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Lunenburg County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 108 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51111

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

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Population
12,058
+109 (+0.9%) since 2020
Land area
431.7
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
27.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Lunenburg
Seat of county government.
Established
1746
279 years ago
Largest city
Victoria town
Population 1,744.

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 Lunenburg 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 Lunenburg 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 714 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 Lunenburg 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
Population12,058108th of 1332,277th of 3,144
Land area431.7 sq mi40th of 1332,352nd of 3,144
Population density27.9 per sq mi123rd of 1331,987th of 3,144
Median household income$54,842108th of 1332,485th of 3,143

Full data for Lunenburg County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population12,058Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202011,949Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?11,937Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area431.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.67 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area432.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?27.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$54,842American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$150,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,771American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,908American 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
-68
111 births, 179 deaths
Net migration
+50
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 5 areas bordering Lunenburg 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
Mecklenburg CountyVirginia38 mi30,747
Nottoway CountyVirginia24 mi15,796
Brunswick CountyVirginia17 mi15,727
Charlotte CountyVirginia13 mi11,401
Prince Edward CountyVirginia13 mi22,391

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.