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Pittsylvania County, Virginia

The largest of Virginia's 133 counties and independent cities by land area.

CountyFIPS 51143

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

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Population
59,490
-879 (-1.5%) since 2020
Land area
969
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
61.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Chatham
Seat of county government.
Established
1767
258 years ago
Largest city
Gretna town
Population 1,280.

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 Pittsylvania 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 Pittsylvania 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 682 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 Pittsylvania 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
Population59,49031st of 133899th of 3,144
Land area969 sq mi1st of 133724th of 3,144
Population density61.4 per sq mi94th of 1331,290th of 3,144
Median household income$54,085112th of 1332,527th of 3,143

Full data for Pittsylvania County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population59,490Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202060,369Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?60,499Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area969 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area978.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?61.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$54,085American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$161,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age48.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households25,020American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units29,443American 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
-374
450 births, 824 deaths
Net migration
+361
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 8 areas bordering Pittsylvania 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
Danville cityVirginia38 mi41,647
Halifax CountyVirginia37 mi33,447
Campbell CountyVirginia36 mi55,629
Henry CountyVirginia22 mi49,242
Bedford CountyVirginia18 mi83,059
Franklin CountyVirginia13 mi55,526
Rockingham CountyNorth Carolina11 mi94,195
Caswell CountyNorth Carolina9.4 mi22,563

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.