Population of Virginia - 1890

This table shows population by political unit, from largest to smallest ("in descending order"), based on the historical census records. Census data is accessible through the Geospatial and Statistical Data Center of the University of Virginia library, by arrangement with the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. CAUTION: County boundaries have changed over time; if you are creating statistics on population density, don't mix apples and oranges. New counties were carved out of the acreage of existing counties until Dickenson County was finally created in 1880. Since then, annexations and mergers of cities and counties have also changed the political boundaries.

County TOTAL
POPULATION
HENRICO 103,394
NORFOLK 77,038
PITTSYLVANIA 59,941
CAMPBELL 41,087
AUGUSTA 37,005
HALIFAX 34,424
ALBEMARLE 32,379
ROCKINGHAM 31,299
BEDFORD 31,213
ROANOKE 30,101
WASHINGTON 29,020
ACCOMACK 27,277
CHESTERFIELD 26,211
MECKLENBURG 25,359
FRANKLIN 24,985
LOUDOUN 23,274
ROCKBRIDGE 23,062
PETERSBURG 22,680
FAUQUIER 22,590
SCOTT 21,694
SOUTHAMPTON 20,078
TAZEWELL 19,899
NANSEMOND 19,692
SHENANDOAH 19,671
ARLINGTON/ALEXAND 18,597
LEE 18,216
HENRY 18,208
WYTHE 18,019
FREDERICK 17,880
MONTGOMERY 17,742
AMHERST 17,551
HANOVER 17,402
BRUNSWICK 17,245
LOUISA 16,997
CAROLINE 16,681
FAIRFAX 16,655
ELIZABETH CITY 16,168
RUSSELL 16,126
CARROLL 15,497
NELSON 15,336
CHARLOTTE 15,077
BOTETOURT 14,854
PRINCE EDWARD 14,694
FLOYD 14,405
GRAYSON 14,394
BUCKINGHAM 14,383
SPOTSYLVANIA 14,233
PATRICK 14,147
DINWIDDIE 13,515
SMYTH 13,360
CULPEPER 13,233
PAGE 13,092
ORANGE 12,814
PULASKI 12,790
GLOUCESTER 11,653
NOTTOWAY 11,582
LUNENBURG 11,372
ISLE OF WIGHT 11,313
SUSSEX 11,100
NORTHAMPTON 10,313
MADISON 10,225
ESSEX 10,047
GOOCHLAND 9,958
PRINCE WILLIAM 9,805
KING AND QUEEN 9,669
KING WILLIAM 9,605
APPOMATTOX 9,589
PRINCESS ANNE 9,510
FLUVANNA 9,508
CUMBERLAND 9,482
WISE 9,345
ALLEGHANY 9,283
GILES 9,090
AMELIA 9,068
RAPPAHANNOCK 8,678
WESTMORELAND 8,399
WARREN 8,280
SURRY 8,256
GREENSVILLE 8,230
CLARKE 8,071
NORTHUMBERLAND 7,885
PRINCE GEORGE 7,872
YORK 7,596
MATHEWS 7,584
MIDDLESEX 7,458
STAFFORD 7,362
LANCASTER 7,191
RICHMOND 7,146
POWHATAN 6,791
WARWICK 6,650
KING GEORGE 6,641
BUCHANAN 5,867
JAMES CITY 5,643
GREENE 5,622
NEW KENT 5,511
HIGHLAND 5,352
BLAND 5,129
DICKENSON 5,077
CHARLES CITY 5,066
BATH 4,587
CRAIG 3,835
  1,655,980

Citation: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. HISTORICAL, DEMOGRAPHIC, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL DATA: THE UNITED STATES, 1790-1970 [Computer file]. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 197?.;


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