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Greenbrier County, West Virginia

A county in West Virginia, ranked 16 of 55 by population.

CountyFIPS 54025

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

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Population
31,578
-1,328 (-4.0%) since 2020
Land area
1,020
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
31.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Lewisburg
Seat of county government.
Established
1778
247 years ago
Largest city
Lewisburg city
Population 3,721.

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 Greenbrier 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 Greenbrier 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 800 by 652 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 Greenbrier 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
Population31,57816th of 551,402nd of 3,144
Land area1,020 sq mi2nd of 55653rd of 3,144
Population density31.0 per sq mi38th of 551,895th of 3,144
Median household income$48,21845th of 552,864th of 3,143

Full data for Greenbrier County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population31,578Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202032,906Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?32,985Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,020 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,025 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?31.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$48,218American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$149,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households14,788American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units17,913American 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
-272
290 births, 562 deaths
Net migration
+16
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 8 areas bordering Greenbrier 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
Pocahontas CountyWest Virginia32 mi7,602
Fayette CountyWest Virginia31 mi38,165
Monroe CountyWest Virginia30 mi12,491
Nicholas CountyWest Virginia29 mi23,848
Alleghany CountyVirginia29 mi14,546
Summers CountyWest Virginia13 mi11,532
Bath CountyVirginia11 mi4,076
Webster CountyWest Virginia5.0 mi7,760

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.