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Calhoun County, West Virginia

A county in West Virginia, ranked 53 of 55 by population.

CountyFIPS 54013

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

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Population
5,978
-225 (-3.6%) since 2020
Land area
279.3
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
21.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Grantsville
Seat of county government.
Established
1856
169 years ago
Largest city
Grantsville town
Population 475.

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 Calhoun 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 Calhoun 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 464 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 Calhoun 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
Population5,97853rd of 552,735th of 3,144
Land area279.3 sq mi46th of 552,850th of 3,144
Population density21.4 per sq mi48th of 552,194th of 3,144
Median household income$43,98049th of 552,990th of 3,143

Full data for Calhoun County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population5,978Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,203Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,230Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area279.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area280.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?21.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$43,980American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$100,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age48.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,525American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,185American 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
-40
68 births, 108 deaths
Net migration
+88
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 6 areas bordering Calhoun 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
Roane CountyWest Virginia40 mi13,317
Gilmer CountyWest Virginia31 mi7,085
Ritchie CountyWest Virginia11 mi8,034
Wirt CountyWest Virginia11 mi4,879
Clay CountyWest Virginia4.8 mi7,538
Braxton CountyWest Virginia4.3 mi11,885

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.