Demographics of Mecklenburg County, Virginia

Mecklenburg County, Virginia had 30,747 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +462 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.

Mecklenburg County, in four figures

30,747
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +1.5%
Change since July 2020: +462 people.; 49.2 ±0.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $57,045 ±$4,683
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.

Mecklenburg County, Virginia's population grew 1.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Mecklenburg 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).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Mecklenburg County, Virginia's population grew 1.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Mecklenburg 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	30,285	100.0	100.0
2021	30,346	100.2	100.2
2022	30,494	100.7	100.7
2023	30,610	101.1	101.6
2024	30,809	101.7	102.5
2025	30,747	101.5	103.1

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Population of Mecklenburg 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	30,285	−31	−73	+2	+39
2021	30,346	+61	−234	+33	+259
2022	30,494	+148	−295	+69	+365
2023	30,610	+116	−228	+60	+283
2024	30,809	+199	−211	+87	+324
2025	30,747	−62	−219	+62	+95

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 49.2 ±0.3: for men 46.5 ±0.7 and for women 50.9 ±0.6. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Mecklenburg County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Virginia	United States
Under 5	1,504 ±59	4.9% ±0.2	5.6% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	4,099 ±263	13.4% ±0.9	16.1% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,009 ±239	6.6% ±0.8	9.3% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	6,444 ±335	21.1% ±1.1	27.1% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	8,244 ±405	27.0% ±1.3	25.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	8,216 ±456	26.9% ±1.5	16.7% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $57,045 ±$4,683, and income per person $36,701 ±$3,820, 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 Mecklenburg County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Virginia	United States
Under $25,000	3,321 ±443	24.5% ±3.2	12.2% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,803 ±318	20.7% ±2.3	14.5% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,375 ±330	17.5% ±2.4	14.3% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,543 ±277	11.4% ±2.0	12.1% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,897 ±281	14.0% ±2.0	18.1% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	852 ±177	6.3% ±1.3	11.1% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	778 ±167	5.7% ±1.2	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 Mecklenburg County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Virginia	United States
All ages	4,829 ±713	16.3% ±2.4	9.9% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,204 ±298	21.7% ±5.1	12.3% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,106 ±387	16.0% ±2.9	9.4% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,519 ±291	14.1% ±2.6	8.9% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Mecklenburg County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Mecklenburg County	Virginia	United States
Housing units	19,315 ±37	3,684,756 ±486	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	70.3% ±2.0	91.3% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	29.7% ±2.0	8.7% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	68.3% ±2.1	67.3% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	31.7% ±3.3	32.7% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$192,600 ±$11,020	$383,700 ±$1,024	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$823 ±$48	$1,579 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1983 ±2	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 Mecklenburg County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Virginia	United States
Hispanic or Latino	972 ±0	3.2% ±<0.1	11.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	18,401 ±61	60.3% ±0.2	58.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	9,881 ±198	32.4% ±0.6	18.3% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	294 ±90	1.0% ±0.3	6.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	4 to 58	< 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	0 to 140	0% to 0.5%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	871 ±201	2.9% ±0.7	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 Mecklenburg County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Virginia	United States
Born in the state	20,761 ±535	68.0% ±1.8	48.8% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	8,688 ±549	28.5% ±1.8	35.9% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	37 to 163	0.1% to 0.5%	2.1% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	967 ±258	3.2% ±0.8	13.1% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	493 ±210	1.6% ±0.7	7.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	474 ±130	1.6% ±0.4	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%.

Mecklenburg County among the counties of Virginia

58th of 133 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Virginia page.

Counties of Virginia near Mecklenburg County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
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%
Carroll County	29,299	+0.5%
Goochland County	29,187	+17.4%
Fluvanna County	28,975	+6.2%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 10 Counties in Virginia by poverty rate
No. 12 Counties in Virginia by median age
No. 43 Counties in Virginia by per capita income
No. 48 Counties in Virginia by foreign-born share
No. 58 Counties by population in Virginia
No. 69 Counties in Virginia by median household income

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

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026