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Wetzel County, West Virginia

A county in West Virginia, ranked 38 of 55 by population.

CountyFIPS 54103

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

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Population
13,734
-670 (-4.7%) since 2020
Land area
358.1
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
38.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
New Martinsville
Seat of county government.
Established
1846
179 years ago
Largest city
New Martinsville city
Population 5,039.

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 Wetzel 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 Wetzel 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 575 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 Wetzel 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
Population13,73438th of 552,177th of 3,144
Land area358.1 sq mi34th of 552,661st of 3,144
Population density38.4 per sq mi33rd of 551,707th of 3,144
Median household income$56,83625th of 552,344th of 3,143

Full data for Wetzel County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population13,734Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202014,404Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?14,451Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area358.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area361.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?38.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$56,836American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$107,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,113American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,297American 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
-58
173 births, 231 deaths
Net migration
-21
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 8 areas bordering Wetzel 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
Tyler CountyWest Virginia30 mi7,881
Marion CountyWest Virginia21 mi55,584
Marshall CountyWest Virginia17 mi29,159
Monroe CountyOhio12 mi12,994
Monongalia CountyWest Virginia8.5 mi107,991
Doddridge CountyWest Virginia7.0 mi7,634
Harrison CountyWest Virginia5.4 mi64,221
Greene CountyPennsylvania5.2 mi33,885

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.