Virginia Census Data: Households & Families

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Virginia Census Data: Households & Families

Household and Family statistics for Virginia counties and selected cities are shown in this easy-to-read table and chart combination.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2000 Census.

Virginia Census Data: Households & Families
Location	Total households	Percent of total households							Average population per-		Location
		Family households				Nonfamily households			Average population per-
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Type of family		Total	Householder living alone		Household	Family
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Married couple family	Female householder, no husband present	Total	Total	65 years and over	Household	Family
United States	105,480,101	68.1	32.8	51.7	12.2	31.9	25.8	9.2	2.59	3.14	United States
Virginia	2,699,173	68.5	32.7	52.8	11.9	31.5	25.1	8.0	2.54	3.04	Virginia
Accomack Co.	15,299	67.9	28.9	49.2	14.4	32.1	27.7	12.5	2.45	2.96	Accomack Co.
Albemarle Co.	31,876	66.1	32.0	54.2	9.1	33.9	27.0	8.0	2.44	2.99	Albemarle Co.
Alleghany Co.	5,149	75.1	29.9	63.2	8.1	24.9	22.2	10.5	2.46	2.85	Alleghany Co.
Amelia Co.	4,240	74.9	32.8	59.1	11.4	25.1	20.7	8.1	2.66	3.07	Amelia Co.
Amherst Co.	11,941	72.4	31.7	56.0	12.4	27.6	24.0	9.9	2.51	2.95	Amherst Co.
Appomattox Co.	5,322	75.4	32.2	59.7	11.5	24.6	21.3	10.0	2.55	2.94	Appomattox Co.
Arlington Co.	86,352	45.5	19.3	35.3	7.0	54.5	40.8	7.3	2.15	2.96	Arlington Co.
Augusta Co.	24,818	76.2	33.0	63.7	8.6	23.8	20.1	8.1	2.56	2.94	Augusta Co.
Bath Co.	2,053	70.7	28.0	58.6	7.8	29.3	26.3	12.1	2.34	2.80	Bath Co.
Bedford Co.	23,838	76.2	32.5	65.4	7.5	23.8	20.2	7.3	2.52	2.89	Bedford Co.
Bland Co.	2,568	74.3	28.3	62.4	8.7	25.7	23.3	10.3	2.43	2.85	Bland Co.
Botetourt Co.	11,700	77.9	32.4	67.8	7.0	22.1	19.2	7.6	2.56	2.92	Botetourt Co.
Brunswick Co.	6,277	68.7	27.4	46.9	16.6	31.3	27.6	13.3	2.47	3.00	Brunswick Co.
Buchanan Co.	10,464	75.5	30.6	60.9	10.6	24.5	22.5	9.4	2.46	2.87	Buchanan Co.
Buckingham Co.	5,324	70.6	30.4	51.1	14.2	29.4	25.1	11.4	2.52	2.99	Buckingham Co.
Campbell Co.	20,639	71.2	30.8	56.0	11.4	28.8	24.6	8.8	2.45	2.91	Campbell Co.
Caroline Co.	8,021	74.9	31.7	56.3	13.2	25.1	20.5	8.2	2.69	3.08	Caroline Co.
Carroll Co.	12,186	72.1	27.8	59.7	8.6	27.9	25.4	12.2	2.36	2.80	Carroll Co.
Charles City Co.	2,670	74.0	27.5	53.6	15.2	26.0	22.5	8.4	2.59	3.02	Charles City Co.
Charlotte Co.	4,951	69.4	28.1	52.5	13.0	30.6	27.4	13.3	2.47	3.00	Charlotte Co.
Chesterfield Co.	93,772	76.9	40.7	62.2	11.2	23.1	18.5	4.8	2.73	3.11	Chesterfield Co.
Clarke Co.	4,942	71.1	29.4	58.2	8.9	28.9	24.1	9.9	2.50	2.97	Clarke Co.
Craig Co.	2,060	73.2	30.8	61.9	7.0	26.8	23.9	10.5	2.45	2.88	Craig Co.
Culpeper Co.	12,141	74.5	35.0	58.5	11.3	25.5	20.6	7.9	2.68	3.08	Culpeper Co.
Cumberland Co.	3,528	70.5	30.0	51.6	14.3	29.5	24.8	10.7	2.55	3.03	Cumberland Co.
Dickenson Co.	6,732	72.6	30.4	58.0	10.6	27.4	25.3	11.3	2.42	2.88	Dickenson Co.
Dinwiddie Co.	9,107	73.8	32.1	54.8	13.9	26.2	22.2	8.5	2.58	3.01	Dinwiddie Co.
Essex Co.	3,995	68.6	28.0	50.7	14.0	31.4	26.1	11.3	2.46	2.95	Essex Co.
Fairfax Co.	350,714	71.4	36.3	59.4	8.6	28.6	21.4	4.8	2.74	3.20	Fairfax Co.
Fauquier Co.	19,842	76.3	36.1	63.8	8.6	23.7	18.7	6.2	2.75	3.14	Fauquier Co.

Location	Total households	Percent of total households							Average population per-		Location
		Family households				Nonfamily households			Average population per-
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Type of family		Total	Householder living alone		Household	Family
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Married couple family	Female householder, no husband present	Total	Total	65 years and over	Household	Family
United States	105,480,101	68.1	32.8	51.7	12.2	31.9	25.8	9.2	2.59	3.14	United States
Virginia	2,699,173	68.5	32.7	52.8	11.9	31.5	25.1	8.0	2.54	3.04	Virginia
Floyd Co.	5,791	71.8	29.1	59.9	8.1	28.2	24.7	10.8	2.39	2.83	Floyd Co.
Fluvanna Co.	7,387	77.2	32.5	63.6	9.9	22.8	18.8	7.0	2.59	2.93	Fluvanna Co.
Franklin Co.	18,963	73.4	29.1	60.1	9.4	26.6	22.6	8.9	2.44	2.84	Franklin Co.
Frederick Co.	22,097	75.7	36.6	62.5	8.8	24.3	19.2	6.8	2.64	3.02	Frederick Co.
Giles Co.	6,994	69.9	28.1	56.1	9.7	30.1	26.6	12.8	2.37	2.85	Giles Co.
Gloucester Co.	13,127	75.3	35.2	61.4	9.9	24.7	20.3	8.2	2.62	3.02	Gloucester Co.
Goochland Co.	6,158	76.5	29.9	64.6	8.4	23.5	19.9	7.4	2.51	2.88	Goochland Co.
Grayson Co.	7,259	70.1	26.4	57.6	8.5	29.9	26.8	12.9	2.31	2.77	Grayson Co.
Greene Co.	5,574	77.0	38.3	61.9	10.4	23.0	18.0	5.3	2.71	3.07	Greene Co.
Greensville Co.	3,375	71.0	29.3	49.8	16.0	29.0	25.4	11.3	2.51	2.99	Greensville Co.
Halifax Co.	15,018	70.0	28.6	51.2	14.8	30.0	27.4	13.1	2.43	2.94	Halifax Co.
Hanover Co.	31,121	78.6	39.5	66.4	9.3	21.4	17.7	6.8	2.71	3.07	Hanover Co.
Henrico Co.	108,121	64.6	31.9	48.3	13.1	35.4	28.9	8.5	2.39	2.97	Henrico Co.
Henry Co.	23,910	70.9	28.6	54.3	12.2	29.1	25.8	10.3	2.40	2.87	Henry Co.
Highland Co.	1,131	67.6	24.0	56.9	7.1	32.4	29.1	15.6	2.24	2.74	Highland Co.
Isle of Wight Co.	11,319	76.6	34.0	60.4	12.2	23.4	20.0	8.6	2.61	2.99	Isle of Wight Co.
James City Co.	19,003	73.6	30.5	61.8	8.9	26.4	21.4	9.0	2.47	2.86	James City Co.
King and Queen Co.	2,673	71.0	26.8	52.6	13.5	29.0	24.6	11.0	2.48	2.94	King and Queen Co.
King George Co.	6,091	74.3	38.0	59.5	10.5	25.7	20.4	6.0	2.70	3.12	King George Co.
King William Co.	4,846	78.1	36.4	63.9	10.2	21.9	18.3	7.6	2.69	3.06	King William Co.
Lancaster Co.	5,004	68.2	21.2	54.7	11.1	31.8	28.7	16.8	2.23	2.71	Lancaster Co.
Lee Co.	9,706	70.6	29.0	55.0	11.7	29.4	27.0	12.1	2.41	2.91	Lee Co.
Loudoun Co.	59,900	75.2	43.1	64.3	7.8	24.8	18.4	3.7	2.82	3.24	Loudoun Co.
Louisa Co.	9,945	73.0	31.2	57.3	10.8	27.0	22.1	9.0	2.56	2.97	Louisa Co.
Lunenburg Co.	4,998	67.7	27.3	49.5	13.3	32.3	28.7	14.7	2.39	2.91	Lunenburg Co.
Madison Co.	4,739	74.3	30.9	61.4	8.8	25.7	21.8	9.5	2.60	3.03	Madison Co.
Mathews Co.	3,932	71.8	24.2	61.2	7.9	28.2	24.9	13.5	2.32	2.75	Mathews Co.
Mecklenburg Co.	12,951	69.2	26.5	51.0	14.1	30.8	27.2	13.2	2.38	2.87	Mecklenburg Co.
Middlesex Co.	4,253	68.5	22.4	56.1	9.5	31.5	27.1	14.4	2.27	2.73	Middlesex Co.
Montgomery Co.	30,997	55.5	25.3	44.8	7.6	44.5	25.5	6.6	2.40	2.87	Montgomery Co.

Location	Total households	Percent of total households							Average population per-		Location
		Family households				Nonfamily households			Average population per-
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Type of family		Total	Householder living alone		Household	Family
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Married couple family	Female householder, no husband present	Total	Total	65 years and over	Household	Family
United States	105,480,101	68.1	32.8	51.7	12.2	31.9	25.8	9.2	2.59	3.14	United States
Virginia	2,699,173	68.5	32.7	52.8	11.9	31.5	25.1	8.0	2.54	3.04	Virginia
Nelson Co.	5,887	70.4	27.1	55.7	10.7	29.6	25.0	10.3	2.42	2.88	Nelson Co.
New Kent Co.	4,925	79.1	34.7	66.6	9.0	20.9	16.6	5.6	2.65	2.97	New Kent Co.
Northampton Co.	5,321	66.6	25.7	45.3	17.5	33.4	29.4	15.6	2.39	2.94	Northampton Co.
Northumberland Co.	5,470	69.2	20.1	57.3	8.7	30.8	27.7	15.2	2.24	2.70	Northumberland Co.
Nottoway Co.	5,664	68.6	29.9	48.6	15.4	31.4	27.6	14.2	2.48	3.00	Nottoway Co.
Orange Co.	10,150	73.6	29.6	58.7	10.7	26.4	22.1	10.1	2.50	2.90	Orange Co.
Page Co.	9,305	71.3	29.6	55.8	10.5	28.7	24.4	11.1	2.46	2.91	Page Co.
Patrick Co.	8,141	71.4	28.5	58.9	8.6	28.6	25.8	11.4	2.36	2.81	Patrick Co.
Pittsylvania Co.	24,684	73.8	30.4	58.3	11.7	26.2	23.4	9.8	2.49	2.93	Pittsylvania Co.
Powhatan Co.	7,258	81.3	37.5	69.7	8.1	18.7	14.6	4.8	2.74	3.03	Powhatan Co.
Prince Edward Co.	6,561	65.1	29.0	46.5	14.9	34.9	28.9	12.3	2.43	2.99	Prince Edward Co.
Prince George Co.	10,159	79.7	41.9	63.5	12.2	20.3	17.2	5.8	2.76	3.11	Prince George Co.
Prince William Co.	94,570	76.9	44.2	61.3	11.2	23.1	17.1	3.0	2.94	3.32	Prince William Co.
Pulaski Co.	14,643	69.3	26.9	54.9	10.5	30.7	27.0	11.1	2.32	2.80	Pulaski Co.
Rappahannock Co.	2,788	71.9	27.4	60.5	7.1	28.1	23.4	7.9	2.50	2.94	Rappahannock Co.
Richmond Co.	2,937	68.1	27.2	52.3	11.8	31.9	28.3	14.2	2.40	2.93	Richmond Co.
Roanoke Co.	34,686	71.2	30.6	59.9	8.5	28.8	25.1	10.1	2.41	2.88	Roanoke Co.
Rockbridge Co.	8,486	71.6	29.2	57.5	9.5	28.4	23.9	9.9	2.43	2.84	Rockbridge Co.
Rockingham Co.	25,355	74.5	32.9	62.4	7.9	25.5	21.2	9.1	2.61	3.02	Rockingham Co.
Russell Co.	11,789	74.8	31.0	60.9	10.1	25.2	23.1	10.0	2.44	2.87	Russell Co.
Scott Co.	9,795	71.7	27.6	59.4	9.0	28.3	26.1	13.1	2.35	2.82	Scott Co.
Shenandoah Co.	14,296	70.4	28.1	57.0	9.3	29.6	25.1	11.3	2.42	2.86	Shenandoah Co.
Smyth Co.	13,493	71.2	29.2	55.7	11.2	28.8	26.0	12.5	2.37	2.83	Smyth Co.
Southampton Co.	6,279	71.7	30.8	54.1	13.5	28.3	24.9	11.1	2.53	3.02	Southampton Co.
Spotsylvania Co.	31,308	78.7	42.4	64.8	9.9	21.3	16.4	5.4	2.87	3.22	Spotsylvania Co.
Stafford Co.	30,187	81.1	46.9	68.0	9.3	18.9	13.8	3.4	3.01	3.32	Stafford Co.
Surry Co.	2,619	73.2	30.5	55.5	14.1	26.8	23.7	10.1	2.61	3.09	Surry Co.
Sussex Co.	4,126	68.1	28.5	45.0	18.9	31.9	28.2	12.4	2.41	2.94	Sussex Co.
Tazewell Co.	18,277	72.4	28.7	58.2	10.8	27.6	25.2	11.9	2.40	2.85	Tazewell Co.
Warren Co.	12,087	70.5	32.8	55.6	10.0	29.5	24.0	8.8	2.57	3.04	Warren Co.

Location	Total households	Percent of total households							Average population per-		Location
		Family households				Nonfamily households			Average population per-
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Type of family		Total	Householder living alone		Household	Family
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Married couple family	Female householder, no husband present	Total	Total	65 years and over	Household	Family
United States	105,480,101	68.1	32.8	51.7	12.2	31.9	25.8	9.2	2.59	3.14	United States
Virginia	2,699,173	68.5	32.7	52.8	11.9	31.5	25.1	8.0	2.54	3.04	Virginia
Washington Co.	21,056	71.0	28.1	59.1	8.7	29.0	25.8	10.4	2.36	2.84	Washington Co.
Westmoreland Co.	6,846	68.5	25.7	50.7	13.5	31.5	26.9	13.6	2.43	2.91	Westmoreland Co.
Wise Co.	16,013	71.9	31.0	56.2	12.0	28.1	25.5	11.2	2.44	2.91	Wise Co.
Wythe Co.	11,511	70.4	28.9	56.2	10.5	29.6	26.3	11.7	2.36	2.83	Wythe Co.
York Co.	20,000	79.4	42.2	67.3	9.4	20.6	16.7	5.4	2.78	3.15	York Co.
Alexandria	61,889	44.8	18.6	32.2	9.2	55.2	43.4	6.8	2.04	2.87	Alexandria
Bedford	2,519	63.2	27.7	43.0	17.2	36.8	33.0	15.7	2.26	2.87	Bedford
Bristol	7,678	62.5	24.8	46.1	13.6	37.5	34.3	17.4	2.18	2.78	Bristol
Buena Vista	2,547	68.7	30.0	49.5	14.3	31.3	27.6	13.5	2.38	2.87	Buena Vista
Charlottesville	16,851	45.3	20.5	29.2	13.1	54.7	34.9	8.2	2.27	2.85	Charlottesville
Chesapeake	69,900	77.5	41.0	59.7	14.0	22.5	18.0	5.9	2.79	3.17	Chesapeake
Clifton Forge	1,841	62.3	26.1	43.4	14.9	37.7	34.4	19.6	2.22	2.80	Clifton Forge
Colonial Heights	7,027	67.2	29.1	50.3	13.0	32.8	27.6	12.3	2.37	2.88	Colonial Heights
Covington	2,835	61.4	23.7	44.9	12.5	38.6	34.0	16.4	2.22	2.83	Covington
Danville	20,607	62.8	26.1	39.2	19.6	37.2	33.9	15.3	2.27	2.89	Danville
Emporia	2,226	63.2	29.2	37.5	21.0	36.8	32.2	17.4	2.43	3.05	Emporia
Fairfax	8,035	67.3	28.0	54.5	9.3	32.7	23.4	6.7	2.61	3.07	Fairfax
Falls Church	4,471	58.6	30.1	47.1	8.6	41.4	33.8	10.1	2.31	3.01	Falls Church
Franklin	3,384	67.3	30.1	41.8	21.9	32.7	28.9	12.8	2.39	2.93	Franklin
Fredericksburg	8,102	48.4	21.6	31.8	13.1	51.6	39.2	12.8	2.09	2.81	Fredericksburg
Galax	2,950	62.5	27.6	46.0	12.7	37.5	34.2	14.9	2.27	2.90	Galax
Hampton	53,887	66.6	32.5	46.2	16.4	33.4	26.6	7.9	2.49	3.02	Hampton
Harrisonburg	13,133	49.1	23.3	36.4	9.3	50.9	28.3	8.6	2.53	3.00	Harrisonburg
Hopewell	9,055	67.1	32.1	40.6	21.2	32.9	27.6	11.2	2.43	2.94	Hopewell
Lexington	2,232	48.4	18.3	36.9	8.8	51.6	41.0	17.7	2.06	2.76	Lexington
Lynchburg	25,477	61.2	27.8	41.6	16.0	38.8	32.7	12.9	2.30	2.92	Lynchburg
Manassas	11,757	71.8	42.3	55.8	11.3	28.2	21.1	3.7	2.92	3.39	Manassas
Manassas Park	3,254	78.6	45.4	59.9	12.1	21.4	14.4	2.6	3.16	3.47	Manassas Park
Martinsville	6,498	61.9	26.3	39.0	19.1	38.1	34.2	15.4	2.27	2.89	Martinsville
Newport News	69,686	66.5	35.7	44.6	17.9	33.5	27.0	8.1	2.50	3.04	Newport News

Location	Total households	Percent of total households							Average population per-		Location
		Family households				Nonfamily households			Average population per-
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Type of family		Total	Householder living alone		Household	Family
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Married couple family	Female householder, no husband present	Total	Total	65 years and over	Household	Family
United States	105,480,101	68.1	32.8	51.7	12.2	31.9	25.8	9.2	2.59	3.14	United States
Virginia	2,699,173	68.5	32.7	52.8	11.9	31.5	25.1	8.0	2.54	3.04	Virginia
Norfolk	86,210	60.2	30.3	36.9	18.8	39.8	30.2	9.6	2.45	3.07	Norfolk
Norton	1,730	61.7	26.1	43.0	15.7	38.3	34.9	14.3	2.23	2.88	Norton
Petersburg	13,799	61.7	27.6	30.1	26.1	38.3	32.2	11.7	2.38	2.98	Petersburg
Poquoson	4,166	80.9	39.1	69.4	8.4	19.1	15.9	7.1	2.75	3.08	Poquoson
Portsmouth	38,170	66.8	30.6	41.1	20.9	33.2	27.5	10.8	2.51	3.05	Portsmouth
Radford	5,809	45.5	18.8	33.9	8.9	54.5	32.0	8.7	2.25	2.78	Radford
Richmond	84,549	51.6	23.1	27.1	20.4	48.4	37.6	10.9	2.21	2.95	Richmond
Roanoke	42,003	57.7	25.5	37.1	16.5	42.3	35.9	12.8	2.20	2.86	Roanoke
Salem	9,954	65.7	28.2	50.9	11.5	34.3	29.0	12.2	2.32	2.84	Salem
Staunton	9,676	59.6	24.9	44.4	11.7	40.4	34.7	14.3	2.19	2.81	Staunton
Suffolk	23,283	76.1	36.6	55.1	16.8	23.9	20.2	8.1	2.69	3.09	Suffolk
Virginia Beach	154,455	71.8	38.8	55.7	12.4	28.2	20.4	5.5	2.70	3.14	Virginia Beach
Waynesboro	8,332	65.2	28.9	46.5	14.5	34.8	30.1	11.9	2.31	2.85	Waynesboro
Williamsburg	3,619	49.4	16.5	37.2	9.6	50.6	35.9	11.4	2.07	2.66	Williamsburg
Winchester	10,001	56.5	25.6	40.5	11.7	43.5	34.4	11.8	2.28	2.93	Winchester

Reading the Chart:

The entries under the Percent of total households headings are percentages. The "Family households Total" and "Nonfamily households Total" percentages add up to approximately 100%. The subheadings underneath do not add up to 100%, because they do not include all the types of households. For example, there is no subheading for "Male householder, no wife present.". The colored bars fill the cells in proportion to the percentage value.

The entries under the Average population per- heading are averages of the number of people in each family or household. Here the colored bars indicate a percentage of an arbitrary maximum (5). For example, the colored bar for an average family size of 2.5 fills half of the table cell.

Total Households counts households, not people. Here the colored bars represent percentages of the highest household count of any county in the state. For example, the county with the most households will have a colored bar that fills the cell. A county with half that many households will have a colored bar that fills half the cell. For small percentages the bar does not appear.

Census Department definitions:

A household includes all of the people who occupy a housing unit. A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied (or if vacant, intended for occupancy) as separate living quarters.

A family includes a householder and one or more other people living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption.

Abbreviations used in location names: Co.=County, C.A.=Census Area, Pa.=Parish, Mu.=Municipio.

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