Counties in Virginia by natural change, July to June
Fairfax County had the highest natural change, July to June of 133 counties in 2017, at 9,333. Pittsylvania County had the lowest, at -252. The median was -21 and the figure for Virginia was 32,207. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2017
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2017 | Change on 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairfax County Estimated | 9,333 | -9.4% |
| 2 | Prince William County Estimated | 4,556 | -3.8% |
| 3 | Loudoun County Estimated | 3,756 | -7.9% |
| 4 | Virginia Beach city Estimated | 2,548 | -16.9% |
| 5 | Arlington County Estimated | 2,093 | -12.1% |
| 6 | Alexandria city Estimated | 2,078 | -3.6% |
| 7 | Chesterfield County Estimated | 1,489 | -5.2% |
| 8 | Norfolk city Estimated | 1,319 | -24.6% |
| 9 | Richmond city Estimated | 1,074 | -13.9% |
| 10 | Chesapeake city Estimated | 1,065 | -7.8% |
| 11 | Henrico County Estimated | 1,053 | -18.7% |
| 12 | Newport News city Estimated | 1,051 | -15.4% |
| 13 | Stafford County Estimated | 930 | -3.1% |
| 14 | Spotsylvania County Estimated | 548 | -29.3% |
| 15 | Hampton city Estimated | 530 | +13.2% |
| 16 | Manassas city Estimated | 461 | -7.4% |
| 17 | Suffolk city Estimated | 359 | -16.9% |
| 18 | Portsmouth city Estimated | 312 | -25.2% |
| 19 | Frederick County Estimated | 300 | -1% |
| 20 | Albemarle County Estimated | 288 | -23% |
| 21 | York County Estimated | 287 | +14.3% |
| 22 | Harrisonburg city Estimated | 273 | -5.2% |
| 23 | Manassas Park city Estimated | 258 | +33% |
| 24 | Charlottesville city Estimated | 222 | -3.1% |
| 25 | Fauquier County Estimated | 205 | -14.2% |
| 26 | Culpeper County Estimated | 203 | -5.1% |
| 27 | Fredericksburg city Estimated | 202 | -1.5% |
| 28 | Rockingham County Estimated | 196 | -8% |
| 29 | Montgomery County Estimated | 174 | -32% |
| 30 | Lynchburg city Estimated | 161 | -48.2% |
| 31 | Warren County Estimated | 120 | +20% |
| 32 | Prince George County Estimated | 113 | -47.7% |
| 33 | King George County Estimated | 100 | -33.8% |
| 34 | Fairfax city Estimated | 89 | +11.3% |
| 35 | Greene County Estimated | 88 | +72.5% |
| 36 | Campbell County Estimated | 79 | +364.7% |
| 37 | Winchester city Estimated | 77 | -48.7% |
| 38 | Williamsburg city Estimated | 71 | -18.4% |
| 39 | Caroline County Estimated | 69 | -17.9% |
| 40 | Falls Church city Estimated | 59 | -9.2% |
| 41 | Dinwiddie County Estimated | 56 | -8.2% |
| 42 | King William County Estimated | 55 | +41% |
| 43 | New Kent County Estimated | 52 | +8.3% |
| 44 | Powhatan County Estimated | 46 | +39.4% |
| 45 | Fluvanna County Estimated | 28 | -33.3% |
| 46 | Emporia city Estimated | 22 | -50% |
| 47 | Hopewell city Estimated | 21 | +23.5% |
| 48 | Louisa County Estimated | 13 | -86.3% |
| 49 | Shenandoah County Estimated | 7 | +129.2% |
| 50 | Cumberland County Estimated | 6 | +154.5% |
| 51 | Roanoke city Estimated | -3 | -101.1% |
| 52 | Buena Vista city Estimated | -4 | -111.8% |
| 52 | Norton city Estimated | -4 | -121.1% |
| 52 | Rappahannock County Estimated | -4 | -100% |
| 55 | Highland County Estimated | -6 | -700% |
| 55 | Waynesboro city Estimated | -6 | -127.3% |
| 57 | Appomattox County Estimated | -13 | -750% |
| 58 | Isle of Wight County Estimated | -14 | -117.7% |
| 59 | Craig County Estimated | -16 | -166.7% |
| 60 | Amelia County Estimated | -17 | -30.8% |
| 60 | King and Queen County Estimated | -17 | -41.7% |
| 60 | Radford city Estimated | -17 | -13.3% |
| 63 | Goochland County Estimated | -18 | -125% |
| 64 | Orange County Estimated | -19 | +56.8% |
| 64 | Poquoson city Estimated | -19 | +24% |
| 66 | Accomack County Estimated | -20 | +31% |
| 67 | Buckingham County Estimated | -21 | +34.4% |
| 68 | Floyd County Estimated | -24 | -50% |
| 69 | Surry County Estimated | -26 | -8.3% |
| 70 | Madison County Estimated | -27 | -107.7% |
| 71 | Amherst County Estimated | -29 | -245% |
| 72 | Augusta County Estimated | -33 | -1,750% |
| 72 | Charles City County Estimated | -33 | -6.5% |
| 74 | Page County Estimated | -36 | +34.5% |
| 75 | Bland County Estimated | -37 | -32.1% |
| 76 | Bath County Estimated | -38 | -52% |
| 76 | Charlotte County Estimated | -38 | -5.6% |
| 78 | Hanover County Estimated | -40 | -170.2% |
| 79 | Sussex County Estimated | -41 | +21.2% |
| 80 | Clarke County Estimated | -42 | -90.9% |
| 80 | Essex County Estimated | -42 | -20% |
| 80 | Prince Edward County Estimated | -42 | -244.8% |
| 83 | Lunenburg County Estimated | -43 | -290.9% |
| 84 | Covington city Estimated | -44 | -540% |
| 85 | Southampton County Estimated | -45 | |
| 86 | Westmoreland County Estimated | -48 | -71.4% |
| 87 | Franklin city Estimated | -49 | -11.4% |
| 88 | Giles County Estimated | -52 | -30% |
| 89 | Nottoway County Estimated | -55 | -14.6% |
| 90 | Gloucester County Estimated | -56 | -9.8% |
| 90 | Richmond County Estimated | -56 | -47.4% |
| 92 | Rockbridge County Estimated | -60 | +16.7% |
| 93 | Nelson County Estimated | -62 | +27.9% |
| 94 | Colonial Heights city Estimated | -63 | +25% |
| 94 | Northampton County Estimated | -63 | +7.4% |
| 96 | Grayson County Estimated | -66 | +19.5% |
| 96 | Greensville County Estimated | -66 | +5.7% |
| 98 | Northumberland County Estimated | -73 | +35.4% |
| 99 | Lee County Estimated | -74 | -362.5% |
| 100 | Dickenson County Estimated | -75 | -10.3% |
| 100 | Lexington city Estimated | -75 | -44.2% |
| 102 | Middlesex County Estimated | -82 | -15.5% |
| 103 | Franklin County Estimated | -83 | -80.4% |
| 104 | Wythe County Estimated | -86 | +44.2% |
| 105 | Mathews County Estimated | -93 | -47.6% |
| 106 | Brunswick County Estimated | -94 | -28.8% |
| 107 | Galax city Estimated | -99 | -10% |
| 108 | Pulaski County Estimated | -102 | -2% |
| 109 | Staunton city Estimated | -104 | -73.3% |
| 109 | Wise County Estimated | -104 | -30% |
| 111 | Halifax County Estimated | -113 | -63.8% |
| 111 | Petersburg city Estimated | -113 | -151.1% |
| 113 | Patrick County Estimated | -114 | -8.6% |
| 114 | Scott County Estimated | -118 | +16.3% |
| 115 | Carroll County Estimated | -120 | +2.4% |
| 116 | Alleghany County Estimated | -121 | -72.9% |
| 116 | Botetourt County Estimated | -121 | -202.5% |
| 118 | Bedford County Estimated | -123 | -9.8% |
| 119 | Bristol city Estimated | -128 | -255.6% |
| 120 | James City County Estimated | -134 | -10.7% |
| 120 | Salem city Estimated | -134 | +18.3% |
| 122 | Russell County Estimated | -140 | -29.6% |
| 123 | Smyth County Estimated | -141 | -4.4% |
| 124 | Tazewell County Estimated | -148 | -114.5% |
| 125 | Buchanan County Estimated | -164 | -65.7% |
| 126 | Lancaster County Estimated | -165 | -55.7% |
| 127 | Roanoke County Estimated | -177 | -33.1% |
| 128 | Martinsville city Estimated | -187 | -55.8% |
| 129 | Mecklenburg County Estimated | -202 | -60.3% |
| 130 | Henry County Estimated | -204 | -12.1% |
| 131 | Washington County Estimated | -222 | -85% |
| 132 | Danville city Estimated | -229 | -13.9% |
| 133 | Pittsylvania County Estimated | -252 | -53.7% |
Other periods
About this ranking
Estimated births minus deaths of residents from July 1 of the previous year through June 30 of the reported year. A negative value means more deaths than births.
Equals births_july_june minus deaths_july_june for the same place and year. Not a calendar-year figure.
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: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021 (Counties in Virginia by natural change, July to June, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html
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Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021, Counties in Virginia by natural change, July to June, 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, 26 Mar. 2026, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-july-june/virginia-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. Counties in Virginia by natural change, July to June, 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-july-june/virginia-counties?period=2017.
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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021, Counties in Virginia by natural change, July to June, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-july-june/virginia-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
title = {{Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021: Counties in Virginia by natural change, July to June, 2017}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
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urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which county has the highest natural change, July to June?
Fairfax County, with 9,333 in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest natural change, July to June?
Pittsylvania County, with -252 in 2017.
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: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. Retrieved 2026-10-12.