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Prince Edward County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 77 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51147

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

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Population
22,391
+512 (+2.3%) since 2020
Land area
349.9
square miles. A further 1.1% of the total area is water
Population density
64.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Farmville
Seat of county government.
Established
1752
273 years ago
Largest city
Farmville town
Population 7,061 for the whole place, which extends beyond 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 Prince Edward 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 Prince Edward 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 708 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 Prince Edward 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
Population22,39177th of 1331,707th of 3,144
Land area349.9 sq mi55th of 1332,680th of 3,144
Population density64.0 per sq mi90th of 1331,255th of 3,144
Median household income$56,315103rd of 1332,390th of 3,143

Full data for Prince Edward County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population22,391Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202021,879Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?21,837Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area349.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area353.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?64.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$56,315American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$216,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age32.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,641American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,209American 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
-43
213 births, 256 deaths
Net migration
+115
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 Prince Edward 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 CountyVirginia24 mi11,401
Cumberland CountyVirginia21 mi10,352
Buckingham CountyVirginia17 mi17,137
Lunenburg CountyVirginia13 mi12,058
Appomattox CountyVirginia13 mi17,172
Nottoway CountyVirginia12 mi15,796
Amelia CountyVirginia5.0 mi13,632

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.