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Brooke County, West Virginia

A county in West Virginia, ranked 28 of 55 by population.

CountyFIPS 54009

Within West Virginia
Brooke County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Wellsburg, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
21,142
-1,339 (-6.0%) since 2020
Land area
89.0
square miles. A further 3.7% of the total area is water
Population density
237
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Wellsburg
Seat of county government.
Established
1796
229 years ago
Largest city
Weirton city
Population 3,646 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Brooke County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Brooke County, West Virginia from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 460 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Brooke County ranks

Position among the 55 counties of West Virginia, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn West VirginiaNationally
Population21,14228th of 551,769th of 3,144
Land area89.0 sq mi54th of 553,090th of 3,144
Population density237 per sq mi7th of 55517th of 3,144
Median household income$54,31631st of 552,517th of 3,143

Full data for Brooke County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population21,142Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202022,481Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?22,557Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area89.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area92.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?237 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$54,316American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$141,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,675American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,691American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-152
172 births, 324 deaths
Net migration
+2
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 4 areas bordering Brooke County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Jefferson CountyOhio17 mi63,597
Washington CountyPennsylvania17 mi210,802
Ohio CountyWest Virginia10 mi40,496
Hancock CountyWest Virginia5.9 mi27,729

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 55 counties of West Virginia

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.