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Nicholas County, West Virginia

A county in West Virginia, ranked 25 of 55 by population.

CountyFIPS 54067

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

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Population
23,848
-711 (-2.9%) since 2020
Land area
646.8
square miles. A further 1.1% of the total area is water
Population density
36.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Summersville
Seat of county government.
Established
1818
207 years ago
Largest city
Summersville city
Population 3,297.

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 Nicholas 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 Nicholas 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 634 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 Nicholas 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
Population23,84825th of 551,655th of 3,144
Land area646.8 sq mi8th of 551,464th of 3,144
Population density36.9 per sq mi35th of 551,750th of 3,144
Median household income$54,63929th of 552,497th of 3,143

Full data for Nicholas County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population23,848Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202024,559Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?24,604Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area646.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area654.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?36.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$54,639American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$121,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,466American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,550American 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
-179
197 births, 376 deaths
Net migration
+72
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 Nicholas 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
Fayette CountyWest Virginia42 mi38,165
Clay CountyWest Virginia32 mi7,538
Greenbrier CountyWest Virginia29 mi31,578
Webster CountyWest Virginia27 mi7,760
Braxton CountyWest Virginia18 mi11,885
Kanawha CountyWest Virginia148 ft172,381

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.