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New Kent County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 67 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51127

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

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Population
28,022
+4,904 (+21.2%) since 2020
Land area
210
square miles. A further 6.1% of the total area is water
Population density
133
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
New Kent
Seat of county government.
Established
1654
371 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 New Kent 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 New Kent 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 535 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 New Kent 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
Population28,02267th of 1331,510th of 3,144
Land area210 sq mi86th of 1332,983rd of 3,144
Population density133 per sq mi60th of 133753rd of 3,144
Median household income$123,3149th of 13347th of 3,143

Full data for New Kent County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population28,022Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202023,118Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?22,942Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area210 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area13.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area223.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?133 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$123,314American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$393,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,263American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,795American 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
+35
287 births, 252 deaths
Net migration
+792
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 New Kent 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 CountyVirginia42 mi19,617
Charles City CountyVirginia33 mi6,623
James City CountyVirginia21 mi83,326
Hanover CountyVirginia11 mi116,423
Henrico CountyVirginia6.3 mi342,775
King and Queen CountyVirginia4.8 mi6,743

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.