West Virginia Counties (GeoWorld)

County Basics

The tables below feature information about every in . (Note: Louisiana is divided into parishes, Alaska into boroughs.) The first table lists each ’s name, the seat, area in square miles, area in square kilometers (km), population density (number of people per square mile), density per square kilometer (km) and population. County (or parish, borough) seats that also serve as state capitals are highlighted in yellow. The second table focuses on race.

You can see this information for all fifty states at Reference > North America > USA > Counties. Also, see the Counties home page.

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Name	Seat	Area	(km)	Density	(km)	Pop(2000)	Pop(1990)
Barbour	Philippi	341	883	46	18	15,557	15,699
Berkeley	Martinsburg	321	832	185	71	75,905	59,253
Boone	Madison	503	1,303	51	20	25,535	25,870
Braxton	Sutton	514	1,330	25	10	14,702	12,998
Brooke	Wellsburg	89	230	304	117	25,447	26,992
Cabell	Huntington	282	729	344	133	96,784	96,827
Calhoun	Grantsville	281	727	28	11	7,582	7,885
Clay	Clay	342	887	29	11	10,330	9,983
Doddridge	West Union	321	830	22	8	7,403	6,994
Fayette	Fayetteville	664	1,720	72	28	47,579	47,952
Gilmer	Glenville	340	881	23	9	7,160	7,669
Grant	Petersburg	477	1,236	22	8	11,299	10,428
Greenbrier	Lewisburg	1,021	2,645	34	13	34,453	34,693
Hampshire	Romney	642	1,662	26	10	20,203	16,498
Hancock	New Cumberland	83	215	424	164	32,667	35,233
Hardy	Moorfield	583	1,511	19	7	12,669	10,977
Harrison	Clarksburg	416	1,078	167	64	68,652	69,371
Jackson	Ripley	466	1,206	56	22	28,000	25,938
Jefferson	Charles Town	210	543	171	66	42,190	35,926
Kanawha	Charleston	903	2,339	230	89	200,073	207,619
Lewis	Weston	389	1,007	44	17	16,919	17,223
Lincoln	Hamlin	438	1,133	49	19	22,108	21,382
Logan	Logan	454	1,177	95	37	37,710	43,032
Marion	Fairmont	310	802	185	71	56,598	57,249
Marshall	Moundsville	307	795	122	47	35,519	37,356
Mason	Point Pleasant	432	1,119	58	23	25,957	25,178
McDowell	Welch	535	1,385	66	25	27,329	35,233
Mercer	Princeton	421	1,089	155	60	62,980	64,980
Mineral	Keyser	328	849	82	31	27,078	26,697
Mingo	Williamson	423	1,095	80	31	28,253	33,739
Monongalia	Morgantown	361	936	209	81	81,866	75,509
Monroe	Union	473	1,226	26	10	14,583	12,406
Morgan	Berkeley Springs	229	593	53	20	14,943	12,128
Nicholas	Summersville	649	1,680	41	16	26,562	26,775
Ohio	Wheeling	106	275	479	185	47,427	50,871
Pendleton	Franklin	698	1,808	12	5	8,196	8,054
Pleasants	St. Marys	131	339	58	22	7,514	7,546
Pocahontas	Marlinton	940	2,436	10	4	9,131	9,008
Preston	Kingwood	648	1,679	45	17	29,334	29,037
Putnam	Winfield	346	897	124	48	51,589	42,835
Raleigh	Beckley	607	1,572	127	49	79,220	76,819
Randolph	Elkins	1,040	2,693	27	10	28,262	27,803
Ritchie	Harrisville	454	1,175	23	9	10,343	10,233
Roane	Spencer	484	1,253	31	12	15,446	15,120
Summers	Hinton	361	936	39	15	12,999	14,204
Taylor	Grafton	173	448	88	34	16,089	15,144
Tucker	Parsons	419	1,085	18	7	7,321	7,728
Tyler	Middlebourne	258	667	38	15	9,592	9,796
Upshur	Buckhannon	355	919	65	25	23,404	22,867
Wayne	Wayne	506	1,310	82	32	42,903	41,636
Webster	Webster Springs	556	1,440	19	7	9,719	10,729
Wetzel	New Martinsville	359	930	54	21	17,693	19,258
Wirt	Elizabeth	233	604	22	9	5,873	5,192
Wood	Parkersburg	367	951	237	91	87,986	86,915
Wyoming	Pineville	501	1,297	58	22	25,708	28,990

(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

Race

The table below lists the population of various ethnic and cultural groups in : Native American (American Indian, Eskimo and Aleut), white (Caucasian), black (African American), Asian American, Pacific Islander, “Some Other Race,” people whose ancestry includes two or more races, and Hispanic.

County	Native	White	Black	Asian	PI	Other	Race2	Hisp
Barbour	111	15,147	77	40	3	19	160	73
Berkeley	186	70,392	3,558	350	17	428	974	1,156
Boone	31	25,160	167	18	4	17	138	117
Braxton	51	14,411	101	16	7	12	104	65
Brooke	25	24,913	216	87	9	22	175	99
Cabell	174	90,370	4,150	749	38	196	1,107	654
Calhoun	23	7,499	8	8	1	10	33	42
Clay	73	10,146	8	2	0	9	92	42
Doddridge	23	7,278	20	11	0	10	61	42
Fayette	130	44,125	2,650	144	17	70	443	325
Gilmer	14	6,969	65	41	1	7	63	50
Grant	29	11,110	76	16	2	15	51	62
Greenbrier	116	32,810	1,048	64	2	53	360	236
Hampshire	48	19,807	167	33	4	25	119	112
Hancock	39	31,497	752	114	3	38	224	243
Hardy	20	12,273	244	18	0	29	85	84
Harrison	102	66,282	1,105	408	19	145	591	660
Jackson	58	27,649	23	64	4	29	173	81
Jefferson	120	38,400	2,571	252	17	254	576	734
Kanawha	420	180,989	13,955	1,697	42	425	2,545	1,172
Lewis	34	16,681	22	49	0	14	119	85
Lincoln	37	21,895	13	13	2	13	135	121
Logan	44	36,325	975	113	8	22	223	202
Marion	114	53,823	1,823	231	5	74	528	394
Marshall	38	34,949	153	90	9	41	239	228
Mason	47	25,533	130	71	2	28	146	121
McDowell	46	23,792	3,250	16	2	20	203	132
Mercer	122	58,295	3,668	288	8	66	533	285
Mineral	31	26,037	690	54	2	57	207	158
Mingo	68	27,233	661	58	6	17	210	135
Monongalia	162	75,500	2,763	2,009	34	264	1,134	826
Monroe	33	13,514	872	23	2	5	134	72
Morgan	26	14,689	89	18	2	34	85	124
Nicholas	65	26,255	14	50	6	27	145	127
Ohio	42	44,820	1,691	369	14	61	430	238
Pendleton	22	7,896	174	15	3	23	63	73
Pleasants	35	7,386	36	15	0	5	37	28
Pocahontas	6	8,983	71	13	0	5	53	39
Preston	32	28,995	86	43	5	14	159	168
Putnam	80	50,542	287	298	11	67	304	262
Raleigh	147	71,006	6,753	568	13	99	634	727
Randolph	46	27,609	302	106	4	45	150	191
Ritchie	28	10,206	14	13	0	11	71	49
Roane	32	15,223	34	35	0	29	93	104
Summers	33	12,553	280	12	5	13	103	71
Taylor	31	15,779	134	27	6	10	102	95
Tucker	14	7,237	5	1	9	7	48	18
Tyler	5	9,530	2	8	1	3	43	41
Upshur	39	22,981	144	72	3	30	135	137
Wayne	99	42,382	54	86	8	35	239	202
Webster	7	9,639	1	6	1	1	64	36
Wetzel	17	17,502	15	57	4	5	93	74
Wirt	12	5,788	17	6	0	6	44	18
Wood	188	85,627	887	448	35	124	677	514
Wyoming	31	25,345	161	21	0	19	131	135

(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

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