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Tazewell County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 48 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51185

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

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Population
38,635
-1,772 (-4.4%) since 2020
Land area
518.8
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
74.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Tazewell
Seat of county government.
Established
1799
226 years ago
Largest city
Richlands town
Population 5,051.

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 Tazewell 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 Tazewell 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 622 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 Tazewell 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
Population38,63548th of 1331,218th of 3,144
Land area518.8 sq mi19th of 1332,011th of 3,144
Population density74.5 per sq mi85th of 1331,136th of 3,144
Median household income$47,313124th of 1332,887th of 3,143

Full data for Tazewell County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population38,635Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202040,407Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?40,438Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area518.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area519.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?74.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$47,313American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$118,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households16,290American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units19,768American 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
-389
295 births, 684 deaths
Net migration
+36
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 6 areas bordering Tazewell 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
Bland CountyVirginia32 mi6,151
McDowell CountyWest Virginia32 mi16,878
Smyth CountyVirginia28 mi28,882
Buchanan CountyVirginia15 mi18,492
Russell CountyVirginia15 mi25,332
Mercer CountyWest Virginia10 mi57,503

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.