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Goochland County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 62 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51075

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

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Population
29,187
+4,321 (+17.4%) since 2020
Land area
282
square miles. A further 2.9% of the total area is water
Population density
103
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Goochland
Seat of county government.
Established
1727
298 years ago
Largest city
Not available
No incorporated place lies within 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 Goochland 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 Goochland 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 653 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 Goochland 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
Population29,18762nd of 1331,470th of 3,144
Land area282 sq mi71st of 1332,843rd of 3,144
Population density103 per sq mi70th of 133884th of 3,144
Median household income$118,93112th of 13359th of 3,143

Full data for Goochland County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population29,187Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202024,866Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?24,744Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area282 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area8.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area290.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?103 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$118,931American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$500,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age50.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,342American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units11,208American 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
-131
159 births, 290 deaths
Net migration
+1,050
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 Goochland 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
Powhatan CountyVirginia32 mi32,591
Louisa CountyVirginia27 mi42,924
Henrico CountyVirginia14 mi342,775
Fluvanna CountyVirginia12 mi28,975
Cumberland CountyVirginia10 mi10,352
Hanover CountyVirginia10 mi116,423
Chesterfield CountyVirginiaa single point397,148

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.