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Doddridge County, West Virginia

A county in West Virginia, ranked 47 of 55 by population.

CountyFIPS 54017

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

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Population
7,634
-151 (-1.9%) since 2020
Land area
319.7
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
23.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
West Union
Seat of county government.
Established
1845
180 years ago
Largest city
West Union town
Population 647.

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 Doddridge 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 Doddridge 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 680 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 Doddridge 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
Population7,63447th of 552,597th of 3,144
Land area319.7 sq mi42nd of 552,764th of 3,144
Population density23.9 per sq mi44th of 552,097th of 3,144
Median household income$57,40122nd of 552,303rd of 3,143

Full data for Doddridge County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,634Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20207,785Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,805Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area319.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.75 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area320.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?23.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,401American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$160,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,554American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,235American 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
-20
63 births, 83 deaths
Net migration
+12
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 Doddridge 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
Harrison CountyWest Virginia34 mi64,221
Tyler CountyWest Virginia20 mi7,881
Ritchie CountyWest Virginia15 mi8,034
Lewis CountyWest Virginia12 mi16,394
Wetzel CountyWest Virginia7.0 mi13,734
Gilmer CountyWest Virginia4.6 mi7,085

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.