How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-10-01; names, ids and accepted spellings are the Census Bureau's. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 78.7°W, standard parallels 37°N and 39°N. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf
The drawing: Drawn for this site from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_county_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_county_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_state_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_state_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 78.7°W, standard parallels 37°N and 39°N. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf
How it works
This blank map of Virginia shows the 95 counties of Virginia, from Accomack to York, with the 38 independent cities drawn as shapes of their own; with Borders off it prints the plain outline.
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Blank, numbered or named
Blank prints every shape with nothing written; Numbered puts 1 on Accomack and 95 on York, in alphabetical order; Named prints every county name, and Print the answer key gives the list. The independent cities are drawn lighter and never numbered.
Virginia outline map with counties and cities
Virginia's 38 independent cities belong to no county. Richmond, the capital, is one of them, so it has no number here. Pittsylvania is the largest county and Arlington the smallest. Accomack and Northampton, the Eastern Shore, lie across Chesapeake Bay. The neighbors, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, are drawn without numbers.
As a blank Virginia county map for class, print Numbered and give each group one region, from Southwest Virginia to Tidewater.
Questions and answers
How many counties does Virginia have?
Ninety-five, from Accomack County to York County in alphabetical order. Virginia also has 38 independent cities, which the Census Bureau counts beside the counties, for 133 in all.
What county is Richmond in?
None. Richmond has been an independent city since 1871, so it belongs to no county. On this map it is one of the small shapes with no number.
Why are some shapes not numbered?
They are the independent cities, such as Norfolk, Roanoke and Alexandria. Each is separate from the county beside it, so it is drawn lighter, and this sheet numbers the counties only.
Which county of Virginia has the most people?
Fairfax County, outside Washington, D.C., has more people than any other county in Virginia. It is number 29 on the numbered sheet.