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Summers County, West Virginia

A county in West Virginia, ranked 42 of 55 by population.

CountyFIPS 54089

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

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Population
11,532
-399 (-3.3%) since 2020
Land area
360.6
square miles. A further 1.9% of the total area is water
Population density
32.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hinton
Seat of county government.
Established
1871
154 years ago
Largest city
Hinton city
Population 2,149.

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 Summers 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 Summers 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 643 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 Summers 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
Population11,53242nd of 552,316th of 3,144
Land area360.6 sq mi32nd of 552,651st of 3,144
Population density32.0 per sq mi36th of 551,866th of 3,144
Median household income$40,69953rd of 553,059th of 3,143

Full data for Summers County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population11,532Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202011,931Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?11,959Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area360.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area367.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?32.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$40,699American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$140,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age50.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,680American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,541American 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
-98
89 births, 187 deaths
Net migration
+45
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 Summers 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
Raleigh CountyWest Virginia35 mi71,775
Monroe CountyWest Virginia24 mi12,491
Mercer CountyWest Virginia17 mi57,503
Greenbrier CountyWest Virginia13 mi31,578
Fayette CountyWest Virginia8.3 mi38,165
Giles CountyVirginia0.1 mi16,564

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.