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Amelia County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 104 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51007

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

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Population
13,632
+364 (+2.7%) since 2020
Land area
355.4
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
38.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Amelia Court House
Seat of county government.
Established
1734
291 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 Amelia 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 Amelia 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 550 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 Amelia 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
Population13,632104th of 1332,181st of 3,144
Land area355.4 sq mi54th of 1332,672nd of 3,144
Population density38.4 per sq mi111th of 1331,707th of 3,144
Median household income$76,71751st of 133739th of 3,143

Full data for Amelia County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population13,632Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202013,268Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?13,262Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area355.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area358.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?38.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$76,717American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$282,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,417American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,815American 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
132 births, 183 deaths
Net migration
-24
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Amelia 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
Chesterfield CountyVirginia28 mi397,148
Powhatan CountyVirginia26 mi32,591
Nottoway CountyVirginia25 mi15,796
Dinwiddie CountyVirginia15 mi28,896
Cumberland CountyVirginia11 mi10,352
Prince Edward CountyVirginia5.0 mi22,391

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.