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West Virginia County Map With Cities

By Marko Visic · Updated Oct 5, 2026

West Virginia has 55 counties, covering 24,041 square miles of land. The Census Bureau estimates its population at 1,766,147 as of July 1, 2025. The largest county by land area is Randolph County; the most populous is Kanawha County; the least populous is Wirt County.

Counties
55
Population
1,766,147
Land area
24,041 sq mi
Capital
Charleston
Time Zone
Eastern (ET)

Tap or click any county for details. Need a printable version? Blank West Virginia map (PDF/PNG/SVG).

All 55 West Virginia counties

County FIPS code Population (July 1, 2025) ▼Change since April 2020 Land area (sq mi) People per sq mi Median household income (2020–2024)
Kanawha County54039172,381-4.6%902191$60,943
Berkeley County54003139,522+14.3%321434$80,815
Monongalia County54061107,991+2.1%360300$65,346
Cabell County5401191,183-3.4%281324$55,832
Wood County5410782,385-2.3%367225$57,810
Raleigh County5408171,775-3.8%605119$52,150
Harrison County5403364,221-2.6%416154$60,377
Jefferson County5403763,102+9.4%209302$98,806
Mercer County5405557,503-3.6%419137$53,210
Putnam County5407956,885-1.0%346165$79,527
Marion County5404955,584-1.1%309180$67,370
Ohio County5406940,496-4.6%106382$57,094
Fayette County5401938,165-5.8%66258$53,194
Wayne County5409937,309-4.3%50674$58,878
Preston County5407734,004-0.6%64952$61,880
Greenbrier County5402531,578-4.3%1,02031$48,218
Logan County5404530,375-6.7%45367$49,723
Marshall County5405129,159-4.7%30595$59,169
Hancock County5402927,729-4.7%83336$61,466
Jackson County5403527,450-1.2%46459$58,845
Randolph County5408326,882-3.8%1,04026$52,757
Mineral County5405726,792-0.5%32882$69,375
Mason County5405324,707-2.9%43157$49,761
Hampshire County5402724,105+4.4%64038$63,116
Nicholas County5406723,848-3.1%64737$54,639
Upshur County5409723,758-0.3%35567$54,338
Mingo County5405921,455-9.0%42351$38,119
Brooke County5400921,142-6.3%89237$54,316
Boone County5400520,251-7.2%50240$57,093
Wyoming County5410919,801-7.4%49940$48,440
Lincoln County5404319,177-6.3%43744$46,205
Morgan County5406518,027+5.6%22979$72,179
McDowell County5404716,878-11.7%53332$31,559
Lewis County5404116,394-3.7%38742$56,477
Taylor County5409116,287-2.5%17394$57,795
Barbour County5400115,414-0.3%34145$51,394
Hardy County5403114,337+0.3%58225$49,272
Wetzel County5410313,734-5.0%35838$56,836
Roane County5408713,317-5.1%48428$45,778
Monroe County5406312,491+0.9%47326$56,750
Braxton County5400711,885-4.5%51123$50,331
Summers County5408911,532-3.6%36132$40,699
Grant County5402311,041+0.6%47723$62,361
Ritchie County540858,034-4.9%45218$50,582
Tyler County540957,881-5.1%25631$63,693
Webster County541017,760-7.4%55314$43,839
Doddridge County540177,634-2.2%32024$57,401
Pocahontas County540757,602-3.4%9408$42,119
Clay County540157,538-6.4%34222$42,318
Pleasants County540737,338-4.1%13056$60,932
Gilmer County540217,085-4.4%33921$47,981
Tucker County540936,540-3.3%41916$53,358
Calhoun County540135,978-4.0%27921$43,980
Pendleton County540715,826-5.1%6968$64,931
Wirt County541054,879-6.1%23321$49,867

FIPS code: the Census Bureau’s five-digit county ID, a two-digit state code plus a three-digit county code. It is not a ZIP code.

How many counties does West Virginia have?

West Virginia has 55 counties covering 24,041 square miles. The state was admitted to the Union in 1863 as the 35th state.

The largest county by land area is Randolph County at 1,040 square miles, home to 26,882 residents. The most populous is Kanawha County with 172,381 residents — a density of 191 people per square mile. At the other end of the scale, Wirt County has 4,879 residents.

Charleston is both the state capital and the largest city in West Virginia.

Related resources

Download a printable outline of West Virginia’s county boundaries from our blank map of West Virginia page — available in SVG, PNG, and PDF.

Use the What County Am I In? tool to detect which West Virginia county a GPS location or address falls in, or the Address to County Lookup for batch input.

For demographic radius analysis, the Find ZIP Codes in Radius and Population Within Radius tools let you draw a circle around any West Virginia address and see every ZIP code and the total population inside.

Two SimpleMapLab studies cover West Virginia specifically: the 100-mile radius around Charleston measures how much of the state lives within 100 miles of its capitol, and the loneliest town in West Virginia ranks the state’s most isolated inhabited place. The county-counts blog post puts West Virginia’s 55 counties in national context.

Frequently asked questions

West Virginia has 55 counties. The state was admitted to the Union in 1863 as the 35th state. County boundaries have shifted over time as the population spread and new administrative units were carved from existing ones.
Randolph County is the largest by land area at 1,040 square miles, with 26,882 residents.
Kanawha County is the most populous, with 172,381 residents over 902 square miles.
Wirt County has the smallest population at 4,879 residents.
Charleston is both the state capital and the largest city in West Virginia.
County population is the US Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 estimate for July 1, 2025; land and water area are from the 2026 Census Gazetteer; median household income is from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates. The county boundaries drawn on the map are the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line shapefiles. All figures are US Census Bureau data in the public domain.
Data sources

Neighboring states

Kentucky
120 counties
Maryland
23 counties + 1 city
Ohio
88 counties
Pennsylvania
67 counties
Virginia
95 counties + 38 cities