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Pleasants County, West Virginia

A county in West Virginia, ranked 50 of 55 by population.

CountyFIPS 54073

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

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Population
7,338
-317 (-4.1%) since 2020
Land area
130.1
square miles. A further 3.3% of the total area is water
Population density
56.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
St. Marys
Seat of county government.
Established
1851
174 years ago
Largest city
St. Marys city
Population 1,746.

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 Pleasants 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 Pleasants 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 615 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 Pleasants 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
Population7,33850th of 552,632nd of 3,144
Land area130.1 sq mi52nd of 553,073rd of 3,144
Population density56.4 per sq mi25th of 551,366th of 3,144
Median household income$60,93215th of 552,000th of 3,143

Full data for Pleasants County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,338Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20207,655Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,655Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area130.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area134.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?56.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,932American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$151,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,769American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,222American 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
-55
60 births, 115 deaths
Net migration
+42
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 4 areas bordering Pleasants 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
Ritchie CountyWest Virginia21 mi8,034
Washington CountyOhio17 mi58,389
Tyler CountyWest Virginia16 mi7,881
Wood CountyWest Virginia14 mi82,385

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.