 | Southampton County Estimated | 6.4 | +0.68 pts |
| 126 | Grayson County Estimated | 6.33 | -1.57 pts |
| 127 | Northumberland County Estimated | 6.17 | -1.03 pts |
| 128 | Charles City County Estimated | 5.91 | +1.57 pts |
| 129 | Alleghany County Estimated | 5.31 | -1.78 pts |
| 130 | Rappahannock County Estimated | 4.84 | -0.31 pts |
| 131 | Rockbridge County Estimated | 4.33 | -0.35 pts |
| 132 | Williamsburg city Estimated | 3.72 | +0.88 pts |
| 133 | Manassas Park city Estimated | 2.43 | -0.72 pts |
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About this ranking
Estimated live births from July 1 of the previous year through June 30 of the reported year per 1,000 residents, using the average of the population estimates at the two July 1 endpoints.
Published Census population estimates rate. The year identifies the end of the July-to-June period. These estimates can be revised and differ from calendar-year birth rates.
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
U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program: birth rate, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
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Questions
Which county has the highest birth rate (July to June)?
Fairfax city, with 23.66 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest birth rate (July to June)?
Manassas Park city, with 2.43 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2022.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program: birth rate, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
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