Counties in Virginia by natural change, July to June
Fairfax County had the highest natural change, July to June of 133 counties in 2018, at 9,408. Pittsylvania County had the lowest, at -259. The median was -22 and the figure for Virginia was 32,132. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairfax County Estimated | 9,408 | +0.8% |
| 2 | Prince William County Estimated | 4,461 | -2.1% |
| 3 | Loudoun County Estimated | 3,659 | -2.6% |
| 4 | Virginia Beach city Estimated | 2,513 | -1.4% |
| 5 | Arlington County Estimated | 2,124 | +1.5% |
| 6 | Alexandria city Estimated | 2,019 | -2.8% |
| 7 | Norfolk city Estimated | 1,425 | +8% |
| 8 | Chesterfield County Estimated | 1,404 | -5.7% |
| 9 | Henrico County Estimated | 1,280 | +21.6% |
| 10 | Richmond city Estimated | 1,143 | +6.4% |
| 11 | Newport News city Estimated | 1,134 | +7.9% |
| 12 | Chesapeake city Estimated | 1,123 | +5.4% |
| 13 | Stafford County Estimated | 958 | +3% |
| 14 | Spotsylvania County Estimated | 620 | +13.1% |
| 15 | Hampton city Estimated | 498 | -6% |
| 16 | Manassas city Estimated | 427 | -7.4% |
| 17 | Suffolk city Estimated | 395 | +10% |
| 18 | Portsmouth city Estimated | 306 | -1.9% |
| 19 | Charlottesville city Estimated | 277 | +24.8% |
| 20 | Manassas Park city Estimated | 273 | +5.8% |
| 21 | Harrisonburg city Estimated | 268 | -1.8% |
| 22 | Albemarle County Estimated | 263 | -8.7% |
| 23 | Frederick County Estimated | 245 | -18.3% |
| 24 | York County Estimated | 211 | -26.5% |
| 25 | Fredericksburg city Estimated | 209 | +3.5% |
| 26 | Montgomery County Estimated | 199 | +14.4% |
| 27 | Rockingham County Estimated | 196 | 0% |
| 28 | Prince George County Estimated | 194 | +71.7% |
| 29 | Fauquier County Estimated | 153 | -25.4% |
| 30 | Culpeper County Estimated | 148 | -27.1% |
| 31 | Lynchburg city Estimated | 134 | -16.8% |
| 32 | Campbell County Estimated | 102 | +29.1% |
| 33 | Winchester city Estimated | 101 | +31.2% |
| 34 | King George County Estimated | 91 | -9% |
| 35 | Warren County Estimated | 73 | -39.2% |
| 36 | Fluvanna County Estimated | 70 | +150% |
| 37 | King William County Estimated | 68 | +23.6% |
| 38 | Greene County Estimated | 63 | -28.4% |
| 39 | Caroline County Estimated | 58 | -15.9% |
| 40 | New Kent County Estimated | 49 | -5.8% |
| 41 | Williamsburg city Estimated | 47 | -33.8% |
| 42 | Fairfax city Estimated | 39 | -56.2% |
| 42 | Falls Church city Estimated | 39 | -33.9% |
| 44 | Orange County Estimated | 34 | +278.9% |
| 45 | Augusta County Estimated | 29 | +187.9% |
| 46 | Hanover County Estimated | 26 | +165% |
| 47 | Emporia city Estimated | 25 | +13.6% |
| 48 | Waynesboro city Estimated | 21 | +450% |
| 49 | Buena Vista city Estimated | 19 | +575% |
| 50 | Appomattox County Estimated | 16 | +223.1% |
| 51 | Rappahannock County Estimated | 9 | +325% |
| 52 | Isle of Wight County Estimated | 8 | +157.1% |
| 53 | Buckingham County Estimated | 6 | +128.6% |
| 54 | Powhatan County Estimated | -3 | -106.5% |
| 54 | Roanoke city Estimated | -3 | 0% |
| 56 | Dinwiddie County Estimated | -6 | -110.7% |
| 56 | Louisa County Estimated | -6 | -146.2% |
| 58 | Craig County Estimated | -8 | +50% |
| 59 | Highland County Estimated | -9 | -50% |
| 59 | Hopewell city Estimated | -9 | -142.9% |
| 61 | Shenandoah County Estimated | -10 | -242.9% |
| 62 | Cumberland County Estimated | -14 | -333.3% |
| 63 | Floyd County Estimated | -16 | +33.3% |
| 64 | Amherst County Estimated | -17 | +41.4% |
| 65 | Nelson County Estimated | -19 | +69.4% |
| 66 | Surry County Estimated | -21 | +19.2% |
| 67 | Radford city Estimated | -22 | -29.4% |
| 68 | Bath County Estimated | -24 | +36.8% |
| 68 | Franklin city Estimated | -24 | +51% |
| 70 | Madison County Estimated | -25 | +7.4% |
| 71 | Amelia County Estimated | -26 | -52.9% |
| 71 | Lunenburg County Estimated | -26 | +39.5% |
| 73 | Page County Estimated | -28 | +22.2% |
| 74 | Norton city Estimated | -29 | -625% |
| 75 | Essex County Estimated | -30 | +28.6% |
| 76 | Clarke County Estimated | -36 | +14.3% |
| 76 | King and Queen County Estimated | -36 | -111.8% |
| 78 | Lexington city Estimated | -39 | +48% |
| 79 | Westmoreland County Estimated | -42 | +12.5% |
| 80 | Goochland County Estimated | -43 | -138.9% |
| 81 | Poquoson city Estimated | -44 | -131.6% |
| 81 | Southampton County Estimated | -44 | +2.2% |
| 83 | Charles City County Estimated | -45 | -36.4% |
| 84 | Bland County Estimated | -46 | -24.3% |
| 84 | Northampton County Estimated | -46 | +27% |
| 84 | Sussex County Estimated | -46 | -12.2% |
| 87 | Charlotte County Estimated | -51 | -34.2% |
| 88 | Accomack County Estimated | -53 | -165% |
| 89 | Alleghany County Estimated | -57 | +52.9% |
| 89 | Richmond County Estimated | -57 | -1.8% |
| 91 | Covington city Estimated | -58 | -31.8% |
| 92 | Nottoway County Estimated | -59 | -7.3% |
| 93 | Bristol city Estimated | -62 | +51.6% |
| 93 | Petersburg city Estimated | -62 | +45.1% |
| 95 | Botetourt County Estimated | -63 | +47.9% |
| 96 | Colonial Heights city Estimated | -64 | -1.6% |
| 97 | Mathews County Estimated | -65 | +30.1% |
| 98 | Rockbridge County Estimated | -68 | -13.3% |
| 99 | Prince Edward County Estimated | -71 | -69% |
| 100 | Giles County Estimated | -72 | -38.5% |
| 101 | Greensville County Estimated | -75 | -13.6% |
| 102 | Dickenson County Estimated | -80 | -6.7% |
| 102 | Northumberland County Estimated | -80 | -9.6% |
| 104 | Middlesex County Estimated | -82 | 0% |
| 105 | Gloucester County Estimated | -87 | -55.4% |
| 106 | Carroll County Estimated | -92 | +23.3% |
| 107 | Brunswick County Estimated | -95 | -1.1% |
| 108 | Grayson County Estimated | -97 | -47% |
| 109 | Lee County Estimated | -114 | -54.1% |
| 109 | Russell County Estimated | -114 | +18.6% |
| 111 | Patrick County Estimated | -115 | -0.9% |
| 111 | Wythe County Estimated | -115 | -33.7% |
| 113 | Buchanan County Estimated | -121 | +26.2% |
| 113 | Galax city Estimated | -121 | -22.2% |
| 115 | Staunton city Estimated | -123 | -18.3% |
| 116 | Salem city Estimated | -134 | 0% |
| 117 | Halifax County Estimated | -135 | -19.5% |
| 118 | Bedford County Estimated | -136 | -10.6% |
| 119 | Franklin County Estimated | -143 | -72.3% |
| 119 | Pulaski County Estimated | -143 | -40.2% |
| 121 | Lancaster County Estimated | -147 | +10.9% |
| 122 | Scott County Estimated | -152 | -28.8% |
| 123 | Tazewell County Estimated | -178 | -20.3% |
| 124 | Martinsville city Estimated | -179 | +4.3% |
| 125 | Mecklenburg County Estimated | -183 | +9.4% |
| 126 | James City County Estimated | -188 | -40.3% |
| 127 | Wise County Estimated | -190 | -82.7% |
| 128 | Roanoke County Estimated | -210 | -18.6% |
| 129 | Smyth County Estimated | -214 | -51.8% |
| 130 | Washington County Estimated | -224 | -0.9% |
| 131 | Danville city Estimated | -241 | -5.2% |
| 132 | Henry County Estimated | -257 | -26% |
| 133 | Pittsylvania County Estimated | -259 | -2.8% |
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
APA 7
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, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html
MLA 9
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, 2018. 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=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
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, 2018. 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=2018.
Harvard
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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_virginia_by_2018,
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, 2018}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-july-june/virginia-counties?period=2018. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
RIS
TY - DATA
AU - U.S. Census Bureau
TI - 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, 2018
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/03/26
PB - U.S. Census Bureau
DB - Invokely
UR - https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html
L2 - https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-july-june/virginia-counties?period=2018
Y2 - 2026/10/12
N1 - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-july-june/virginia-counties?period=2018.
N1 - Publisher attribution: 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.
ER -
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 natural change, July to June using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"natural_change_july_june","level":"province","within":"Virginia","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=natural_change_july_june&level=province&within=Virginia&limit=10Questions
Which county has the highest natural change, July to June?
Fairfax County, with 9,408 in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest natural change, July to June?
Pittsylvania County, with -259 in 2018.
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.