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Rappahannock County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 121 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51157

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

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Population
7,439
+117 (+1.6%) since 2020
Land area
266.4
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
27.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Washington
Seat of county government.
Established
1833
192 years ago
Largest city
Washington town
Population 84.

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 Rappahannock 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 Rappahannock 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 737 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 Rappahannock 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
Population7,439121st of 1332,621st of 3,144
Land area266.4 sq mi75th of 1332,872nd of 3,144
Population density27.9 per sq mi123rd of 1331,987th of 3,144
Median household income$83,38045th of 133473rd of 3,143

Full data for Rappahannock County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,439Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20207,322Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,351Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area266.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.83 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area267.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?27.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$83,380American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$506,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age50.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,985American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,865American 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
-50
49 births, 99 deaths
Net migration
+48
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 5 areas bordering Rappahannock 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
Fauquier CountyVirginia25 mi76,503
Culpeper CountyVirginia22 mi57,666
Warren CountyVirginia14 mi42,740
Page CountyVirginia12 mi23,762
Madison CountyVirginia8.7 mi14,237

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.