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Fluvanna County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 63 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51065

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

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Population
28,975
+1,686 (+6.2%) since 2020
Land area
287.1
square miles. A further 1.4% of the total area is water
Population density
101
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Palmyra
Seat of county government.
Established
1777
248 years ago
Largest city
Scottsville town
Population 40 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 Fluvanna 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 Fluvanna 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 753 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 Fluvanna 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
Population28,97563rd of 1331,478th of 3,144
Land area287.1 sq mi70th of 1332,828th of 3,144
Population density101 per sq mi71st of 133900th of 3,144
Median household income$96,76826th of 133202nd of 3,143

Full data for Fluvanna County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population28,975Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202027,289Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?27,248Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area287.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area291.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?101 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$96,768American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$314,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,329American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units11,495American 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
+3
253 births, 250 deaths
Net migration
+186
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 Fluvanna 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
Albemarle CountyVirginia18 mi118,356
Buckingham CountyVirginia17 mi17,137
Louisa CountyVirginia15 mi42,924
Goochland CountyVirginia12 mi29,187
Cumberland CountyVirginia6.4 mi10,352

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.