Bland County, VA

Micropolitan Statistical Area: Bluefield, WV-VA
Designated Market Area: Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV-VA
USDA County Type (2025): Manufacturing, Government, Low Employment
American Communities Project County Type (2023): Evangelical Hubs

Places in Bland County, VA [Sort places by name]

2024 population: 6,186 ( 86 from 2020)
Land area: 357.6 square miles
Population density: 17.3 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	5,730	92.63%	2.1%
Black:	252	4.07%	0.8%
Indian:	11	0.18%	8.3%
Asian:	38	0.61%	11.8%
2+ races:	70	1.13%	14.8%
Hispanic:	85	1.37%	39.3%

Total non-White:	456	7.37%	9.1%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	162	6.5
Deaths:	372	14.8
Net Migration:	121	4.8
Net Immigration:	0	0.0

Change in White population:	-124	-2.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	38	0.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

[Display all years]

Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
6,272
5,854	93.34%
250	3.99%
12	0.19%
34	0.54%
61	0.97%
61	0.97%
418	6.66%

2010
6,824
6,494	95.16%
228	3.34%
1	0.01%
19	0.28%
43	0.63%
39	0.57%
330	4.84%

2000
6,871
6,495	94.53%
285	4.15%
5	0.07%
9	0.13%
45	0.65%
32	0.47%
376	5.47%

1990
6,514
6,277	96.36%
213	3.27%
0	0.00%
0	0.00%
n/a
24	0.37%
237	3.64%

1980
6,349
6,094	95.98%
206	3.24%
0	0.00%
0	0.00%
n/a
41	0.65%
255	4.02%

1970
5,423
5,280	97.36%
138	2.54%
4	0.07%
0	0.00%
n/a
0	0.00%
143	2.64%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
422	6.2
778	11.4
-168	-2.5
-16	-0.2

-640	-9.4
88	1.3

Number	Rate
2000's
528	7.7
715	10.4
109	1.6
34	0.5

-1	-0.0
-46	-0.7

Number	Rate
1990's
624	9.6
642	9.9
221	3.4
7	0.1

218	3.3
139	2.1

Number	Rate
1980's
724	11.4
590	9.3
89	1.4
n/a

183	2.9
-18	-0.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
743	13.7
n/a

814	15.0
112	2.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Bland County, VA

[Display all years]

Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
46.4
950	15.4%
5,236	84.6%
1,482	24.0%

2,235
2.37

1,409	63.0%
1,106	78.5%
46	3.3%
826	37.0%

2010
Number	Percent
43.6
1,220	17.9%
5,604	82.1%
1,185	17.4%

2,566
2.39

1,842	71.8%
1,499	81.4%
105	5.7%
724	28.2%

2000
Number	Percent
40.7
1,322	19.2%
5,549	80.8%
1,014	14.8%

2,555
2.44

1,902	74.4%
1,651	86.8%
84	4.4%
653	25.6%

1990
Number	Percent
36.5
1,416	21.7%
5,098	78.3%
887	13.6%

2,235
2.66

1,751	78.3%
1,537	87.8%
62	3.5%
484	21.7%

1980
Number	Percent
31.5
1,692	26.6%
4,657	73.4%
765	12.0%

2,111
2.80

1,732	82.0%
1,557	89.9%
53	3.1%
379	18.0%

2022 Housing Data for Bland County, VA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	59	2.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	123	5.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	33	1.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	108	4.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	99	4.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	79	3.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	183	8.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	69	3.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	92	4.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	278	12.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	253	11.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	352	15.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	156	7.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	202	9.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	102	4.6%
$200,000 or more	47	2.1%

Median Household Income	59,901
Per Capita Income	27,904

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	74
Compared to U.S.	74

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	82	3.7%
Public Assistance	30	1.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	139	6.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,071	52.8%
Unemployed	71	1.8%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	2,142	54.6%
Not in Labor Force	1,780	45.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		47.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	973	638	60.4%
Non-Profit	10	81	11.0%
Self-Employed	157	45	77.7%

Local Government	22	159	12.2%
State Government	54	93	36.7%
Federal Government	8	7	53.3%

Total Private + Self	1,130	683	62.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	94	340	21.7%
Total	1,224	1,023	54.5%

Pct. Govt.	15.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	167	7.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	586	25.7%
Professional, Technical	437	19.2%
Service Occupations	268	11.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	131	5.7%
All others	822	36.1%

White Collar		52.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	564	24.7%
Educational services	228	10.0%
Other services	226	9.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	207	9.1%
Health care and social assistance	170	7.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	159	7.0%
Public administration	143	6.3%
Retail trade	133	5.8%
Construction	113	5.0%
Transportation and warehousing	77	3.4%
Finance and insurance	59	2.6%
Information	48	2.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	47	2.1%
Wholesale trade	38	1.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	23	1.0%
Accommodation and food services	17	0.7%
Utilities	14	0.6%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	11	0.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	3	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	2	0.03%
Puerto Rican	0	0.00%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	5	0.08%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	5	0.08%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	30	0.48%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	30	0.48%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	12	0.19%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indonesian	9	0.14%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	5,877	98.3%
Spanish	73	1.2%
German, other Germanic	14	0.2%
Other Asian	9	0.2%
Arabic	5	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	1,325	21.2%
German	1,005	16.1%
Irish	702	11.2%
English	650	10.4%
Scotch-Irish	228	3.7%
Italian	178	2.9%
Scottish	137	2.2%
Swedish	88	1.4%
French	85	1.4%
European	35	0.6%
Slovak	25	0.4%
Norwegian	23	0.4%
Welsh	19	0.3%
Polish	17	0.3%
British	14	0.2%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	6,238	100.0%
Not a citizen	3	0.0%

Native	6,220	99.7%
Foreign-born	21	0.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
104	2.1%	298	6.0%	2,271	45.5%	1,502	30.1%	565	11.3%	255	5.1%
Average years of education: 12.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	104	2.1%
9-12 Years	298	6.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	2,271	45.5%
Some College	1,502	30.1%
Bach. Degree	565	11.3%
Grad Degree	255	5.1%
Average years of education: 12.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	3,223	3,034	189	5.9%	4.4%
1991	3,595	3,366	229	6.4%	5.8%
1992	3,655	3,424	231	6.3%	6.2%
1993	3,400	3,172	228	6.7%	5.2%
1994	3,565	3,289	276	7.7%	4.8%
1995	3,580	3,346	234	6.5%	4.4%
1996	3,581	3,336	245	6.8%	4.3%
1997	3,551	3,330	221	6.2%	3.7%
1998	3,496	3,354	142	4.1%	2.8%
1999	3,494	3,341	153	4.4%	2.7%

2000	2,933	2,781	152	5.2%	2.3%
2001	3,059	2,882	177	5.8%	3.3%
2002	3,028	2,861	167	5.5%	4.4%
2003	3,036	2,876	160	5.3%	4.3%
2004	2,967	2,820	147	5.0%	4.1%
2005	3,068	2,936	132	4.3%	3.8%
2006	3,222	3,091	131	4.1%	3.3%
2007	3,389	3,251	138	4.1%	3.3%
2008	3,494	3,315	179	5.1%	4.3%
2009	3,611	3,338	273	7.6%	6.8%

2010	2,899	2,645	254	8.8%	7.3%
2011	2,854	2,644	210	7.4%	6.6%
2012	2,871	2,673	198	6.9%	5.9%
2013	2,877	2,687	190	6.6%	5.6%
2014	2,876	2,706	170	5.9%	5.1%
2015	2,792	2,635	157	5.6%	4.4%
2016	2,742	2,601	141	5.1%	4.0%
2017	2,883	2,765	118	4.1%	3.7%
2018	2,846	2,757	89	3.1%	2.9%
2019	2,858	2,782	76	2.7%	2.7%

2020	2,811	2,653	158	5.6%	6.2%
2021	2,751	2,656	95	3.5%	3.9%
2022	2,803	2,722	81	2.9%	2.9%
2023	2,851	2,766	85	3.0%	2.9%
2024	2,646	2,560	86	3.3%	2.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	3,200
Median Value	$132,500

Occupied	2,235	69.8%
Vacant	965	30.2%

Owned	1,904	85.2%
Rented	331	14.8%
Median Rent	$705

Single-Family Units	2,380	74.4%
Detached	2,364	73.9%
Attached	16	0.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	48	1.5%
Mobile Homes	741	23.2%

Bland County, VA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Bland County, VA

2022 Housing Data for Bland County, VA

2022 Income & Employment Data for Bland County, VA

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Bland County, VA

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Bland County, VA

Historical Labor Force Data for Bland County, VA