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Cumberland County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 116 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51049

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

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Population
10,352
+672 (+6.9%) since 2020
Land area
297.5
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
34.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Cumberland
Seat of county government.
Established
1749
276 years ago
Largest city
Farmville town
Population 532 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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 583 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 Cumberland 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
Population10,352116th of 1332,384th of 3,144
Land area297.5 sq mi68th of 1332,811th of 3,144
Population density34.8 per sq mi117th of 1331,799th of 3,144
Median household income$55,325107th of 1332,454th of 3,143

Full data for Cumberland County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population10,352Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20209,680Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?9,690Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area297.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area299.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?34.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,325American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$239,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,010American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,736American 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
-33
89 births, 122 deaths
Net migration
+186
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 Cumberland 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
Buckingham CountyVirginia27 mi17,137
Prince Edward CountyVirginia21 mi22,391
Powhatan CountyVirginia16 mi32,591
Amelia CountyVirginia11 mi13,632
Goochland CountyVirginia10 mi29,187
Fluvanna CountyVirginia6.4 mi28,975

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.