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Campbell County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 33 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51031

Within Virginia
Campbell County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Rustburg, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
55,629
+31 (+0.1%) since 2020
Land area
503.3
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
111
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Rustburg
Seat of county government.
Established
1782
243 years ago
Largest city
Altavista town
Population 3,353.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Campbell County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Campbell County, Virginia from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 682 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Campbell County ranks

Position among the 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn VirginiaNationally
Population55,62933rd of 133943rd of 3,144
Land area503.3 sq mi23rd of 1332,066th of 3,144
Population density111 per sq mi66th of 133845th of 3,144
Median household income$66,16572nd of 1331,518th of 3,143

Full data for Campbell County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population55,629Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202055,598Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?55,654Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area503.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area506.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?111 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,165American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$211,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households22,240American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units25,533American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-252
416 births, 668 deaths
Net migration
+318
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Campbell County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Pittsylvania CountyVirginia36 mi59,490
Bedford CountyVirginia23 mi83,059
Appomattox CountyVirginia22 mi17,172
Lynchburg cityVirginia14 mi81,347
Charlotte CountyVirginia13 mi11,401
Halifax CountyVirginia12 mi33,447
Amherst CountyVirginia8.2 mi31,962

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.