Wyoming County, West Virginia

Wyoming County population, land area and income

Wyoming County had 19,964 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 499.5 square miles of land. It ranks 30th of 55 in West Virginia by population and 17th by land area. That works out to 40.0 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, about the same as Wyoming County.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $47,212 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Wyoming County's population changed since 2020

Wyoming County lost 1,355 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 6.4%. That ranks 53rd 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, Wyoming County recorded 861 births and 1,666 deaths, a natural change of -805. Net international migration added -11 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -618. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 805 people.

Where Wyoming County is

The Census internal point of Wyoming County is at 37.603700, -81.549000. 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 Wyoming County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Wyoming County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Wyoming County, 2,733 people together, or 14% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Wyoming County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Oceana with 1,376.

Counties bordering Wyoming County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Wyoming County. The most populous is Raleigh County, WV, with 72,379 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Raleigh County

  72,379 people

  19 mi NE

• Mercer County

  57,524 people

  28 mi ESE

• Logan County

  30,560 people

  27 mi NW

• Mingo County

  21,712 people

  34 mi WNW

• Boone County

  20,496 people

  30 mi NNW

• McDowell County

  17,147 people

  16 mi SSW

Distance to Charleston and the nearest big city

Charleston is 50.7 miles N of Wyoming County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC (population 255,769), 125.8 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Beckley, WV (population 16,515), 24.2 miles away.

Wyoming County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Wyoming County is 54109: state code 54 for West Virginia plus county code 109. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $47,212.