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Most population lost, West Virginia counties

West Virginia counties that lost the most residents from the 2020 census to 2025, by raw count of people rather than percentage. This list covers the 55 counties in West Virginia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 55 is -562. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Lewis County, WV, up 25 places to #25.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS 2000

01Kanawha County, WVWV172,381-8,364+11%

02▲17Cabell County, WVWV91,183-3,167+7265%

03Raleigh County, WVWV71,775-2,816−217%

04▼2Fayette County, WVWV38,165-2,323+523%

05▲3McDowell County, WVWV16,878-2,233−72%

06▼2Logan County, WVWV30,375-2,192−59%

07▲4Mercer County, WVWV57,503-2,161+8%

08▼2Mingo County, WVWV21,455-2,113−61%

09▲8Ohio County, WVWV40,496-1,929−44%

10Wood County, WVWV82,385-1,911−278%

11▼4Harrison County, WVWV64,221-1,700+136%

12▼7Wayne County, WVWV37,309-1,673−232%

13▲1Wyoming County, WVWV19,801-1,581−52%

14▼5Boone County, WVWV20,251-1,558+365%

15▼3Marshall County, WVWV29,159-1,432−22%

16▲9Brooke County, WVWV21,142-1,417−8%

17▼4Greenbrier County, WVWV31,578-1,399+483%

18▲5Hancock County, WVWV27,729-1,366−47%

19▲13Lincoln County, WVWV19,177-1,286−277%

20▲6Randolph County, WVWV26,882-1,050−329%

21▲1Nicholas County, WVWV23,848-756+255%

22▼1Mason County, WVWV24,707-746−196%

23▲13Roane County, WVWV13,317-711−318%

24▼9Wetzel County, WVWV13,734-708−55%

25▲25Lewis County, WVWV16,394-639+110%

26▲20Marion County, WVWV55,584-621−5%

27▲13Webster County, WVWV7,760-618−39%

28▼12Braxton County, WVWV11,885-562−133%

29▲23Putnam County, WVWV56,885-555−106%

30▼1Clay County, WVWV7,538-513−248%

31▲6Tyler County, WVWV7,881-432+112%

32▼12Summers County, WVWV11,532-427−65%

33▲14Taylor County, WVWV16,287-418−144%

34▼16Ritchie County, WVWV8,034-410−473%

35▼8Jackson County, WVWV27,450-341−117%

36▼6Gilmer County, WVWV7,085-323−37%

37▼13Pendleton County, WVWV5,826-317−323%

38▲10Pleasants County, WVWV7,338-315+884%

39▲2Wirt County, WVWV4,879-315−146%

40▼1Pocahontas County, WVWV7,602-267−317%

41▼13Calhoun County, WVWV5,978-251−17%

42▲3Tucker County, WVWV6,540-222−45%

43▲8Preston County, WVWV34,004-212−171%

44Doddridge County, WVWV7,634-174−143%

45▼14Mineral County, WVWV26,792-146−138%

46▼3Upshur County, WVWV23,758-58−111%

47▼13Barbour County, WVWV15,414-51−64%

48▲1Hardy County, WVWV14,337+38−98%

49▼14Grant County, WVWV11,041+65−93%

50▼17Monroe County, WVWV12,491+115−95%

51▼9Morgan County, WVWV18,027+964−66%

52▼14Hampshire County, WVWV24,105+1,012−73%

53▲1Monongalia County, WVWV107,991+2,169−66%

54▼1Jefferson County, WVWV63,102+5,401−14%

55Berkeley County, WVWV139,522+17,446+5%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES