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Charlotte County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 110 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51037

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

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Population
11,401
-137 (-1.2%) since 2020
Land area
475.3
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
24.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Charlotte Court House
Seat of county government.
Established
1764
261 years ago
Largest city
Keysville town
Population 791.

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 Charlotte 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 Charlotte 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 563 by 800 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 Charlotte 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
Population11,401110th of 1332,325th of 3,144
Land area475.3 sq mi28th of 1332,168th of 3,144
Population density24.0 per sq mi126th of 1332,094th of 3,144
Median household income$58,00095th of 1332,257th of 3,143

Full data for Charlotte County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population11,401Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202011,538Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?11,530Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area475.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area477.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?24.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$144,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,704American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,973American 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
-28
151 births, 179 deaths
Net migration
+106
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 6 areas bordering Charlotte 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
Halifax CountyVirginia46 mi33,447
Prince Edward CountyVirginia24 mi22,391
Mecklenburg CountyVirginia16 mi30,747
Campbell CountyVirginia13 mi55,629
Lunenburg CountyVirginia13 mi12,058
Appomattox CountyVirginia10 mi17,172

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.