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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.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS 2000

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

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

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

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

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

06Logan County, WVWV30,375-2,192−59%

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

08Mingo County, WVWV21,455-2,113−61%

09Ohio County, WVWV40,496-1,929−44%

10Wood County, WVWV82,385-1,911−278%

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

12Wayne County, WVWV37,309-1,673−232%

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

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

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

16Brooke County, WVWV21,142-1,417−8%

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

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

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

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

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

22Mason County, WVWV24,707-746−196%

23Roane County, WVWV13,317-711−318%

24Wetzel County, WVWV13,734-708−55%

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

26Marion County, WVWV55,584-621−5%

27Webster County, WVWV7,760-618−39%

28Braxton County, WVWV11,885-562−133%

29Putnam County, WVWV56,885-555−106%

30Clay County, WVWV7,538-513−248%

31Tyler County, WVWV7,881-432+112%

32Summers County, WVWV11,532-427−65%

33Taylor County, WVWV16,287-418−144%

34Ritchie County, WVWV8,034-410−473%

35Jackson County, WVWV27,450-341−117%

36Gilmer County, WVWV7,085-323−37%

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

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

39Wirt County, WVWV4,879-315−146%

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

41Calhoun County, WVWV5,978-251−17%

42Tucker County, WVWV6,540-222−45%

43Preston County, WVWV34,004-212−171%

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

45Mineral County, WVWV26,792-146−138%

46Upshur County, WVWV23,758-58−111%

47Barbour County, WVWV15,414-51−64%

48Hardy County, WVWV14,337+38−98%

49Grant County, WVWV11,041+65−93%

50Monroe County, WVWV12,491+115−95%

51Morgan County, WVWV18,027+964−66%

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

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

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

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

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES