# Counties in West Virginia by population, 2025

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

- Indicator id: `population`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for the United States, states and counties, 1 July (Population Estimates Program) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for the United States, states and counties, 1 July (Population Estimates Program). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/west-virginia-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/population/west-virginia-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Kanawha County | 172,381 |
| 2 | Berkeley County | 139,522 |
| 3 | Monongalia County | 107,991 |
| 4 | Cabell County | 91,183 |
| 5 | Wood County | 82,385 |
| 6 | Raleigh County | 71,775 |
| 7 | Harrison County | 64,221 |
| 8 | Jefferson County | 63,102 |
| 9 | Mercer County | 57,503 |
| 10 | Putnam County | 56,885 |
| 11 | Marion County | 55,584 |
| 12 | Ohio County | 40,496 |
| 13 | Fayette County | 38,165 |
| 14 | Wayne County | 37,309 |
| 15 | Preston County | 34,004 |
| 16 | Greenbrier County | 31,578 |
| 17 | Logan County | 30,375 |
| 18 | Marshall County | 29,159 |
| 19 | Hancock County | 27,729 |
| 20 | Jackson County | 27,450 |
| 21 | Randolph County | 26,882 |
| 22 | Mineral County | 26,792 |
| 23 | Mason County | 24,707 |
| 24 | Hampshire County | 24,105 |
| 25 | Nicholas County | 23,848 |
| 26 | Upshur County | 23,758 |
| 27 | Mingo County | 21,455 |
| 28 | Brooke County | 21,142 |
| 29 | Boone County | 20,251 |
| 30 | Wyoming County | 19,801 |
| 31 | Lincoln County | 19,177 |
| 32 | Morgan County | 18,027 |
| 33 | McDowell County | 16,878 |
| 34 | Lewis County | 16,394 |
| 35 | Taylor County | 16,287 |
| 36 | Barbour County | 15,414 |
| 37 | Hardy County | 14,337 |
| 38 | Wetzel County | 13,734 |
| 39 | Roane County | 13,317 |
| 40 | Monroe County | 12,491 |
| 41 | Braxton County | 11,885 |
| 42 | Summers County | 11,532 |
| 43 | Grant County | 11,041 |
| 44 | Ritchie County | 8,034 |
| 45 | Tyler County | 7,881 |
| 46 | Webster County | 7,760 |
| 47 | Doddridge County | 7,634 |
| 48 | Pocahontas County | 7,602 |
| 49 | Clay County | 7,538 |
| 50 | Pleasants County | 7,338 |
| 51 | Gilmer County | 7,085 |
| 52 | Tucker County | 6,540 |
| 53 | Calhoun County | 5,978 |
| 54 | Pendleton County | 5,826 |
| 55 | Wirt County | 4,879 |