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Henrico County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 6 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51087

Within Virginia
Henrico County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
342,775
+7,846 (+2.3%) since 2020
Land area
233.7
square miles. A further 4.6% of the total area is water
Population density
1,467
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Henrico
Henrico is an unincorporated area; the county courthouse stands at Parham and Hungary Spring Roads.
Established
1634
391 years ago
Largest city
Not available
No incorporated place lies within this county.

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 Henrico 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 Henrico 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 761 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 Henrico 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
Population342,7756th of 133219th of 3,144
Land area233.7 sq mi81st of 1332,941st of 3,144
Population density1,467 per sq mi29th of 133112th of 3,144
Median household income$88,78333rd of 133333rd of 3,143

Full data for Henrico County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population342,775Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020334,929Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?334,961Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area233.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area11.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area244.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1,467 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$88,783American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$359,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households137,365American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units144,916American 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
+310
3,505 births, 3,195 deaths
Net migration
+2,419
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 Henrico 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
Hanover CountyVirginia36 mi116,423
Richmond cityVirginia35 mi237,257
Chesterfield CountyVirginia32 mi397,148
Goochland CountyVirginia14 mi29,187
Charles City CountyVirginia14 mi6,623
New Kent CountyVirginia6.3 mi28,022
Powhatan CountyVirginiaa single point32,591

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.