Doddridge County, West Virginia

Doddridge County population, land area and income

Doddridge County had 7,615 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 319.7 square miles of land. It ranks 49th of 55 in West Virginia by population and 42nd by land area. That works out to 23.8 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and below the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in West Virginia has 21,285 residents, so Doddridge County has 36% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $56,985 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Doddridge County's population changed since 2020

Doddridge County lost 175 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 2.2%. That ranks 20th of 55 in West Virginia for growth. The median West Virginia county changed by -2.9%, and the state as a whole by -1.2%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Doddridge County recorded 244 births and 392 deaths, a natural change of -148. Net international migration added +11 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -52. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 148 people.

Where Doddridge County is

The Census internal point of Doddridge County is at 39.264300, -80.711500. It sits in UTM zone 17N. The map shades West Virginia's 55 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Doddridge County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Doddridge County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Doddridge County. Its 7,615 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Doddridge County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Doddridge County. The most populous is Harrison County, WV, with 64,472 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Harrison County

  64,472 people

  17 mi E

• Lewis County

  16,477 people

  22 mi SSE

• Wetzel County

  13,766 people

  23 mi N

• Ritchie County

  8,170 people

  20 mi WSW

• Tyler County

  7,843 people

  16 mi NNW

• Gilmer County

  7,116 people

  25 mi SSW

Distance to Charleston and the nearest big city

Charleston is 80.4 miles SW of Doddridge County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA (population 307,668), 90.1 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Clarksburg, WV (population 15,262), 18.7 miles away.

Doddridge County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Doddridge County is 54017: state code 54 for West Virginia plus county code 017. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $56,985.