Mingo County, West Virginia

Mingo County population, land area and income

Mingo County had 21,712 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 423.1 square miles of land. It ranks 27th of 55 in West Virginia by population and 26th by land area. That works out to 51.3 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, about the same as Mingo County.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $38,358 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Mingo County's population changed since 2020

Mingo County lost 1,775 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 7.6%. That ranks 54th 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, Mingo County recorded 1,087 births and 1,900 deaths, a natural change of -813. Net international migration added -5 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -1,049. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 1,049 people.

Where Mingo County is

The Census internal point of Mingo County is at 37.721200, -82.159000. 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 Mingo County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Mingo County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Mingo County, 2,779 people together, or 13% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Mingo County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Williamson with 2,779.

Counties bordering Mingo County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 8 neighbors for Mingo County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Pike County, KY, with 55,430 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• KY

  Pike County, KY

  55,430 people

  21 mi SW

• Wayne County

  37,589 people

  33 mi NNW

• Logan County

  30,560 people

  14 mi ENE

• Wyoming County

  19,964 people

  34 mi ESE

• Lincoln County

  19,377 people

  31 mi N

• VA

  Buchanan County, VA

  18,632 people

  32 mi SSE

• McDowell County

  17,147 people

  36 mi SE

• KY

  Martin County, KY

  10,696 people

  20 mi WNW

Distance to Charleston and the nearest big city

Charleston is 51.9 miles NE of Mingo County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY (population 329,437), 127.3 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is St. Albans, WV (population 10,301), 49.0 miles away.

Mingo County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Mingo County is 54059: state code 54 for West Virginia plus county code 059. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $38,358.