Counties in Virginia by death rate (July to June)
Lancaster County had the highest death rate (July to June) of 133 counties in 2024, at 20.69 per 1,000 inhabitants. Manassas Park city had the lowest, at 2.2 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 12.25 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Virginia was 8.94 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2024
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2024 | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lancaster County Estimated | 20.69 | -0.59 pts |
| 2 | Martinsville city Estimated | 20.06 | -0.39 pts |
| 3 | Bath County Estimated | 19.46 | +0.04 pts |
| 4 | Scott County Estimated | 19.02 | -0.46 pts |
| 5 | Bristol city Estimated | 18.94 | -1.05 pts |
| 6 | Danville city Estimated | 18.76 | -0.24 pts |
| 7 | Smyth County Estimated | 18.7 | -0.56 pts |
| 8 | Buchanan County Estimated | 18.09 | -1.81 pts |
| 9 | Norton city Estimated | 17.92 | -1.77 pts |
| 10 | Lee County Estimated | 17.86 | +0.17 pts |
| 11 | Craig County Estimated | 17.83 | +0.68 pts |
| 12 | Franklin city Estimated | 17.82 | -2.34 pts |
| 13 | Tazewell County Estimated | 17.79 | -0.21 pts |
| 14 | Grayson County Estimated | 17.72 | -0.27 pts |
| 15 | Galax city Estimated | 17.66 | -0.86 pts |
| 16 | Covington city Estimated | 17.54 | -4.11 pts |
| 17 | Dickenson County Estimated | 17.36 | -0.89 pts |
| 18 | Patrick County Estimated | 17.15 | +0.02 pts |
| 19 | Petersburg city Estimated | 17.05 | -1.46 pts |
| 20 | Alleghany County Estimated | 17 | +1.47 pts |
| 21 | Middlesex County Estimated | 16.74 | -1.09 pts |
| 22 | Mathews County Estimated | 16.68 | +0.24 pts |
| 23 | Mecklenburg County Estimated | 16.57 | -0.18 pts |
| 24 | Wythe County Estimated | 16.33 | +0.35 pts |
| 25 | Henry County Estimated | 16.33 | -0.9 pts |
| 26 | Russell County Estimated | 16.1 | +0.48 pts |
| 27 | Bland County Estimated | 15.95 | +3.02 pts |
| 28 | Carroll County Estimated | 15.92 | +0.41 pts |
| 29 | Salem city Estimated | 15.79 | +0.57 pts |
| 30 | Northumberland County Estimated | 15.63 | -0.66 pts |
| 31 | Pulaski County Estimated | 15.57 | +0.35 pts |
| 32 | Halifax County Estimated | 15.55 | -0.82 pts |
| 33 | Washington County Estimated | 15.48 | -1.13 pts |
| 34 | Greensville County Estimated | 15.48 | +2.17 pts |
| 35 | King and Queen County Estimated | 15.45 | +1.17 pts |
| 36 | Emporia city Estimated | 15.43 | -0.93 pts |
| 37 | Brunswick County Estimated | 15.4 | -0.59 pts |
| 38 | Charlotte County Estimated | 15.4 | +0.5 pts |
| 39 | Northampton County Estimated | 15.38 | +0.97 pts |
| 40 | Wise County Estimated | 15.32 | -1.12 pts |
| 41 | Essex County Estimated | 15.05 | -0.88 pts |
| 42 | Sussex County Estimated | 14.67 | +0.41 pts |
| 43 | Lunenburg County Estimated | 14.67 | +0.29 pts |
| 44 | Hopewell city Estimated | 14.57 | +0.15 pts |
| 45 | Colonial Heights city Estimated | 14.53 | -0.37 pts |
| 46 | Staunton city Estimated | 14.47 | -1.37 pts |
| 47 | Page County Estimated | 14.32 | -0.36 pts |
| 48 | Accomack County Estimated | 14.24 | +0.85 pts |
| 49 | Roanoke city Estimated | 14.17 | -0.88 pts |
| 50 | Pittsylvania County Estimated | 14.07 | +0.06 pts |
| 51 | Westmoreland County Estimated | 14.04 | -1.03 pts |
| 52 | Amherst County Estimated | 13.99 | +0.26 pts |
| 53 | Giles County Estimated | 13.87 | -0.93 pts |
| 54 | Richmond County Estimated | 13.82 | -1.3 pts |
| 55 | Charles City County Estimated | 13.45 | +1.66 pts |
| 56 | Amelia County Estimated | 13.26 | -0.07 pts |
| 57 | Rappahannock County Estimated | 13.16 | +0.67 pts |
| 58 | Waynesboro city Estimated | 13.1 | -0.11 pts |
| 59 | Shenandoah County Estimated | 13.08 | +1 pts |
| 60 | Botetourt County Estimated | 13.05 | +0.74 pts |
| 61 | Buena Vista city Estimated | 12.89 | -0.51 pts |
| 62 | Nelson County Estimated | 12.83 | -0.67 pts |
| 63 | Highland County Estimated | 12.82 | -2.23 pts |
| 64 | Franklin County Estimated | 12.71 | -0.66 pts |
| 65 | Buckingham County Estimated | 12.55 | +1.01 pts |
| 66 | Portsmouth city Estimated | 12.41 | +0.29 pts |
| 67 | Clarke County Estimated | 12.25 | -1.43 pts |
| 68 | Campbell County Estimated | 12.23 | -0.04 pts |
| 69 | Rockbridge County Estimated | 12.21 | -0.63 pts |
| 70 | Roanoke County Estimated | 12.19 | -0.69 pts |
| 71 | Gloucester County Estimated | 12.11 | +0.35 pts |
| 72 | Orange County Estimated | 12.04 | -0.63 pts |
| 73 | James City County Estimated | 12 | +0.55 pts |
| 74 | Cumberland County Estimated | 11.93 | -0.57 pts |
| 75 | Appomattox County Estimated | 11.64 | -0.52 pts |
| 76 | Madison County Estimated | 11.58 | -0.73 pts |
| 77 | Floyd County Estimated | 11.52 | -0.93 pts |
| 78 | Prince Edward County Estimated | 11.5 | +0.24 pts |
| 79 | Nottoway County Estimated | 11.45 | -1.14 pts |
| 80 | Surry County Estimated | 11.38 | +0.23 pts |
| 81 | Dinwiddie County Estimated | 11.32 | -0.62 pts |
| 82 | Augusta County Estimated | 11.25 | -0.14 pts |
| 83 | Isle of Wight County Estimated | 11.16 | -0.6 pts |
| 84 | Lynchburg city Estimated | 11.03 | +0.18 pts |
| 85 | Southampton County Estimated | 10.92 | -0.43 pts |
| 86 | Warren County Estimated | 10.89 | -0.33 pts |
| 87 | Fairfax city Estimated | 10.8 | -0.54 pts |
| 88 | Bedford County Estimated | 10.59 | -0.66 pts |
| 89 | Rockingham County Estimated | 10.56 | -0.72 pts |
| 90 | Hampton city Estimated | 10.42 | +0.18 pts |
| 91 | Goochland County Estimated | 10.12 | +0.17 pts |
| 92 | Louisa County Estimated | 10.07 | -0.84 pts |
| 93 | Winchester city Estimated | 9.8 | -1.24 pts |
| 94 | Greene County Estimated | 9.75 | -0.39 pts |
| 95 | Caroline County Estimated | 9.74 | -0.43 pts |
| 96 | Henrico County Estimated | 9.63 | -0.19 pts |
| 97 | Hanover County Estimated | 9.61 | -0.78 pts |
| 98 | Newport News city Estimated | 9.45 | -0.37 pts |
| 99 | New Kent County Estimated | 9.41 | -0.02 pts |
| 100 | Norfolk city Estimated | 9.32 | -0.14 pts |
| 101 | Lexington city Estimated | 9.32 | +2.14 pts |
| 102 | Frederick County Estimated | 9.11 | -0.15 pts |
| 103 | Poquoson city Estimated | 9.11 | -1.2 pts |
| 104 | Culpeper County Estimated | 9.09 | -0.28 pts |
| 105 | Suffolk city Estimated | 9.08 | -0.59 pts |
| 106 | King William County Estimated | 8.92 | +0.46 pts |
| 107 | Fauquier County Estimated | 8.92 | +0.62 pts |
| 108 | Albemarle County Estimated | 8.9 | -0.42 pts |
| 109 | Powhatan County Estimated | 8.75 | -0.33 pts |
| 110 | Richmond city Estimated | 8.66 | -0.42 pts |
| 111 | Fluvanna County Estimated | 8.66 | +0.11 pts |
| 112 | King George County Estimated | 8.54 | +0.02 pts |
| 113 | Radford city Estimated | 8.48 | +0.1 pts |
| 114 | Virginia Beach city Estimated | 8.27 | +0.08 pts |
| 115 | Chesapeake city Estimated | 8.05 | +0.02 pts |
| 116 | York County Estimated | 7.99 | -0.15 pts |
| 117 | Chesterfield County Estimated | 7.91 | -0.32 pts |
| 118 | Spotsylvania County Estimated | 7.85 | +0.04 pts |
| 119 | Falls Church city Estimated | 7.77 | +0.27 pts |
| 120 | Montgomery County Estimated | 7.2 | -0.45 pts |
| 121 | Fredericksburg city Estimated | 6.9 | -0.05 pts |
| 122 | Manassas city Estimated | 6.58 | +0.67 pts |
| 123 | Prince George County Estimated | 6.56 | -0.12 pts |
| 124 | Charlottesville city Estimated | 6.04 | -0.9 pts |
| 125 | Stafford County Estimated | 6 | -0.05 pts |
| 126 | Harrisonburg city Estimated | 5.7 | -0.85 pts |
| 127 | Fairfax County Estimated | 5.15 | -0.15 pts |
| 128 | Alexandria city Estimated | 5.15 | -0.45 pts |
| 129 | Prince William County Estimated | 5.02 | -0.08 pts |
| 130 | Arlington County Estimated | 4.37 | -0.05 pts |
| 131 | Loudoun County Estimated | 4.2 | -0.07 pts |
| 132 | Williamsburg city Estimated | 4.13 | -0.16 pts |
| 133 | Manassas Park city Estimated | 2.2 | -0.17 pts |
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About this ranking
Estimated deaths 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 death 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: death 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 death rate (July to June)?
Lancaster County, with 20.69 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest death rate (July to June)?
Manassas Park city, with 2.2 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2024.
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: death 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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