Is Shenandoah County, VA's population growing or shrinking?
Refreshed annually
It grew by 371 between 2024 and 2025. Changes in population can reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. The 0.82% annual increase was primarily driven by people moving from other states.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Shenandoah County, VA’s population grew by 6.9%.
+371
population change (2024 to 2025)
+0.82%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Shenandoah County, VA’s population increased 23 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2005 and 2006, when Shenandoah County, VA gained 1,100 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2008 and 2009 when there were 50 fewer residents.
Shenandoah County, VA gained 371 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 2001–2025
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What contributes to population change in Shenandoah County, VA?
A county’s population is influenced by three factors:
- Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 and 2025 natural population change was negative in Shenandoah County, VA, with deaths exceeding births by 105.
- Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a county: If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Between 2024 to 2025, Shenandoah County, VA’s population change from immigration was positive with about 67 more people coming from another country directly to Shenandoah County, VA than leaving.
- Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, Shenandoah County, VA’s population change from domestic migration was positive with about 414 more people coming from any other county in the US.
Between 2024 and 2025, domestic migration was the primary driver of population growth in Shenandoah County, VA.
Components of population change from previous year, 2011–2025
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