Taylor County, West Virginia

Taylor County population, land area and income

Taylor County had 16,438 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 172.8 square miles of land. It ranks 35th of 55 in West Virginia by population and 51st by land area. That works out to 95.1 people per square mile, near the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

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

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $57,821 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Taylor County's population changed since 2020

Taylor County lost 255 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.5%. That ranks 16th 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, Taylor County recorded 613 births and 1,013 deaths, a natural change of -400. Net international migration added -1 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +133. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 400 people.

Where Taylor County is

The Census internal point of Taylor County is at 39.332500, -80.046600. 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 Taylor County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Taylor County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Taylor County, 4,575 people together, or 28% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Taylor County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Grafton with 4,575.

Counties bordering Taylor County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Taylor County. The most populous is Monongalia County, WV, with 108,697 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Monongalia County

  108,697 people

  21 mi N

• Harrison County

  64,472 people

  19 mi WSW

• Marion County

  55,649 people

  16 mi NW

• Preston County

  34,055 people

  22 mi ENE

• Barbour County

  15,369 people

  14 mi SSE

Distance to Charleston and the nearest big city

Charleston is 108.8 miles SW of Taylor County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA (population 307,668), 76.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Fairmont, WV (population 18,063), 11.4 miles away.

Taylor County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Taylor County is 54091: state code 54 for West Virginia plus county code 091. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $57,821.