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Most sparsely populated, West Virginia counties · 2000

West Virginia counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2023). This list covers the 55 counties in West Virginia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Pocahontas County, WVWV7,60210+0%

02Pendleton County, WVWV5,82612+0%

03Tucker County, WVWV6,54017+0%

04Webster County, WVWV7,76018+0%

05Gilmer County, WVWV7,08521+0%

06Hardy County, WVWV14,33722+0%

07Ritchie County, WVWV8,03423+0%

08Doddridge County, WVWV7,63423+0%

09Grant County, WVWV11,04124+0%

10Wirt County, WVWV4,87925+0%

11Calhoun County, WVWV5,97827+0%

12Randolph County, WVWV26,88227+0%

13Braxton County, WVWV11,88529+0%

14Clay County, WVWV7,53830+0%

15Monroe County, WVWV12,49131+0%

16Hampshire County, WVWV24,10532+0%

17Roane County, WVWV13,31732+0%

18Greenbrier County, WVWV31,57834+0%

19Summers County, WVWV11,53236+0%

20Tyler County, WVWV7,88137+0%

21Nicholas County, WVWV23,84841+0%

22Lewis County, WVWV16,39444+0%

23Preston County, WVWV34,00445+0%

24Barbour County, WVWV15,41446+0%

25Wetzel County, WVWV13,73449+0%

26Lincoln County, WVWV19,17751+0%

27Boone County, WVWV20,25151+0%

28McDowell County, WVWV16,87851+0%

29Wyoming County, WVWV19,80151+0%

30Pleasants County, WVWV7,33858+0%

31Mason County, WVWV24,70760+0%

32Jackson County, WVWV27,45060+0%

33Morgan County, WVWV18,02765+0%

34Upshur County, WVWV23,75866+0%

35Mingo County, WVWV21,45567+0%

36Fayette County, WVWV38,16572+0%

37Mineral County, WVWV26,79283+0%

38Logan County, WVWV30,37583+0%

39Wayne County, WVWV37,30985+0%

40Taylor County, WVWV16,28793+0%

41Marshall County, WVWV29,159116+0%

42Raleigh County, WVWV71,775131+0%

43Putnam County, WVWV56,885149+0%

44Mercer County, WVWV57,503150+0%

45Harrison County, WVWV64,221165+0%

46Marion County, WVWV55,584183+0%

47Jefferson County, WVWV63,102202+0%

48Kanawha County, WVWV172,381222+0%

49Monongalia County, WVWV107,991227+0%

50Berkeley County, WVWV139,522236+0%

51Wood County, WVWV82,385240+0%

52Brooke County, WVWV21,142285+0%

53Cabell County, WVWV91,183344+0%

54Hancock County, WVWV27,729395+0%

55Ohio County, WVWV40,496448+0%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES