Wood County, West Virginia

Wood County population, land area and income

Wood County had 82,757 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 366.5 square miles of land. It ranks 5th of 55 in West Virginia by population and 31st by land area. That works out to 225.8 people per square mile, 2.3 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in West Virginia has 21,285 residents, so Wood County is 3.9 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $56,353 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Wood County's population changed since 2020

Wood County lost 1,389 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.7%. That ranks 17th 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, Wood County recorded 3,315 births and 5,035 deaths, a natural change of -1,720. Net international migration added +136 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +40. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 1,720 people.

Where Wood County is

The Census internal point of Wood County is at 39.211600, -81.516200. 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 Wood County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Wood County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Wood County, 42,191 people together, or 51% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Wood County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Parkersburg with 28,834.

Counties bordering Wood County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Wood County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Athens County, OH, with 63,218 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• OH

  Athens County, OH

  63,218 people

  30 mi WNW

• OH

  Washington County, OH

  58,332 people

  17 mi N

• Jackson County

  27,718 people

  27 mi SSW

• OH

  Meigs County, OH

  21,491 people

  29 mi WSW

• Ritchie County

  8,170 people

  24 mi E

• Pleasants County

  7,358 people

  22 mi ENE

• Wirt County

  4,924 people

  15 mi SSE

Distance to Charleston and the nearest big city

Charleston is 60.7 miles S of Wood County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH (population 933,263), 94.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Parkersburg, WV (population 28,834), 3.7 miles away.

Wood County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Wood County is 54107: state code 54 for West Virginia plus county code 107. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $56,353.