Gloucester County is growing in population, slowly, and Mathews County is decreasing, according to 2024 estimates released Jan. 27.
The Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, a department of the University of Virginia, prepares population estimates annually. These are official estimates used in funding formulas for per capital allocations, the center said.
The new figures show an estimated population in Gloucester as of July 1, 2024, of 39,019 people. This is a growth of 308 people from the 38,711 counted in the 2020 Census.
However, it is also a decline from the 39,161 estimated to be living in Gloucester in 2023.
Factors of change include net migration of 876 people: that is, more people moving into the county than moving out. This is placed against a net natural decrease, more deaths than births, of 568 people. The difference is the estimated growth of 308 people, or 0.8%.
In Mathews, a decline in population persists since the 2020 Census counted 8,533 people. The estimate for Jul...