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Randolph County, West Virginia

The largest of West Virginia's 55 counties by land area.

CountyFIPS 54083

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

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Population
26,882
-1,011 (-3.6%) since 2020
Land area
1,040
square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density
25.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Elkins
Seat of county government.
Established
1786
239 years ago
Largest city
Elkins city
Population 6,622.

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 Randolph 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 Randolph 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 796 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 Randolph 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
Population26,88221st of 551,542nd of 3,144
Land area1,040 sq mi1st of 55633rd of 3,144
Population density25.9 per sq mi42nd of 552,042nd of 3,144
Median household income$52,75735th of 552,615th of 3,143

Full data for Randolph County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population26,882Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202027,893Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?27,932Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,040 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.26 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,040 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?25.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$52,757American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$144,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,678American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units13,072American 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
-206
243 births, 449 deaths
Net migration
-45
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 7 areas bordering Randolph 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
Pocahontas CountyWest Virginia59 mi7,602
Pendleton CountyWest Virginia38 mi5,826
Tucker CountyWest Virginia33 mi6,540
Upshur CountyWest Virginia26 mi23,758
Webster CountyWest Virginia23 mi7,760
Barbour CountyWest Virginia22 mi15,414
Grant CountyWest Virginia0.7 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.