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Isle of Wight County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 45 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51093

Within Virginia
Isle of Wight 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
41,321
+2,610 (+6.7%) since 2020
Land area
315.7
square miles. A further 13.0% of the total area is water
Population density
131
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Isle of Wight
Seat of county government.
Established
1634
391 years ago
Largest city
Smithfield town
Population 9,112.

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 Isle of Wight 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 Isle of Wight 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 596 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 Isle of Wight 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
Population41,32145th of 1331,168th of 3,144
Land area315.7 sq mi64th of 1332,772nd of 3,144
Population density131 per sq mi61st of 133757th of 3,144
Median household income$95,24128th of 133222nd of 3,143

Full data for Isle of Wight County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population41,321Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202038,711Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?38,612Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area315.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area47.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area362.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?131 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$95,241American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$356,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households15,756American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units17,125American 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
-101
358 births, 459 deaths
Net migration
+534
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 Isle of Wight 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 CountyVirginia37 mi18,110
Suffolk cityVirginia34 mi104,699
Surry CountyVirginia19 mi6,603
Newport News cityVirginia19 mi183,230
Franklin cityVirginia8.2 mi8,478
James City CountyVirginiaa single point83,326

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.