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Nottoway County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 94 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51135

Within Virginia
Nottoway 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
15,796
+154 (+1.0%) since 2020
Land area
314.4
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
50.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Nottoway
Seat of county government.
Established
1789
236 years ago
Largest city
Blackstone town
Population 3,389.

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 Nottoway 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 Nottoway 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 719 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 Nottoway 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
Population15,79694th of 1332,051st of 3,144
Land area314.4 sq mi66th of 1332,776th of 3,144
Population density50.2 per sq mi100th of 1331,473rd of 3,144
Median household income$63,26183rd of 1331,771st of 3,143

Full data for Nottoway County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population15,796Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202015,642Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?15,644Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area314.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area316.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?50.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,261American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$167,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,611American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,749American 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
-51
130 births, 181 deaths
Net migration
+158
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 Nottoway 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
Amelia CountyVirginia25 mi13,632
Lunenburg CountyVirginia24 mi12,058
Dinwiddie CountyVirginia19 mi28,896
Prince Edward CountyVirginia12 mi22,391
Brunswick CountyVirginia9.2 mi15,727

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.