Prince William County, Virginia

Prince William County
County
County of Prince William
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Interactive map of Prince William County
Location within the Commonwealth of Virginia
Country	United States
State	Virginia
Founded	1731
Named for	Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
County seat	Manassas
Largest community	Dale City
Government
• Body	Board of Supervisors
• Chair	Deshundra Jefferson (D)
• County Executive	Christopher Shorter
Area
• Total	348 sq mi (900 km2)
• Land	336 sq mi (870 km2)
• Water	12 sq mi (30 km2)  3.5%
Population  (2020)
• Total	482,204
• Density	1,400/sq mi (540/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code	703/571
FIPS code	51153
GNIS feature ID	1480161
U.S. House	7th, 10th
Virginia Senate	13th, 28th, 29th, 36th, 39th
Virginia House	2nd, 13th, 31st, 40th, 51st, 87th
Website	http://www.pwcgov.org/

38°42′N 77°29′W / 38.70°N 77.48°W / 38.70; -77.48Prince William County lies beside the Potomac River in the U.S. state of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 482,204,^[1] making it Virginia's second most populous county. The county seat is the independent city of Manassas.^[2]

A part of Northern Virginia, Prince William County is part of the Washington metropolitan area. In 2020, it had the 24th highest income of any county in the United States.^[3]