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Halifax County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 55 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51083

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

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Population
33,447
-492 (-1.4%) since 2020
Land area
817.7
square miles. A further 1.4% of the total area is water
Population density
40.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Halifax
Seat of county government.
Established
1752
273 years ago
Largest city
South Boston town
Population 7,795.

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 Halifax 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 Halifax 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 779 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 Halifax 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
Population33,44755th of 1331,360th of 3,144
Land area817.7 sq mi4th of 1331,035th of 3,144
Population density40.9 per sq mi108th of 1331,655th of 3,144
Median household income$52,013116th of 1332,658th of 3,143

Full data for Halifax County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population33,447Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202033,939Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?34,035Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area817.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area11.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area829.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?40.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$52,013American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$155,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households13,613American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units17,443American 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
-229
292 births, 521 deaths
Net migration
+124
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 Halifax 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
Charlotte CountyVirginia46 mi11,401
Pittsylvania CountyVirginia37 mi59,490
Mecklenburg CountyVirginia33 mi30,747
Person CountyNorth Carolina19 mi40,636
Campbell CountyVirginia12 mi55,629
Caswell CountyNorth Carolina4.5 mi22,563
Granville CountyNorth Carolina3.5 mi61,421

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.