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Greensville County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 111 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51081

Within Virginia
Greensville 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
11,181
-206 (-1.8%) since 2020
Land area
295.4
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
37.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Emporia
Seat of county government.
Established
1780
245 years ago
Largest city
Jarratt town
Population 514 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 Greensville 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 Greensville 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 756 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 Greensville 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
Population11,181111th of 1332,335th of 3,144
Land area295.4 sq mi69th of 1332,817th of 3,144
Population density37.9 per sq mi113th of 1331,717th of 3,144
Median household income$54,668110th of 1332,495th of 3,143

Full data for Greensville County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population11,181Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202011,387Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?11,394Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area295.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area297 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?37.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$54,668American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$159,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,199American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,026American 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
-62
112 births, 174 deaths
Net migration
+68
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 Greensville 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
Southampton CountyVirginia35 mi18,110
Northampton CountyNorth Carolina26 mi16,491
Brunswick CountyVirginia26 mi15,727
Sussex CountyVirginia25 mi10,755
Emporia cityVirginia15 mi5,447
Dinwiddie CountyVirginia5.4 mi28,896

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.