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Hancock County, West Virginia

A county in West Virginia, ranked 19 of 55 by population.

CountyFIPS 54029

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

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Population
27,729
-1,311 (-4.5%) since 2020
Land area
82.6
square miles. A further 6.1% of the total area is water
Population density
336
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
New Cumberland
Seat of county government.
Established
1848
177 years ago
Largest city
Weirton city
Population 14,487 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 Hancock 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 Hancock 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 420 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 Hancock 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
Population27,72919th of 551,519th of 3,144
Land area82.6 sq mi55th of 553,093rd of 3,144
Population density336 per sq mi3rd of 55395th of 3,144
Median household income$61,46613th of 551,936th of 3,143

Full data for Hancock County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population27,729Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202029,040Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?29,096Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area82.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area88.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?336 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,466American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$130,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households12,824American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units14,194American 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
-214
246 births, 460 deaths
Net migration
-35
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 5 areas bordering Hancock 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 CountyOhio16 mi63,597
Beaver CountyPennsylvania11 mi166,032
Columbiana CountyOhio10 mi99,377
Brooke CountyWest Virginia5.9 mi21,142
Washington CountyPennsylvania5.4 mi210,802

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.