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Sussex County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 114 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51183

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

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Population
10,755
-44 (-0.4%) since 2020
Land area
490.2
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
21.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Sussex
Seat of county government.
Established
1754
271 years ago
Largest city
Waverly town
Population 1,936.

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 Sussex 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 Sussex 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 629 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 Sussex 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
Population10,755114th of 1332,362nd of 3,144
Land area490.2 sq mi26th of 1332,123rd of 3,144
Population density21.9 per sq mi128th of 1332,177th of 3,144
Median household income$63,53081st of 1331,747th of 3,143

Full data for Sussex County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population10,755Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202010,799Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?10,839Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area490.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area492.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?21.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,530American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$183,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,785American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,706American 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
-81
80 births, 161 deaths
Net migration
+95
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 Sussex 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
Southampton CountyVirginia31 mi18,110
Greensville CountyVirginia25 mi11,181
Surry CountyVirginia25 mi6,603
Prince George CountyVirginia16 mi43,936
Dinwiddie CountyVirginia15 mi28,896

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.