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King and Queen County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 122 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51097

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

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Population
6,743
+158 (+2.4%) since 2020
Land area
315.1
square miles. A further 3.4% of the total area is water
Population density
21.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
King and Queen Court House
Seat of county government.
Established
1691
334 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 King and Queen 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 King and Queen 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 651 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 King and Queen 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
Population6,743122nd of 1332,676th of 3,144
Land area315.1 sq mi65th of 1332,774th of 3,144
Population density21.4 per sq mi129th of 1332,194th of 3,144
Median household income$70,46961st of 1331,165th of 3,143

Full data for King and Queen County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population6,743Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,585Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,603Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area315.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area11.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area326.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?21.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$70,469American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$231,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age49.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,003American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,511American 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
-42
64 births, 106 deaths
Net migration
+60
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 7 areas bordering King and Queen 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
King William CountyVirginia57 mi19,617
Essex CountyVirginia37 mi10,654
Gloucester CountyVirginia17 mi40,097
Caroline CountyVirginia15 mi34,413
Middlesex CountyVirginia13 mi10,841
New Kent CountyVirginia4.8 mi28,022
James City CountyVirginia3.0 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.