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Buckingham County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 89 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51029

Within Virginia
Buckingham 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
17,137
+311 (+1.8%) since 2020
Land area
579.6
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
29.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Buckingham
Seat of county government.
Established
1761
264 years ago
Largest city
Dillwyn town
Population 441.

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 Buckingham 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 Buckingham 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 795 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 Buckingham 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
Population17,13789th of 1331,968th of 3,144
Land area579.6 sq mi12th of 1331,704th of 3,144
Population density29.6 per sq mi122nd of 1331,938th of 3,144
Median household income$60,82891st of 1332,005th of 3,143

Full data for Buckingham County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population17,137Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202016,826Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?16,828Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area579.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area583.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?29.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,828American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$173,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,274American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,284American 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
-99
120 births, 219 deaths
Net migration
+126
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 6 areas bordering Buckingham 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
Cumberland CountyVirginia27 mi10,352
Nelson CountyVirginia27 mi14,920
Appomattox CountyVirginia21 mi17,172
Prince Edward CountyVirginia17 mi22,391
Fluvanna CountyVirginia17 mi28,975
Albemarle CountyVirginia12 mi118,356

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.