Randolph County, West Virginia

Randolph County population, land area and income

Randolph County had 27,190 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,039.7 square miles of land. It is the largest by land of West Virginia's 55 county-equivalents. That works out to 26.2 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; Randolph County is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $50,868 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Randolph County's population changed since 2020

Randolph County lost 702 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 2.5%. That ranks 21st 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, Randolph County recorded 1,109 births and 1,796 deaths, a natural change of -687. Net international migration added +21 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -75. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 687 people.

Where Randolph County is

The Census internal point of Randolph County is at 38.781100, -79.867800. 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 Randolph County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Randolph County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Randolph County, 6,698 people together, or 25% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Randolph County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Elkins with 6,698.

Counties bordering Randolph County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Randolph County. The most populous is Upshur County, WV, with 23,650 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Upshur County

  23,650 people

  21 mi WNW

• Barbour County

  15,369 people

  26 mi NNW

• Grant County

  10,971 people

  43 mi ENE

• Webster County

  7,947 people

  38 mi WSW

• Pocahontas County

  7,653 people

  32 mi SSW

• Tucker County

  6,573 people

  28 mi NE

• Pendleton County

  5,944 people

  29 mi ESE

Distance to Charleston and the nearest big city

Charleston is 99.1 miles WSW of Randolph County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA (population 307,668), 114.8 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Clarksburg, WV (population 15,262), 42.9 miles away.

Randolph County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Randolph County is 54083: state code 54 for West Virginia plus county code 083. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $50,868.