Logan County, West Virginia

Logan County population, land area and income

Logan County had 30,560 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 452.9 square miles of land. It ranks 17th of 55 in West Virginia by population and 22nd by land area. That works out to 67.5 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in West Virginia has 21,285 residents; Logan County is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $48,745 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Logan County's population changed since 2020

Logan County lost 1,956 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 6.0%. That ranks 52nd 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, Logan County recorded 1,341 births and 2,679 deaths, a natural change of -1,338. Net international migration added -5 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -678. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 1,338 people.

Where Logan County is

The Census internal point of Logan County is at 37.830600, -81.940900. 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 Logan County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Logan County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Logan County, 1,319 people together, or 4% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Logan County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Logan with 1,319.

Counties bordering Logan County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 4 neighbors for Logan County. The most populous is Mingo County, WV, with 21,712 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Mingo County

  21,712 people

  14 mi WSW

• Boone County

  20,496 people

  18 mi NE

• Wyoming County

  19,964 people

  27 mi SE

• Lincoln County

  19,377 people

  25 mi NNW

Distance to Charleston and the nearest big city

Charleston is 39.2 miles NNE of Logan County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY (population 329,437), 137.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is South Charleston, WV (population 13,177), 37.4 miles away.

Logan County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Logan County is 54045: state code 54 for West Virginia plus county code 045. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $48,745.