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Pendleton County, West Virginia

A county in West Virginia, ranked 54 of 55 by population.

CountyFIPS 54071

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

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Population
5,826
-303 (-4.9%) since 2020
Land area
696.1
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
8.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Franklin
Seat of county government.
Established
1787
238 years ago
Largest city
Franklin town
Population 527.

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 Pendleton 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 Pendleton 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 691 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 Pendleton 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
Population5,82654th of 552,744th of 3,144
Land area696.1 sq mi5th of 551,337th of 3,144
Population density8.4 per sq mi54th of 552,630th of 3,144
Median household income$64,9318th of 551,639th of 3,143

Full data for Pendleton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population5,826Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,129Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,141Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area696.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area698.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?8.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$64,931American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$183,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age50.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,342American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,695American 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
-82
42 births, 124 deaths
Net migration
+1
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 Pendleton 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
Randolph CountyWest Virginia38 mi26,882
Rockingham CountyVirginia25 mi89,316
Highland CountyVirginia24 mi2,318
Grant CountyWest Virginia15 mi11,041
Augusta CountyVirginia8.4 mi78,940
Pocahontas CountyWest Virginia7.2 mi7,602
Hardy CountyWest Virginia5.5 mi14,337

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.