West Virginia County Map With Cities

Complete list of all 55 counties in West Virginia with population, area, and median income — plus a free printable blank map.

Counties

Population

1,778,104

Area

24,038 sq mi

Capital

Charleston

Time Zone

Eastern (ET)

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

All 55 West Virginia counties

County	Largest City	Population ▼	Area	Median Income	Cities
Kanawha	Charleston	181,671	902 mi²	$62,808	34
Berkeley	Martinsburg	128,889	321 mi²	$81,802	8
Monongalia	Morgantown	107,128	360 mi²	$67,714	11
Cabell	Huntington	92,769	281 mi²	$59,042	8
Wood	Parkersburg	83,669	366 mi²	$58,778	10
Raleigh	Beckley	74,800	605 mi²	$55,296	45
Jefferson	Charles Town	62,451	210 mi²	$98,798	11
Harrison	Clarksburg	61,413	416 mi²	$64,578	17
Mercer	Princeton	58,311	419 mi²	$54,035	17
Marion	Fairmont	56,272	309 mi²	$68,460	16
Putnam	Hurricane	52,933	346 mi²	$85,755	12
Ohio	Wheeling	45,916	106 mi²	$58,493	4
Fayette	Oak Hill	42,261	662 mi²	$53,889	44
Wayne	Kenova	40,836	506 mi²	$56,184	14
Greenbrier	Lewisburg	35,093	1,020 mi²	$47,468	19
Preston	Bruceton Mills	34,301	649 mi²	$64,312	14
Hancock	Weirton	32,189	83 mi²	$59,267	5
Logan	Chapmanville	31,531	454 mi²	$54,188	31
Jackson	Ravenswood	28,123	464 mi²	$57,008	11
Randolph	Elkins	28,006	1,040 mi²	$54,974	22
Mineral	Keyser	27,544	328 mi²	$69,759	8
Marshall	Moundsville	25,820	305 mi²	$55,180	8
Hampshire	Romney	25,352	640 mi²	$67,276	17
Wyoming	Welch	25,168	499 mi²	$49,180	37
Upshur	Buckhannon	23,362	355 mi²	$55,450	8
Mingo	Williamson	22,952	423 mi²	$40,232	21
Mason	Point Pleasant	22,930	431 mi²	$55,062	13
Nicholas	Summersville	21,236	647 mi²	$57,587	17
Boone	Danville	20,165	502 mi²	$59,530	28
Lincoln	Branchland	19,486	437 mi²	$46,791	15
Brooke	Wellsburg	17,986	89 mi²	$55,635	7
Lewis	Weston	17,855	385 mi²	$65,418	8
Barbour	Philippi	15,602	341 mi²	$52,492	6
Wetzel	New Martinsville	15,135	358 mi²	$61,529	12
Morgan	Berkeley Springs	13,830	229 mi²	$69,307	2
Taylor	Grafton	13,788	173 mi²	$57,649	5
McDowell	Bradshaw	13,566	533 mi²	$32,289	35
Hardy	Moorefield	13,487	582 mi²	$51,585	8
Braxton	Sutton	13,380	511 mi²	$50,332	13
Roane	Spencer	12,864	484 mi²	$46,067	8
Doddridge	Salem	11,660	320 mi²	$56,820	5
Monroe	Peterstown	11,197	473 mi²	$56,837	11
Grant	Petersburg	10,159	477 mi²	$57,647	7
Summers	Hinton	9,583	360 mi²	$45,063	10
Ritchie	Pennsboro	9,292	452 mi²	$54,979	10
Webster	Webster Springs	8,155	553 mi²	$41,238	9
Pocahontas	Marlinton	7,619	940 mi²	$47,020	11
Gilmer	Glenville	7,497	339 mi²	$51,054	9
Tyler	Sistersville	7,243	256 mi²	$59,687	5
Clay	Clay	6,633	342 mi²	$52,106	12
Pleasants	Saint Marys	6,603	130 mi²	$65,431	2
Tucker	Parsons	6,170	419 mi²	$61,952	6
Pendleton	Franklin	5,981	696 mi²	$64,441	8
Calhoun	Grantsville	5,716	279 mi²	$45,908	10
Wirt	Elizabeth	4,526	233 mi²	$53,755	2

How many counties does West Virginia have?

West Virginia has 55 counties covering 24,038 square miles and roughly 1,778,104 residents. The state was admitted to the Union in 1863 as the 35th state, and the current county boundaries reflect more than a century of administrative subdivision.

The largest county by land area is Randolph County at 1,040 square miles, home to about 28,006 residents. The most populous is Kanawha County with approximately 181,671 residents — a density of about 201 people per square mile.

At the other end of the scale, Wirt County has only about 4,526 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 about 28,006 residents.

Kanawha County is the most populous, with approximately 181,671 residents over 902 square miles.

Wirt County has the smallest population at about 4,526 residents.

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

Population, area, and demographic figures are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data (via the SimpleMaps dataset) and the US Census Gazetteer. County boundaries used to render the map are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line shapefiles. The data is public domain.

Data sources

Population and demographics are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data via the SimpleMaps dataset. Countiesboundaries are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line shapefiles. Land area is from the Census Gazetteer. State counts follow the US Census Bureau’s definition of counties and county-equivalents (50 states + DC = 3,144). All sources are public domain.

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