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Prince George County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 41 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51149

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

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Population
43,936
+860 (+2.0%) since 2020
Land area
265.3
square miles. A further 5.9% of the total area is water
Population density
166
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Prince George
Seat of county government.
Established
1703
322 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 Prince George 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 George 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 775 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 George 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
Population43,93641st of 1331,123rd of 3,144
Land area265.3 sq mi76th of 1332,876th of 3,144
Population density166 per sq mi55th of 133646th of 3,144
Median household income$84,89738th of 133425th of 3,143

Full data for Prince George County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population43,936Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202043,076Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?43,010Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area265.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area16.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area281.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?166 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$84,897American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$293,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age33.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households12,919American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units13,532American 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
+47
336 births, 289 deaths
Net migration
+144
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 George 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
Charles City CountyVirginia23 mi6,623
Surry CountyVirginia17 mi6,603
Sussex CountyVirginia16 mi10,755
Hopewell cityVirginia16 mi23,261
Dinwiddie CountyVirginia12 mi28,896
Petersburg cityVirginia12 mi33,734
Chesterfield CountyVirginia7.2 mi397,148

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.