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Mecklenburg County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 58 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51117

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

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Population
30,747
+462 (+1.5%) since 2020
Land area
625.3
square miles. A further 7.9% of the total area is water
Population density
49.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Boydton
Seat of county government.
Established
1765
260 years ago
Largest city
South Hill town
Population 4,889.

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 Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg 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 524 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 Mecklenburg 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
Population30,74758th of 1331,421st of 3,144
Land area625.3 sq mi9th of 1331,540th of 3,144
Population density49.2 per sq mi102nd of 1331,488th of 3,144
Median household income$57,045100th of 1332,326th of 3,143

Full data for Mecklenburg County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population30,747Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202030,285Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?30,316Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area625.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area53.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area679.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?49.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,045American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$192,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age49.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households13,569American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units19,315American 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
-219
297 births, 516 deaths
Net migration
+157
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 Mecklenburg 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
Lunenburg CountyVirginia38 mi12,058
Halifax CountyVirginia33 mi33,447
Brunswick CountyVirginia16 mi15,727
Charlotte CountyVirginia16 mi11,401
Warren CountyNorth Carolina15 mi18,898
Granville CountyNorth Carolina15 mi61,421
Vance CountyNorth Carolina7.4 mi42,638

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.