# Counties in West Virginia by share of population aged 65 and over, 2025

All 55 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population_65_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Residents aged 65 or over as a percentage of total population. Spain: 1 January, INE annual census. United States: 1 July, Census Bureau population estimates. World Bank figures for other countries and the World refer to mid-year.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex (cc-est agesex): residents aged 65 and over as a percentage of the total, 1 July; states and the nation summed from counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/counties/asrh/cc-est2025-agesex-all.csv)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex (cc-est agesex): residents aged 65 and over as a percentage of the total, 1 July; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/counties/asrh/cc-est2025-agesex-all.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population-65-plus/west-virginia-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/population-65-plus/west-virginia-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Pendleton County | 32.3 |
| 2 | Pocahontas County | 29.1 |
| 3 | Tucker County | 28.7 |
| 4 | Summers County | 28.1 |
| 5 | Webster County | 28 |
| 6 | Braxton County | 27.4 |
| 7 | Brooke County | 27.4 |
| 8 | Greenbrier County | 27.2 |
| 9 | Calhoun County | 27 |
| 10 | Morgan County | 26.9 |
| 11 | Tyler County | 26.3 |
| 12 | Hancock County | 26.3 |
| 13 | Grant County | 26.2 |
| 14 | Ritchie County | 26.2 |
| 15 | Nicholas County | 26.2 |
| 16 | Marshall County | 26.1 |
| 17 | Monroe County | 26.1 |
| 18 | Hampshire County | 25.8 |
| 19 | Wirt County | 25.6 |
| 20 | Roane County | 25.5 |
| 21 | Wetzel County | 25 |
| 22 | Wyoming County | 24.7 |
| 23 | Fayette County | 24.6 |
| 24 | Hardy County | 24.5 |
| 25 | Randolph County | 24.3 |
| 26 | Boone County | 24.3 |
| 27 | Ohio County | 24.3 |
| 28 | Mason County | 24.2 |
| 29 | Clay County | 24 |
| 30 | Mineral County | 24 |
| 31 | Kanawha County | 23.9 |
| 32 | Mercer County | 23.5 |
| 33 | Logan County | 23.3 |
| 34 | Pleasants County | 23.2 |
| 35 | Wood County | 23.2 |
| 36 | Upshur County | 23.1 |
| 37 | Raleigh County | 23.1 |
| 38 | Wayne County | 23.1 |
| 39 | Mingo County | 23 |
| 40 | McDowell County | 23 |
| 41 | Lincoln County | 22.7 |
| 42 | Taylor County | 22.7 |
| 43 | Jackson County | 22.7 |
| 44 | Barbour County | 22.7 |
| 45 | Preston County | 22.5 |
| 46 | Lewis County | 22.5 |
| 47 | Harrison County | 22.3 |
| 48 | Putnam County | 22 |
| 49 | Marion County | 21.9 |
| 50 | Doddridge County | 21.8 |
| 51 | Cabell County | 20.6 |
| 52 | Jefferson County | 18.9 |
| 53 | Gilmer County | 18.8 |
| 54 | Berkeley County | 16.8 |
| 55 | Monongalia County | 14.9 |