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Harrison County, West Virginia

A county in West Virginia, ranked 7 of 55 by population.

CountyFIPS 54033

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

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Population
64,221
-1,625 (-2.5%) since 2020
Land area
416
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
154
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Clarksburg
Seat of county government.
Established
1784
241 years ago
Largest city
Clarksburg city
Population 15,562.

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 Harrison 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 Harrison 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 742 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 Harrison 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
Population64,2217th of 55852nd of 3,144
Land area416 sq mi29th of 552,431st of 3,144
Population density154 per sq mi12th of 55687th of 3,144
Median household income$60,37716th of 552,053rd of 3,143

Full data for Harrison County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population64,221Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202065,846Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?65,919Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area416 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.51 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area416.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?154 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,377American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$166,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households26,353American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units30,537American 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
-351
623 births, 974 deaths
Net migration
+141
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 7 areas bordering Harrison 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
Doddridge CountyWest Virginia34 mi7,634
Lewis CountyWest Virginia19 mi16,394
Marion CountyWest Virginia17 mi55,584
Taylor CountyWest Virginia12 mi16,287
Barbour CountyWest Virginia9.9 mi15,414
Wetzel CountyWest Virginia5.4 mi13,734
Upshur CountyWest Virginia4.6 mi23,758

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.