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All 439 Census places in West Virginia.

This broader Census geography includes 231 legal places and 208 census-designated places. Population is the2020–2024 ACS 5-year survey estimate, not a 2024 or current-year population count. This is the complete ACS geography snapshot. Historical geographies remain labeled here; only places still recognized in the 2025 Gazetteer receive a current-place rank.

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439 rows

ACS geography snapshot for West Virginia; ranks apply only to current 2025 geographies.
RankCensus placeRecordTypeGeography statusPopulation estimatePopulation MOEPrecision flagMedian ageAge MOEAvg. household sizeHousehold size MOE
#1Charleston cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography47,421±38standard43.0±1.42.1±0.06
#2Huntington cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography45,787±50standard34.7±1.32.1±0.05
#3Morgantown cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography30,236±37standard23.9±0.92.1±0.09
#4Parkersburg cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography29,240±33standard42.2±1.72.2±0.07
#5Wheeling cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography26,350±207standard45.4±1.52.0±0.05
#6Martinsburg cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography18,904±31standard37.4±1.72.3±0.15
#7Weirton cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography18,647±41standard47.4±2.72.1±0.08
#8Fairmont cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography18,221±35standard34.9±1.62.1±0.09
#9Beckley cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography16,818±27standard42.3±3.32.3±0.12
#10Clarksburg cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography15,549±31standard40.4±2.42.3±0.13
#11Teays Valley CDPCensus-designated placeCurrent 2025 geography14,151±904standard42.6±1.72.4±0.11
#12South Charleston cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography13,457±28standard41.7±1.92.2±0.12
#13Cheat Lake CDPCensus-designated placeCurrent 2025 geography10,902±787standard40.6±4.32.5±0.17
#14St. Albans cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography10,522±23standard45.2±42.2±0.14
#15Vienna cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography10,518±22standard40.4±32.2±0.13
#16Cross Lanes CDPCensus-designated placeCurrent 2025 geography9,671±1,173standard44.3±4.12.1±0.14
#17Bluefield cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography9,387±20standard45.0±3.62.3±0.15
#18Bridgeport cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography9,252±35standard45.6±2.92.2±0.13
#19Oak Hill cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography7,937±22standard41.4±5.12.3±0.17
#20Moundsville cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography7,869±25standard44.1±4.42.3±0.16
#21Charles Town cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography7,337±28standard38.5±1.72.6±0.24
#22Dunbar cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography7,254±26standard42.9±3.71.9±0.16
#23Pea Ridge CDPCensus-designated placeCurrent 2025 geography6,988±768standard39.5±3.72.0±0.14
#24Hurricane cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography6,855±38standard41.2±5.22.4±0.18
#25Nitro cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography6,853±723standard44.5±52.4±0.21
#26Elkins cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography6,811±22standard40.5±2.92.2±0.19
#27Brookhaven CDPCensus-designated placeCurrent 2025 geography6,212±728standard37.1±32.8±0.21
#28Princeton cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography5,736±32standard44.2±2.42.0±0.16
#29Ranson corporationLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography5,729±22standard39.3±2.52.4±0.2
#30New Martinsville cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography5,133±27standard44.5±3.42.3±0.15
#31Buckhannon cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography5,116±31standard32.8±3.52.0±0.2
#32Keyser cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography4,857±31standard38.3±6.42.1±0.26
#33Grafton cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography4,618±17standard37.8±7.32.4±0.24
#34Barboursville villageLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography4,376±18standard34.8±2.22.3±0.2
#35Pinch CDPCensus-designated placeCurrent 2025 geography4,037±1,032standard50.3±8.72.7±0.49
#36Westover cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography4,026±21standard41.4±3.22.1±0.22
#37Point Pleasant cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography3,961±15standard48.5±3.72.0±0.2
#38Weston cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography3,840±26standard38.9±5.22.4±0.25
#39Lewisburg cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography3,835±14standard40.7±4.12.0±0.23
#40Ravenswood cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography3,830±16standard49.0±9.42.2±0.28
#41Sissonville CDPCensus-designated placeCurrent 2025 geography3,593±623standard40.2±6.12.5±0.28
#42Welch cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography3,507±23standard40.6±22.1±0.43
#43Pleasant Valley cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography3,482±16standard39.5±6.42.3±0.23
#44Shannondale CDPCensus-designated placeCurrent 2025 geography3,465±397standard42.4±7.22.2±0.19
#45Shady Spring CDPCensus-designated placeCurrent 2025 geography3,381±783standard45.8±62.5±0.36
#46Summersville cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography3,373±15standard56.3±7.42.3±0.31
#47Blennerhassett CDPCensus-designated placeCurrent 2025 geography3,282±685standard45.7±7.12.8±0.36
#48Ripley cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography3,071±16standard44.0±10.32.0±0.29
#49Culloden CDPCensus-designated placeCurrent 2025 geography3,040±532standard45.0±8.62.2±0.26
#50Williamstown cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,980±42standard52.1±52.1±0.15
#51Kingwood cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,973±21standard41.5±7.22.2±0.19
#52Kenova cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,944±13standard42.6±13.52.2±0.3
#53Williamson cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,919±26standard42.7±5.32.0±0.25
#54Winfield townLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,918±654standard41.8±62.7±0.4
#55Philippi cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,861±16standard36.5±10.61.9±0.21
#56Fayetteville townLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,817±28standard45.9±10.82.0±0.24
#56Milton townLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,817±14standard33.7±6.12.5±0.37
#58Inwood CDPCensus-designated placeCurrent 2025 geography2,794±590standard41.7±72.4±0.27
#59Madison cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,788±30standard42.7±7.12.6±0.35
#60Follansbee cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,757±19standard52.9±62.0±0.32
#61Bethlehem villageLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,592±38standard41.7±4.82.4±0.19
#62White Sulphur Springs cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,549±446standard39.8±7.12.1±0.25
#63Moorefield townLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,525±24standard42.5±4.92.7±0.34
#64Paden City cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,415±398standard40.4±5.12.5±0.29
#65Richwood cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,403±430standard46.2±5.12.6±0.44
#66Mineralwells CDPCensus-designated placeCurrent 2025 geography2,389±513standard35.3±7.92.6±0.3
#67Petersburg cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,384±444standard44.0±9.12.2±0.25
#68Shinnston cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,352±358standard42.6±4.32.6±0.36
#69Spencer cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,291±420standard43.8±6.72.5±0.33
#70Stonewood cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,212±364standard40.8±3.72.5±0.3
#71Wellsburg cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,203±348standard55.6±7.22.2±0.23
#72Craigsville CDPCensus-designated placeCurrent 2025 geography2,190±828standard42.6±9.12.5±0.59
#73Falling Waters CDPCensus-designated placeCurrent 2025 geography2,183±1,093low_precision32.6±4.82.9±0.8
#74Chester cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,179±459standard52.8±5.71.9±0.22
#75St. Marys cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,174±394standard44.9±62.4±0.3
#76Hooverson Heights CDPCensus-designated placeCurrent 2025 geography2,090±339standard52.6±12.32.1±0.28
#77Hinton cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,086±345standard36.9±7.82.3±0.31
#78Nutter Fort townLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,075±342standard38.1±5.52.5±0.27
#79Mullens cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography2,034±546standard39.3±1.32.6±0.4
#80Bluewell CDPCensus-designated placeCurrent 2025 geography1,992±549standard67.5±6.31.8±0.32
#81Star City townLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography1,960±345standard35.1±2.92.2±0.23
#82Romney cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography1,922±371standard50.2±6.42.4±0.37
#83Terra Alta townLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography1,841±405standard29.9±8.22.9±0.44
#84Mannington cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography1,829±271standard46.1±4.92.3±0.18
#85McMechen cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography1,826±300standard33.7±2.52.5±0.36
#86Belington townLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography1,781±292standard42.6±5.22.5±0.29
#87Alum Creek CDPCensus-designated placeCurrent 2025 geography1,749±425standard48.1±6.23.2±0.68
#88Eleanor townLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography1,726±482standard45.6±5.62.4±0.4
#89Chesapeake townLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography1,702±278standard37.7±8.52.3±0.22
#90Wayne townLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography1,675±492standard39.3±4.92.5±0.54
#91Salem cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography1,629±349standard32.6±6.32.3±0.38
#92Belle townLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography1,611±481standard38.0±11.42.6±0.39
#93Harrisville townLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography1,574±280standard42.9±62.3±0.27
#94Ceredo cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography1,528±521standard44.6±14.22.4±0.44
#94Sophia townLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography1,528±527standard45.4±13.12.2±0.43
#96Marmet cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography1,524±241standard55.8±4.72.1±0.25
#97Montgomery cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography1,516±354standard46.8±11.92.0±0.28
#98Mount Hope cityLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography1,504±299standard39.8±5.52.3±0.34
#99Lubeck CDPCensus-designated placeCurrent 2025 geography1,495±431standard53.3±102.2±0.37
#100Athens townLegal placeCurrent 2025 geography1,494±394standard21.1±12.7±0.7
Coverage: 231 legal places and 208 census-designated places. A missing value means Census did not publish a usable estimate; it is never replaced with zero.

Methodology · geography and uncertainty

Census places are broader than incorporated cities.

A legal place is an incorporated municipality or other legally defined place recognized by Census. A census-designated place (CDP) is a statistical area Census defines for a settled community that is not incorporated. CDPs are included here and labeled explicitly; they remain excluded from the separate annual PEP municipality pages.

Place type comes from the 2025 Census Gazetteer when its GEOID matches. For the 21 national ACS places that do not match that later-vintage file, classification uses the explicit legal-place or CDPsuffix in Census’s official ACS geography name; no approximate name matching is used.

Every displayed value is an ACS five-year survey estimate. The population margin of error is shown in the table, and the downloaded state slice also includes margins of error for median age and average household size. A low_precision display flag means the 90% margin of error exceeds half the estimate; it is a warning threshold, not a statistical quality grade. ACS sentinel values and unavailable estimates remain null rather than becoming zero.

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