Pleasants County, West Virginia

Pleasants County population, land area and income

Pleasants County had 7,358 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 130.1 square miles of land. It ranks 50th of 55 in West Virginia by population and 52nd by land area. That works out to 56.5 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, so Pleasants County has 35% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $60,991 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Pleasants County's population changed since 2020

Pleasants County lost 295 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 3.9%. That ranks 41st 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, Pleasants County recorded 262 births and 461 deaths, a natural change of -199. Net international migration added +0 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -100. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 199 people.

Where Pleasants County is

The Census internal point of Pleasants County is at 39.368100, -81.161200. 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 Pleasants County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Pleasants County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Pleasants County, 1,749 people together, or 24% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Pleasants County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is St. Marys with 1,749.

Counties bordering Pleasants County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 4 neighbors for Pleasants County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Wood County, WV, with 82,757 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Wood County

  82,757 people

  22 mi WSW

• OH

  Washington County, OH

  58,332 people

  18 mi WNW

• Ritchie County

  8,170 people

  14 mi SSE

• Tyler County

  7,843 people

  17 mi ENE

Distance to Charleston and the nearest big city

Charleston is 75.3 miles SSW of Pleasants County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA (population 307,668), 97.1 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Marietta, OH (population 13,039), 15.7 miles away.

Pleasants County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Pleasants County is 54073: state code 54 for West Virginia plus county code 073. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $60,991.