This year, in July, we will be getting the 2025 Census projection for New Kent County which will probably be just under 30,000. For a while now New Kent has been the fastest growing county in Virginia.
But this was hardly always the case. Exactly 75 years ago, in 1950 (yes, 1950 was 75 years ago) New Kent was the second smallest county in the state and the smallest county outside Appalachia.
The population was only 3,989. That is just 14% of our current 2024 estimate. Just some 534 more than the smallest, Craig county's 3,455- Charles City was 4,667. The population density was 18.8 per square mile compared to our present 109.2.
The breakdown was 917 people in Black Creek, 1390 in Cumberland, 953 in St. Peters, and 832 in Weir Creek.
There were some 368 farms in the county (a massive 23% reduction from 479 just five years before.) 114 acres was the average farm size.
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| 1950 Census- New Kent/ Charles City |
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