Demographics of Halifax County, Virginia

Halifax County, Virginia had 33,447 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −492 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Halifax County, in four figures

33,447
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −1.4%
Change since July 2020: −492 people.; 46.5 ±0.4
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $52,013 ±$3,015
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Halifax County, Virginia's population shrank 1.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Halifax County, Virginia's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change

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Halifax County, Virginia's population shrank 1.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Halifax County, Virginia's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	33,939	100.0	100.0
2021	33,798	99.6	100.2
2022	33,612	99.0	100.7
2023	33,470	98.6	101.6
2024	33,554	98.9	102.5
2025	33,447	98.6	103.1

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Population of Halifax County, Virginia on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	33,939	−96	−50	0	−45
2021	33,798	−141	−245	+4	+67
2022	33,612	−186	−318	+7	+144
2023	33,470	−142	−230	+31	+65
2024	33,554	+84	−224	+61	+250
2025	33,447	−107	−229	+32	+92

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 46.5 ±0.4: for men 44.4 ±0.7 and for women 48.4 ±1.1. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Halifax County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Virginia	United States
Under 5	1,704 ±36	5.1% ±0.1	5.6% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	5,146 ±394	15.3% ±1.2	16.1% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,448 ±310	7.3% ±0.9	9.3% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	6,972 ±376	20.7% ±1.1	27.1% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	8,743 ±382	26.0% ±1.1	25.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	8,626 ±517	25.6% ±1.5	16.7% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $52,013 ±$3,015, and income per person $28,215 ±$1,446, in 2024 dollars. The median is $93,170 ±$458 in Virginia and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Halifax County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Virginia	United States
Under $25,000	3,624 ±472	26.6% ±3.4	12.2% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,912 ±378	21.4% ±2.7	14.5% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,074 ±294	15.2% ±2.1	14.3% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,818 ±274	13.4% ±2.0	12.1% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,011 ±336	14.8% ±2.4	18.1% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	699 ±193	5.1% ±1.4	11.1% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	475 ±135	3.5% ±1.0	17.7% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Halifax County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Virginia	United States
All ages	5,679 ±834	17.3% ±2.5	9.9% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,846 ±373	27.1% ±5.0	12.3% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,496 ±471	16.1% ±2.9	9.4% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,337 ±279	12.9% ±2.6	8.9% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Halifax County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Halifax County	Virginia	United States
Housing units	17,443 ±37	3,684,756 ±486	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	78.0% ±2.2	91.3% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	22.0% ±2.2	8.7% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	74.6% ±2.2	67.3% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	25.4% ±2.9	32.7% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$155,700 ±$8,454	$383,700 ±$1,024	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$790 ±$33	$1,579 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1974 ±3	1984 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Halifax County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Virginia	United States
Hispanic or Latino	885 ±0	2.6% ±<0.1	11.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	19,992 ±84	59.4% ±0.2	58.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	11,550 ±227	34.3% ±0.7	18.3% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	210 ±85	0.6% ±0.3	6.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	7 to 55	< 0.1% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 28	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	13 to 301	< 0.1% to 0.9%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	814 ±255	2.4% ±0.8	4.7% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Halifax County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Virginia	United States
Born in the state	24,504 ±731	72.8% ±2.2	48.8% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	8,399 ±744	25.0% ±2.2	35.9% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	91 to 311	0.3% to 0.9%	2.1% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	535 ±149	1.6% ±0.4	13.1% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	300 ±126	0.9% ±0.4	7.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	119 to 351	0.4% to 1.0%	5.7% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Halifax County among the counties of Virginia

55th of 133 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Virginia page.

Counties of Virginia near Halifax County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Caroline County	34,413	+11.3%
Botetourt County	34,144	+1.5%
Accomack County	33,859	+1.4%
Petersburg city	33,734	+1.0%
Pulaski County	33,586	−0.7%
Halifax County	33,447	−1.4%
Powhatan County	32,591	+7.0%
Amherst County	31,962	+2.1%
Mecklenburg County	30,747	+1.5%
Fredericksburg city	30,393	+8.6%
King George County	29,646	+10.5%

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Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Data retrieved September 25, 2026