West Virginia · Census place 5487508

Williamson, West Virginia

Williamson is a city in Mingo County, West Virginia with an estimated 2,779 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 44th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,779
#44 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020
-9.4%
-287 people
Land area
3.3 sq mi
Density
847 / sq mi
State median 1,823
Orange pin: Williamson. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Charleston.

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Williamson population, 2020 to 2024

Williamson lost 287 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -9.4%. In the latest year it moved by -50.

3,06620202,99420212,89420222,82920232,7792024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,080. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Williamson covers 3.28 square miles of land, for 847 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Williamson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Williamson is in

All of Williamson's residents live in Mingo County, which had 21,712 residents in 2024. Williamson holds 12.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Williamson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Williamson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 25661. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Williamson is

The Census internal point of Williamson is at 37.674100, -82.271100. Charleston, the capital, is 58.1 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pikeville, KY (7,366 people), 19.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 122.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.674100, -82.271100
DMS
37°40'26.76"N 82°16'15.96"W
UTM
17N 387906.4E 4170416.7N
Geohash
dntqrfk58
Plus code
869VMPFH+JH

Daylight in Williamson

At 37.67° N, Williamson gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Williamson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Logan, 19.7 miles away, with 1,319 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Williamson, WV?

2,779 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 287 (9.4%) from 3,066 in July 2020.

What county is Williamson in?

Mingo County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Williamson?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 25661.

How far is Williamson from Charleston?

58.1 miles (93.6 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Williamson.

What is the nearest larger city to Williamson?

Pikeville, KY, with 7,366 residents, 19.6 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.