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Wayne County, West Virginia

A county in West Virginia, ranked 14 of 55 by population.

CountyFIPS 54099

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

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Population
37,309
-1,564 (-4.0%) since 2020
Land area
506
square miles. A further 1.2% of the total area is water
Population density
73.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Wayne
Seat of county government.
Established
1842
183 years ago
Largest city
Huntington city
Population 3,501 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Wayne 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 Wayne 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 525 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 Wayne 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
Population37,30914th of 551,256th of 3,144
Land area506 sq mi15th of 552,053rd of 3,144
Population density73.7 per sq mi19th of 551,143rd of 3,144
Median household income$58,87818th of 552,182nd of 3,143

Full data for Wayne County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population37,309Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202038,873Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?38,987Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area506 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area512.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?73.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,878American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$127,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households15,762American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units18,263American 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
-195
387 births, 582 deaths
Net migration
-1
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Wayne 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
Lawrence CountyKentucky32 mi15,765
Lincoln CountyWest Virginia31 mi19,177
Cabell CountyWest Virginia29 mi91,183
Boyd CountyKentucky15 mi47,751
Martin CountyKentucky14 mi10,697
Mingo CountyWest Virginia12 mi21,455
Lawrence CountyOhio5.3 mi55,710

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.