Logan County, West Virginia

A county in West Virginia, ranked 17 of 55 by population.

CountyFIPS 54045

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

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Population
30,375
-2,139 (-6.6%) since 2020
Land area
452.9
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
67.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Logan
Seat of county government.
Established
1824
201 years ago
Largest city
Logan city
Population 1,312.

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 Logan 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 Logan 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 800 by 676 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 Logan 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
Population30,37517th of 551,437th of 3,144
Land area452.9 sq mi22nd of 552,260th of 3,144
Population density67.1 per sq mi20th of 551,212th of 3,144
Median household income$49,72342nd of 552,786th of 3,143

Full data for Logan County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population30,375Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202032,514Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?32,570Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area452.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area454.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?67.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$49,723American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$103,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households12,760American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units14,772American 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
-198
322 births, 520 deaths
Net migration
-42
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 4 areas bordering Logan 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
Mingo CountyWest Virginia60 mi21,455
Boone CountyWest Virginia44 mi20,251
Wyoming CountyWest Virginia25 mi19,801
Lincoln CountyWest Virginia16 mi19,177

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.