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Upshur County, West Virginia

A county in West Virginia, ranked 26 of 55 by population.

CountyFIPS 54097

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

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Population
23,758
-62 (-0.3%) since 2020
Land area
354.6
square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density
67.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Buckhannon
Seat of county government.
Established
1851
174 years ago
Largest city
Buckhannon city
Population 5,054.

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 Upshur 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 Upshur 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 557 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 Upshur 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
Population23,75826th of 551,661st of 3,144
Land area354.6 sq mi35th of 552,673rd of 3,144
Population density67.0 per sq mi21st of 551,217th of 3,144
Median household income$54,33830th of 552,513th of 3,143

Full data for Upshur County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population23,758Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202023,820Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?23,818Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area354.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.12 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area354.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?67.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$54,338American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$170,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,557American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units11,281American 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
245 births, 300 deaths
Net migration
+155
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 5 areas bordering Upshur 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
Lewis CountyWest Virginia30 mi16,394
Randolph CountyWest Virginia26 mi26,882
Barbour CountyWest Virginia22 mi15,414
Webster CountyWest Virginia9.6 mi7,760
Harrison CountyWest Virginia4.6 mi64,221

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.