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Wirt County, West Virginia

The least populous of West Virginia's 55 counties.

CountyFIPS 54105

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

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Population
4,879
-308 (-5.9%) since 2020
Land area
232.5
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
21.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Elizabeth
Seat of county government.
Established
1848
177 years ago
Largest city
Elizabeth town
Population 676.

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 Wirt 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 Wirt 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 722 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 Wirt 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
Population4,87955th of 552,823rd of 3,144
Land area232.5 sq mi48th of 552,946th of 3,144
Population density21.0 per sq mi49th of 552,206th of 3,144
Median household income$49,86740th of 552,778th of 3,143

Full data for Wirt County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population4,879Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20205,187Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?5,196Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area232.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area234.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?21.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$49,867American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$115,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,041American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,725American 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
-32
45 births, 77 deaths
Net migration
+3
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 Wirt 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 Virginia25 mi8,034
Wood CountyWest Virginia19 mi82,385
Roane CountyWest Virginia15 mi13,317
Jackson CountyWest Virginia13 mi27,450
Calhoun CountyWest Virginia11 mi5,978

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.