12,397 people (2024 Census estimate, +4.7% since 2020)
191 square miles of land · 65 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.
39 active community water systems list Northumberland County in the area they serve, reporting 5,754 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BAY QUARTER SHORES groundwater · private · VA4133040 | 726 served |
| REEDVILLE, TOWN OF groundwater · private · VA4133720 | 480 served |
| SHERWOOD FOREST SHORES groundwater · private · VA4133800 | 421 served |
| CALLAO groundwater · private · VA4133160 | 393 served |
| INDIAN CREEK ESTATES groundwater · private · VA4133400 | 318 served |
| HEATHSVILLE groundwater · private · VA4133360 | 306 served |
| CHESAPEAKE BAY ESTATES groundwater · private · VA4133200 | 288 served |
| MALLARD BAY SUBDIVISION groundwater · private · VA4133620 | 264 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 120 people were held in Northumberland County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 1,880 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 84.
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 Northumberland County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $24.6 million — $22.4 million to run schools, about $18,689 per student, plus $1.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.4 million local (mostly property tax), $7.2 million state, $3.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $22,000.
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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Northumberland County about $8.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
17 bridges in Northumberland County: 6 in good condition, 11 fair, and 0 poor (0.0%). “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.
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $30,000 of work in Northumberland County in fiscal 2025, about $3 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: Lancaster County (11 mi) · Middlesex County (19 mi) · Richmond County (20 mi) · St. Mary's County, MD (27 mi) · Westmoreland County (29 mi) · King and Queen County (30 mi).