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Lewis County, West Virginia

A county in West Virginia, ranked 34 of 55 by population.

CountyFIPS 54041

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

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Population
16,394
-627 (-3.7%) since 2020
Land area
386.9
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
42.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Weston
Seat of county government.
Established
1816
209 years ago
Largest city
Weston city
Population 3,736.

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 Lewis 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 Lewis 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 620 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 Lewis 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
Population16,39434th of 552,014th of 3,144
Land area386.9 sq mi30th of 552,579th of 3,144
Population density42.4 per sq mi30th of 551,622nd of 3,144
Median household income$56,47727th of 552,376th of 3,143

Full data for Lewis County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population16,394Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202017,021Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?17,031Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area386.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area389.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?42.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$56,477American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$151,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,967American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,219American 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
-105
155 births, 260 deaths
Net migration
+21
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 Lewis 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
Upshur CountyWest Virginia30 mi23,758
Braxton CountyWest Virginia22 mi11,885
Harrison CountyWest Virginia19 mi64,221
Gilmer CountyWest Virginia15 mi7,085
Doddridge CountyWest Virginia12 mi7,634
Webster CountyWest Virginia6.0 mi7,760

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.