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Jackson County, West Virginia

A county in West Virginia, ranked 20 of 55 by population.

CountyFIPS 54035

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

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Population
27,450
-273 (-1.0%) since 2020
Land area
464.4
square miles. A further 1.5% of the total area is water
Population density
59.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Ripley
Seat of county government.
Established
1831
194 years ago
Largest city
Ravenswood city
Population 3,790.

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 Jackson 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 Jackson 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 505 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 Jackson 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
Population27,45020th of 551,532nd of 3,144
Land area464.4 sq mi21st of 552,212th of 3,144
Population density59.1 per sq mi22nd of 551,317th of 3,144
Median household income$58,84519th of 552,187th of 3,143

Full data for Jackson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population27,450Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202027,723Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?27,792Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area464.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area471.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?59.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,845American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$157,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,515American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,867American 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
-169
276 births, 445 deaths
Net migration
+122
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 Jackson 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
Meigs CountyOhio29 mi21,587
Roane CountyWest Virginia23 mi13,317
Mason CountyWest Virginia17 mi24,707
Kanawha CountyWest Virginia13 mi172,381
Wirt CountyWest Virginia13 mi4,879
Wood CountyWest Virginia10 mi82,385
Putnam CountyWest Virginia6.2 mi56,885

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.