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Cabell County, West Virginia

A county in West Virginia, ranked 4 of 55 by population.

CountyFIPS 54011

Within West Virginia
Cabell County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Huntington, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
91,183
-3,062 (-3.2%) since 2020
Land area
281
square miles. A further 2.4% of the total area is water
Population density
324
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Huntington
Seat of county government.
Established
1809
216 years ago
Largest city
Huntington city
Population 41,314 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Cabell County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Cabell County, West Virginia from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 781 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Cabell County ranks

Position among the 55 counties of West Virginia, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn West VirginiaNationally
Population91,1834th of 55668th of 3,144
Land area281 sq mi45th of 552,845th of 3,144
Population density324 per sq mi4th of 55410th of 3,144
Median household income$55,83228th of 552,416th of 3,143

Full data for Cabell County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population91,183Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202094,245Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?94,345Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area281 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area288 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?324 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,832American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$164,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households39,318American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units46,030American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-413
882 births, 1,295 deaths
Net migration
+138
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Cabell County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Wayne CountyWest Virginia29 mi37,309
Lincoln CountyWest Virginia24 mi19,177
Lawrence CountyOhio21 mi55,710
Mason CountyWest Virginia12 mi24,707
Putnam CountyWest Virginia6.9 mi56,885
Gallia CountyOhio4.7 mi29,072

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 55 counties of West Virginia

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.