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Albemarle County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 16 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51003

Within Virginia
Albemarle 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
118,356
+5,778 (+5.1%) since 2020
Land area
720.5
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
164
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Charlottesville
Seat of county government.
Established
1744
281 years ago
Largest city
Scottsville town
Population 509 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 Albemarle 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 Albemarle 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 724 by 800 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 Albemarle 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
Population118,35616th of 133546th of 3,144
Land area720.5 sq mi6th of 1331,243rd of 3,144
Population density164 per sq mi57th of 133655th of 3,144
Median household income$104,39221st of 133129th of 3,143

Full data for Albemarle County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population118,356Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020112,578Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?112,435Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area720.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area726 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?164 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$104,392American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$495,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households45,912American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units49,159American 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
-69
968 births, 1,037 deaths
Net migration
+1,109
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 9 areas bordering Albemarle 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
Nelson CountyVirginia29 mi14,920
Charlottesville cityVirginia23 mi44,388
Fluvanna CountyVirginia18 mi28,975
Greene CountyVirginia17 mi21,958
Augusta CountyVirginia15 mi78,940
Buckingham CountyVirginia12 mi17,137
Louisa CountyVirginia10 mi42,924
Rockingham CountyVirginia9.5 mi89,316
Orange CountyVirginia9.4 mi40,083

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.