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Culpeper County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 32 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51047

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

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Population
57,666
+4,902 (+9.3%) since 2020
Land area
379.2
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
152
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Culpeper
Seat of county government.
Established
1749
276 years ago
Largest city
Culpeper town
Population 22,074.

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 Culpeper 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 Culpeper 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 667 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 Culpeper 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
Population57,66632nd of 133918th of 3,144
Land area379.2 sq mi51st of 1332,607th of 3,144
Population density152 per sq mi58th of 133691st of 3,144
Median household income$100,04924th of 133168th of 3,143

Full data for Culpeper County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population57,666Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202052,764Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?52,548Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area379.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area382.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?152 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$100,049American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$409,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households18,924American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units19,773American 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
+147
665 births, 518 deaths
Net migration
+759
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 Culpeper 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
Fauquier CountyVirginia38 mi76,503
Orange CountyVirginia32 mi40,083
Madison CountyVirginia26 mi14,237
Rappahannock CountyVirginia22 mi7,439
Spotsylvania CountyVirginia7.4 mi155,388
Stafford CountyVirginia3.5 mi170,803

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.