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James City County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 25 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51095

Within Virginia
James City County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
83,326
+4,840 (+6.2%) since 2020
Land area
142.3
square miles. A further 20.5% of the total area is water
Population density
586
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Williamsburg
Seat of county government.
Established
1634
391 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 James City 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 James City 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 729 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 James City 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
Population83,32625th of 133706th of 3,144
Land area142.3 sq mi93rd of 1333,066th of 3,144
Population density586 per sq mi45th of 133249th of 3,144
Median household income$109,98519th of 13397th of 3,143

Full data for James City County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population83,326Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202078,486Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?78,253Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area142.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area36.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area179.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?586 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$109,985American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$447,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households31,990American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units34,726American 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
-233
760 births, 993 deaths
Net migration
+663
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 9 areas bordering James City 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
New Kent CountyVirginia21 mi28,022
York CountyVirginia21 mi71,374
Surry CountyVirginia19 mi6,603
Charles City CountyVirginia17 mi6,623
Williamsburg cityVirginia14 mi15,861
Newport News cityVirginia7.1 mi183,230
Gloucester CountyVirginia4.6 mi40,097
King and Queen CountyVirginia3.0 mi6,743
Isle of Wight CountyVirginiaa single point41,321

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.