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Grayson County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 98 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51077

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

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Population
15,230
-52 (-0.3%) since 2020
Land area
441.8
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
34.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Independence
Seat of county government.
Established
1793
232 years ago
Largest city
Independence town
Population 1,000.

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 Grayson 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 Grayson 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 348 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 Grayson 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
Population15,23098th of 1332,078th of 3,144
Land area441.8 sq mi38th of 1332,299th of 3,144
Population density34.5 per sq mi118th of 1331,804th of 3,144
Median household income$47,730123rd of 1332,882nd of 3,143

Full data for Grayson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population15,230Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202015,282Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?15,336Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area441.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area445.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?34.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$47,730American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$150,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age48.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,337American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,961American 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
-173
102 births, 275 deaths
Net migration
+69
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 9 areas bordering Grayson 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
Alleghany CountyNorth Carolina25 mi11,479
Smyth CountyVirginia25 mi28,882
Carroll CountyVirginia19 mi29,299
Ashe CountyNorth Carolina18 mi27,514
Wythe CountyVirginia16 mi27,983
Galax cityVirginia9.3 mi6,670
Washington CountyVirginia3.9 mi53,898
Surry CountyNorth Carolina3.5 mi72,287
Johnson CountyTennessee2.4 mi18,718

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.