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Raleigh County, West Virginia

A county in West Virginia, ranked 6 of 55 by population.

CountyFIPS 54081

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

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Population
71,775
-2,629 (-3.5%) since 2020
Land area
605
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
119
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Beckley
Seat of county government.
Established
1850
175 years ago
Largest city
Beckley city
Population 16,373.

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 Raleigh 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 Raleigh 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 713 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 Raleigh 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
Population71,7756th of 55777th of 3,144
Land area605 sq mi10th of 551,607th of 3,144
Population density119 per sq mi14th of 55799th of 3,144
Median household income$52,15036th of 552,653rd of 3,143

Full data for Raleigh County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population71,775Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202074,404Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?74,590Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area605 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area609 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?119 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$52,150American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$150,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households29,004American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units34,604American 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
-441
724 births, 1,165 deaths
Net migration
+29
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 Raleigh 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
Fayette CountyWest Virginia37 mi38,165
Summers CountyWest Virginia35 mi11,532
Wyoming CountyWest Virginia31 mi19,801
Boone CountyWest Virginia25 mi20,251
Mercer CountyWest Virginia14 mi57,503
Kanawha CountyWest Virginia6.3 mi172,381

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.