30,824 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.8% since 2020)
625 square miles of land · 49 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
23 active community water systems list Mecklenburg County in the area they serve, reporting 15,744 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SOUTH HILL, TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · VA5117800 | 4,600 served |
| ROANOKE RIVER SERVICE AUTHORITY surface water · local government · VA5117707 | 3,073 served |
| CHASE CITY,TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · VA5117200 | 2,242 served |
| CLARKSVILLE, TOWN OF surface water · local government · VA5117310 | 1,400 served |
| RIVER RIDGE buys surface water · private · VA5117700 | 950 served |
| LA CROSSE, TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · VA5117400 | 850 served |
| FOXLAND COVE groundwater · private · VA5117831 | 473 served |
| BOYDTON, TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · VA5117100 | 430 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 93 people were held in Mecklenburg County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 529 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 145.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Mecklenburg County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $69.3 million — $59.9 million to run schools, about $15,069 per student, plus $5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $28.4 million local (mostly property tax), $34 million state, $13.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $116.1 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Mecklenburg County about $13 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
159 bridges in Mecklenburg County: 47 in good condition, 102 fair, and 10 poor (6.3%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| SBL ROUTE I-85 over ROANOKE RIVER · built 1964 | 13,728 vehicles a day |
| EBL HWY FIFTYEIGHT over BIG BUFFALO CREEK · built 1953 | 2,990 vehicles a day |
| U.S 58 BUSINESS over COLEMANS CREEK · built 1928 | 1,156 vehicles a day |
| VA 4 over KERR LAKE / ROANOKE RIVE · built 1954 | 1,000 vehicles a day |
| NELLIE JONES ROAD over GREAT CREEK · built 1954 | 505 vehicles a day |
| BOXWOOD ROAD over Branch of FLAT CREEK · built 1990 | 255 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $7.8 million of work in Mecklenburg County in fiscal 2025, about $256 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Early voting: 2026-09-18 to 2026-10-31. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-23. Mail ballot request deadline: 2026-10-23. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: Virginia Department of Elections: upcoming elections · Virginia Department of Elections: voter FAQ · Virginia Department of Elections: absentee voting
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Nearby counties: Lunenburg County (19 mi) · Vance County, NC (22 mi) · Warren County, NC (25 mi) · Charlotte County (27 mi) · Brunswick County (29 mi) · Granville County, NC (31 mi).