County Census Records
West Virginia Counties
55 counties with population data from the decennial US Census, 1790 to 2020.
55 counties
Population as of 2020 census
Barbour
15,465
Berkeley
122,076
Boone
21,809
Braxton
12,447
Brooke
22,559
Cabell
94,350
Calhoun
6,229
Clay
8,051
Doddridge
7,808
Fayette
40,488
Gilmer
7,408
Grant
10,976
Greenbrier
32,977
Hampshire
23,093
Hancock
29,095
Hardy
14,299
Harrison
65,921
Jackson
27,791
Jefferson
57,701
Kanawha
180,745
Lewis
17,033
Lincoln
20,463
Logan
32,567
Marion
56,205
Marshall
30,591
Mason
25,453
McDowell
19,111
Mercer
59,664
Mineral
26,938
Mingo
23,568
Monongalia
105,822
Monroe
12,376
Morgan
17,063
Nicholas
24,604
Ohio
42,425
Pendleton
6,143
Pleasants
7,653
Pocahontas
7,869
Preston
34,216
Putnam
57,440
Raleigh
74,591
Randolph
27,932
Ritchie
8,444
Roane
14,028
Summers
11,959
Taylor
16,705
Tucker
6,762
Tyler
8,313
Upshur
23,816
Wayne
38,982
Webster
8,378
Wetzel
14,442
Wirt
5,194
Wood
84,296
Wyoming
21,382
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