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Pulaski County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 54 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51155

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

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Population
33,586
-220 (-0.7%) since 2020
Land area
319.8
square miles. A further 2.9% of the total area is water
Population density
105
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Pulaski
Seat of county government.
Established
1839
186 years ago
Largest city
Pulaski town
Population 8,807.

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 Pulaski 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 Pulaski 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 733 by 800 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 Pulaski 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
Population33,58654th of 1331,356th of 3,144
Land area319.8 sq mi63rd of 1332,762nd of 3,144
Population density105 per sq mi68th of 133867th of 3,144
Median household income$62,02888th of 1331,894th of 3,143

Full data for Pulaski County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population33,586Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202033,806Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?33,797Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area319.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area329.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?105 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,028American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$191,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households14,456American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units17,056American 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
-250
263 births, 513 deaths
Net migration
+287
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 Pulaski 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
Montgomery CountyVirginia31 mi98,434
Wythe CountyVirginia18 mi27,983
Giles CountyVirginia16 mi16,564
Carroll CountyVirginia8.0 mi29,299
Bland CountyVirginia7.9 mi6,151
Floyd CountyVirginia7.2 mi15,789
Radford cityVirginia7.1 mi17,243

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.