Ranking of Virginia Counties By Percentage of Population that were White Alone from Census 2020

Updated on February 25, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Virginia counties, in April 2020, among all Virginia counties, Dickenson County had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as White Alone (97.20%), followed by Russell County (96.33%), and Highland County (95.65%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Virginia counties based on the percentage of the population that identified as White Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other racial groups as well as for the different ethnicities in Virginia.

Ranking of Virginia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were White Alone from Census 2020
Dickenson
Russell
Highland
Scott
Craig
Buchanan
Giles
Washington
Smyth
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Ranking of Virginia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were White Alone from Census 2020
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Rank County White Alone % of County Pop.
1 Dickenson County 97.20
2 Russell County 96.33
3 Highland County 95.65
4 Scott County 95.56
5 Craig County 95.11
6 Buchanan County 94.81
7 Giles County 93.98
8 Washington County 93.89
9 Smyth County 93.76
10 Bland County 93.68
11 Carroll County 93.48
12 Page County 92.95
13 Tazewell County 92.82
14 Lee County 92.60
15 Wythe County 92.49
16 Floyd County 91.88
17 Bath County 91.59
18 Botetourt County 91.35
19 Wise County 90.75
20 Alleghany County 90.74
21 Rockbridge County 90.43
22 Patrick County 89.27
23 Augusta County 89.23
24 Poquoson city 88.76
25 Rappahannock County 88.75
26 Pulaski County 88.53
27 Grayson County 88.42
28 Norton city 87.93
29 Rockingham County 86.75
30 Bedford County 86.51
31 Buena Vista city 86.43
32 Shenandoah County 86.38
33 Franklin County 85.73
34 Bristol city 85.68
35 Mathews County 85.49
36 Powhatan County 84.83
37 Madison County 84.44
38 Clarke County 84.43
39 Warren County 84.43
40 Gloucester County 83.69
41 Lexington city 83.50
42 Roanoke County 83.34
43 Salem city 82.55
44 Hanover County 81.60
45 Nelson County 81.36
46 Frederick County 80.43
47 Greene County 80.38
48 Covington city 79.92
49 Montgomery County 79.66
50 Middlesex County 79.16
51 New Kent County 78.52
52 Staunton city 78.47
53 Goochland County 78.06
54 Galax city 77.87
55 Campbell County 77.78
56 Fauquier County 77.65
57 Fluvanna County 77.15
58 Orange County 76.89
59 Louisa County 76.64
60 King William County 76.56
61 Radford city 76.42
62 Appomattox County 76.05
63 Waynesboro city 74.62
64 Amherst County 74.07
65 Pittsylvania County 73.84
66 James City County 73.75
67 Amelia County 73.73
68 Albemarle County 72.84
69 King George County 71.55
70 Northumberland County 70.67
71 Falls Church city 69.73
72 Colonial Heights city 69.63
73 Isle of Wight County 69.22
74 York County 68.89
75 Henry County 68.78
76 Culpeper County 68.68
77 Lancaster County 68.39
78 King and Queen County 67.95
79 Charlotte County 66.94
80 Harrisonburg city 65.21
81 Winchester city 65.21
82 Charlottesville city 65.18
83 Westmoreland County 64.63
84 Spotsylvania County 64.43
85 Richmond County 64.32
86 Cumberland County 63.72
87 Dinwiddie County 62.68
88 Buckingham County 62.34
89 Caroline County 62.21
90 Southampton County 61.57
91 Lynchburg city 61.39
92 Arlington County 60.88
93 Virginia Beach city 60.71
94 Accomack County 60.64
95 Halifax County 60.02
96 Mecklenburg County 59.47
97 Lunenburg County 59.44
98 Chesterfield County 59.33
99 Northampton County 57.57
100 Stafford County 57.52
101 Roanoke city 57.30
102 Fredericksburg city 56.72
103 Essex County 56.16
104 Chesapeake city 55.96
105 Fairfax city 55.80
106 Prince George County 55.40
107 Nottoway County 55.14
108 Loudoun County 53.68
109 Surry County 53.09
110 Alexandria city 51.54
111 Henrico County 51.03
112 Fairfax County 49.47
113 Williamsburg city 49.09
114 Prince Edward County 48.80
115 Suffolk city 47.41
116 Charles City County 44.71
117 Hopewell city 44.03
118 Martinsville city 43.93
119 Richmond city 43.31
120 Norfolk city 43.21
121 Prince William County 41.65
122 Sussex County 41.56
123 Brunswick County 41.35
124 Danville city 40.53
125 Newport News city 40.10
126 Manassas city 39.08
127 Greensville County 38.31
128 Hampton city 37.33
129 Franklin city 36.77
130 Portsmouth city 36.66
131 Manassas Park city 32.15
132 Emporia city 26.78
133 Petersburg city 16.19