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Wood County, West Virginia

A county in West Virginia, ranked 5 of 55 by population.

CountyFIPS 54107

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

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Population
82,385
-1,768 (-2.1%) since 2020
Land area
366.5
square miles. A further 2.7% of the total area is water
Population density
225
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Parkersburg
Seat of county government.
Established
1798
227 years ago
Largest city
Parkersburg city
Population 28,593.

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 Wood 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 Wood 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 771 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 Wood 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
Population82,3855th of 55712th of 3,144
Land area366.5 sq mi31st of 552,640th of 3,144
Population density225 per sq mi8th of 55529th of 3,144
Median household income$57,81020th of 552,272nd of 3,143

Full data for Wood County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population82,385Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202084,153Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?84,300Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area366.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area10.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area376.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?225 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,810American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$158,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households35,836American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units40,283American 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
-349
792 births, 1,141 deaths
Net migration
+79
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 7 areas bordering Wood 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
Washington CountyOhio32 mi58,389
Wirt CountyWest Virginia19 mi4,879
Pleasants CountyWest Virginia14 mi7,338
Jackson CountyWest Virginia10 mi27,450
Ritchie CountyWest Virginia8.8 mi8,034
Meigs CountyOhio6.5 mi21,587
Athens CountyOhio3.1 mi63,197

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.