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Carroll County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 61 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51035

Within Virginia
Carroll County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Hillsville, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
29,299
+153 (+0.5%) since 2020
Land area
474.7
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
61.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hillsville
Seat of county government.
Established
1842
183 years ago
Largest city
Hillsville town
Population 2,836.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Carroll County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Carroll County, Virginia from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 652 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Carroll County ranks

Position among the 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn VirginiaNationally
Population29,29961st of 1331,467th of 3,144
Land area474.7 sq mi29th of 1332,169th of 3,144
Population density61.7 per sq mi93rd of 1331,285th of 3,144
Median household income$54,484111th of 1332,505th of 3,143

Full data for Carroll County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population29,299Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202029,146Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?29,154Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area474.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area477.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?61.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$54,484American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$156,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age49.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households12,576American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units16,696American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-245
218 births, 463 deaths
Net migration
+334
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Carroll County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Patrick CountyVirginia23 mi17,424
Grayson CountyVirginia19 mi15,230
Floyd CountyVirginia18 mi15,789
Wythe CountyVirginia18 mi27,983
Surry CountyNorth Carolina13 mi72,287
Galax cityVirginia11 mi6,670
Pulaski CountyVirginia8.0 mi33,586

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.