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Bedford County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 26 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51019

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

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Population
83,059
+3,469 (+4.4%) since 2020
Land area
760.1
square miles. A further 2.1% of the total area is water
Population density
109
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Bedford
Seat of county government.
Established
1753
272 years ago
Largest city
Bedford town
Population 7,911.

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 Bedford 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 Bedford 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 710 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 Bedford 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
Population83,05926th of 133708th of 3,144
Land area760.1 sq mi5th of 1331,149th of 3,144
Population density109 per sq mi67th of 133854th of 3,144
Median household income$78,93749th of 133627th of 3,143

Full data for Bedford County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population83,059Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202079,590Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?79,496Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area760.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area16.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area776.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?109 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$78,937American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$297,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households33,127American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units37,484American 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
-167
697 births, 864 deaths
Net migration
+766
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 8 areas bordering Bedford 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
Botetourt CountyVirginia37 mi34,144
Franklin CountyVirginia32 mi55,526
Amherst CountyVirginia23 mi31,962
Campbell CountyVirginia23 mi55,629
Pittsylvania CountyVirginia18 mi59,490
Lynchburg cityVirginia17 mi81,347
Rockbridge CountyVirginia10 mi22,663
Roanoke CountyVirginia7.1 mi97,150

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.