Virginia

The freest counties in Virginia (2026)

Virginia has 133 counties in the ranking. The freest is Bland, #336 of 3,144 in the country. The state itself scores7.11 of 10 for fraser institute state ranking and 6 of 10 for 2a, which every county in Virginia shares.

1. 336BlandVirginia
2. 532GoochlandVirginia
3. 688CraigVirginia
4. 718HighlandVirginia
5. 778AugustaVirginia
6. 785Poquoson CityVirginia
7. 815BathVirginia
8. 834MadisonVirginia
9. 844CarrollVirginia
10. 881CampbellVirginia
11. 910RappahannockVirginia
12. 915BedfordVirginia
13. 950GilesVirginia
14. 992BotetourtVirginia
15. 994MontgomeryVirginia
16. 1101CumberlandVirginia
17. 1113PowhatanVirginia
18. 1117RockinghamVirginia
19. 1126AmeliaVirginia
20. 1130GraysonVirginia
21. 1138Prince GeorgeVirginia
22. 1156RussellVirginia
23. 1161Isle of WightVirginia
24. 1162MathewsVirginia
25. 1162NelsonVirginia
26. 1171ClarkeVirginia
27. 1184FluvannaVirginia
28. 1204WarrenVirginia
29. 1252PatrickVirginia
30. 1295FloydVirginia
31. 1305New KentVirginia
32. 1324HanoverVirginia
33. 1326GreeneVirginia
34. 1361LoudounVirginia
35. 1371StaffordVirginia
36. 1380WashingtonVirginia
37. 1391PageVirginia
38. 1417FauquierVirginia
39. 1441FrederickVirginia
40. 1453DickensonVirginia
41. 1488RoanokeVirginia
42. 1514ShenandoahVirginia
43. 1545SpotsylvaniaVirginia
44. 1551King GeorgeVirginia
45. 1578AppomattoxVirginia
46. 1587CulpeperVirginia
47. 1592ArlingtonVirginia
48. 1620RockbridgeVirginia
49. 1621Harrisonburg CityVirginia
50. 1668FranklinVirginia
51. 1670NottowayVirginia
52. 1673King WilliamVirginia
53. 1679BuckinghamVirginia
54. 1685Williamsburg CityVirginia
55. 1690Manassas Park CityVirginia
56. 1692Waynesboro CityVirginia
57. 1699WytheVirginia
58. 1710ScottVirginia
59. 1723RichmondVirginia
60. 1740AmherstVirginia
61. 1747GloucesterVirginia
62. 1767Manassas CityVirginia
63. 1774FairfaxVirginia
64. 1817YorkVirginia
65. 1826King and QueenVirginia
66. 1830Radford CityVirginia
67. 1841LouisaVirginia
68. 1843Salem CityVirginia
69. 1868AlbemarleVirginia
70. 1890OrangeVirginia
71. 1904Bristol CityVirginia
72. 1909MiddlesexVirginia
73. 1932Covington CityVirginia
74. 1944Fairfax CityVirginia
75. 1958Prince WilliamVirginia
76. 1961CarolineVirginia
77. 1970PulaskiVirginia
78. 1975TazewellVirginia
79. 1979LancasterVirginia
80. 1982Falls Church CityVirginia
81. 2008Galax CityVirginia
82. 2024JamesVirginia
83. 2104Lexington CityVirginia
84. 2112AlleghanyVirginia
85. 2134SmythVirginia
86. 2136DinwiddieVirginia
87. 2137WiseVirginia
88. 2147Alexandria CityVirginia
89. 2172Fredericksburg CityVirginia
90. 2175Norton CityVirginia
91. 2182LeeVirginia
92. 2182MecklenburgVirginia
93. 2186BuchananVirginia
94. 2190Buena Vista CityVirginia
95. 2218Winchester CityVirginia
96. 2220Staunton CityVirginia
97. 2246SurryVirginia
98. 2249LunenburgVirginia
99. 2281ChesterfieldVirginia
100. 2281Virginia Beach CityVirginia
101. 2330Lynchburg CityVirginia
102. 2337PittsylvaniaVirginia
103. 2351Charlottesville CityVirginia
104. 2357CharlesVirginia
105. 2376NorthumberlandVirginia
106. 2396EssexVirginia
107. 2419Prince EdwardVirginia
108. 2442WestmorelandVirginia
109. 2454CharlotteVirginia
110. 2462HenricoVirginia
111. 2508Chesapeake CityVirginia
112. 2549SussexVirginia
113. 2558Colonial Heights CityVirginia
114. 2569HenryVirginia
115. 2584AccomackVirginia
116. 2597HalifaxVirginia
117. 2604SouthamptonVirginia
118. 2649Suffolk CityVirginia
119. 2656BrunswickVirginia
120. 2662NorthamptonVirginia
121. 2696GreensvilleVirginia
122. 2750Emporia CityVirginia
123. 2753Martinsville CityVirginia
124. 2762Hopewell CityVirginia
125. 2915Norfolk CityVirginia
126. 2929Newport News CityVirginia
127. 2956Roanoke CityVirginia
128. 2962Hampton CityVirginia
129. 2973Franklin CityVirginia
130. 2994Richmond CityVirginia
131. 3023Danville CityVirginia
132. 3050Portsmouth CityVirginia
133. 3072Petersburg CityVirginia

See the freest counties of 2026 nationally, or readhow the ranking works.