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Preston County, West Virginia

A county in West Virginia, ranked 15 of 55 by population.

CountyFIPS 54077

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

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Population
34,004
-197 (-0.6%) since 2020
Land area
648.8
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
52.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Kingwood
Seat of county government.
Established
1818
207 years ago
Largest city
Kingwood city
Population 2,937.

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 Preston 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 Preston 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 529 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 Preston 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
Population34,00415th of 551,342nd of 3,144
Land area648.8 sq mi7th of 551,452nd of 3,144
Population density52.4 per sq mi26th of 551,422nd of 3,144
Median household income$61,88012th of 551,905th of 3,143

Full data for Preston County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population34,004Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202034,201Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?34,218Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area648.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area651.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?52.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,880American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$162,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households12,809American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units15,183American 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
-164
285 births, 449 deaths
Net migration
+182
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 Preston 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
Garrett CountyMaryland36 mi28,370
Monongalia CountyWest Virginia22 mi107,991
Tucker CountyWest Virginia19 mi6,540
Fayette CountyPennsylvania15 mi123,021
Taylor CountyWest Virginia9.4 mi16,287
Barbour CountyWest Virginia9.3 mi15,414
Grant CountyWest Virginia0.8 mi11,041

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.