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Gloucester County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 46 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51073

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

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Population
40,097
+1,374 (+3.5%) since 2020
Land area
217.8
square miles. A further 24.4% of the total area is water
Population density
184
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Gloucester Courthouse
Seat of county government.
Established
1651
374 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 Gloucester 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 Gloucester 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 653 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 Gloucester 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
Population40,09746th of 1331,190th of 3,144
Land area217.8 sq mi83rd of 1332,970th of 3,144
Population density184 per sq mi54th of 133596th of 3,144
Median household income$84,30642nd of 133443rd of 3,143

Full data for Gloucester County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population40,097Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202038,723Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?38,714Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area217.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area70.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area288 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?184 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$84,306American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$331,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households15,274American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units17,309American 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
-179
307 births, 486 deaths
Net migration
+208
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 Gloucester 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
York CountyVirginia25 mi71,374
Mathews CountyVirginia21 mi8,529
Middlesex CountyVirginia19 mi10,841
King and Queen CountyVirginia17 mi6,743
James City CountyVirginia4.6 mi83,326

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.