West Virginia: cities and towns by population
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James Burfield , SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated
18 September 2026 · GeoNames
The largest of West Virginia's 247 recorded places, ranked by population — 781,823 people across the state's towns and cities.
The essentials
Huntington is the largest place we record in West Virginia, with 48,638 residents. The three largest together hold 16% of the 781,823 people counted across the state's recorded towns and cities. That total sums listed places rather than measuring the state itself, so treat it as coverage, never as an official population.
All 247 places, ranked
Figures are the latest available in
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are
UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such.
Sources & method .
# Place Population 1 Huntington 48,638 2 Charleston 46,838 3 Parkersburg 30,991 4 Morgantown 30,708 5 Wheeling 27,648 6 Weirton Heights 19,450 7 Weirton 19,175 8 Fairmont 18,733 9 Martinsburg 17,700 10 Beckley 17,056 11 Clarksburg 16,152 12 Teays Valley 13,175 13 South Charleston 13,045 14 Saint Albans 11,044 15 Vienna 10,573 16 Bluefield 10,323 17 Cross Lanes 9,995 18 Moundsville 8,710 19 Bridgeport 8,359 20 Oak Hill 8,140 21 Cheat Lake 7,988 22 Dunbar 7,659 23 Elkins 7,226 24 Nitro 6,763 25 Pea Ridge 6,650 26 Hurricane 6,493 27 Princeton 6,035 28 Charles Town 5,899 29 Augusta 5,734 30 Buckhannon 5,657 31 Keyser 5,248 32 New Martinsville 5,218 33 Brookhaven 5,171 34 Grafton 5,148 35 Ranson 4,941 36 Point Pleasant 4,276 37 Westover 4,223 38 Weston 4,082 39 Barboursville 4,069 40 Sissonville 4,028 41 Lewisburg 3,949 42 Ravenswood 3,843 43 Summersville 3,478 44 Shannondale 3,358 45 Pinch 3,262 46 Philippi 3,256 47 Ripley 3,255 48 Pleasant Valley 3,196 49 Blennerhassett 3,089 50 Kenova 3,083 51 Culloden 3,061 52 Williamson 3,003 53 Shady Spring 2,998 54 Williamstown 2,965 55 Kingwood 2,959 56 Inwood 2,954 57 Madison 2,929 58 Fayetteville 2,892 59 Follansbee 2,887 60 Wellsburg 2,704 61 Crab Orchard 2,678 62 Milton 2,637 63 Hooverson Heights 2,590 64 Bethlehem 2,588 65 Granville 2,554 66 Hinton 2,528 67 Petersburg 2,520 68 Paden City 2,506 69 Chester 2,498 70 Moorefield 2,482 71 White Sulphur Springs 2,438 72 Bethlehem 2,425 73 Winfield 2,354 74 Craigsville 2,213 75 Spencer 2,195 76 Bluewell 2,184 77 Shinnston 2,171 78 Shepherdstown 2,079 79 Mannington 2,077 80 Bradley 2,040 81 Star City 2,014 82 Richwood 1,980 83 Welch 1,973 84 Mineral Wells 1,950 85 Belington 1,933 86 Daniels 1,881 87 Saint Marys 1,860 88 McMechen 1,842 89 Coal City 1,815 90 Mount Gay-Shamrock 1,779 91 Harrisville 1,775 92 Romney 1,773 93 Stonewood 1,766 94 Ronceverte 1,752 95 Alum Creek 1,749 96 Fairlea 1,747 97 Mallory 1,654 98 Logan 1,649 99 Rand 1,631 100 Montgomery 1,596 101 West Liberty 1,590 102 Eleanor 1,586 103 Nutter Fort 1,575 104 Salem 1,551 105 Glenville 1,543 106 New Haven 1,532 107 Glendale 1,526 108 Chesapeake 1,502 109 MacArthur 1,500 110 Prosperity 1,498 111 Terra Alta 1,493 112 Rainelle 1,481 113 Mullens 1,464 114 Marmet 1,450 115 Parsons 1,431 116 Ansted 1,397 117 Ceredo 1,388 118 Wayne 1,382 119 Fort Ashby 1,380 120 Mount Hope 1,377 121 Newell 1,376 122 Mabscott 1,372 123 Sistersville 1,366 124 Benwood 1,361 125 Lesage 1,358 126 Stanaford 1,350 127 Barrackville 1,321 128 Sophia 1,318 129 Lubeck 1,311 130 Beaver 1,308 131 Oceana 1,302 132 Boaz 1,297 133 Buffalo 1,253 134 Coal Fork 1,233 135 Elkview 1,222 136 Belle 1,211 137 Chapmanville 1,205 138 Brush Fork 1,197 139 Clendenin 1,187 140 Alderson 1,182 141 Washington 1,175 142 Hamlin 1,123 143 Monongah 1,091 144 Gilbert Creek 1,090 145 Tornado 1,081 146 Pennsboro 1,080 147 Lavalette 1,073 148 New Cumberland 1,063 149 Bolivar 1,060 150 Marlinton 1,029 151 Bethany 1,029 152 Wiley Ford 1,026 153 Webster Springs 1,009 154 Despard 1,004 155 Piney View 989 156 Poca 989 157 Sutton 984 158 Enterprise 961 159 Maryland Junction 954 160 Cedar Grove 952 161 Athens 951 162 Rivesville 944 163 Mason 942 164 Carpendale 937 165 East Bank 932 166 Rupert 932 167 Piedmont 925 168 Cameron 903 169 Gassaway 902 170 Belmont 901 171 Gary 889 172 Glasgow 877 173 Falling Waters 876 174 Holden 876 175 Lumberport 863 176 Elizabeth 839 177 Piedmont 837 178 West Union 831 179 North Hills 829 180 Gallipolis Ferry 817 181 Middlebourne 790 182 Smithers 790 183 Chelyan 776 184 War 775 185 Triadelphia 772 186 Berkeley Springs 766 187 West Hamlin 762 188 Anmoore 757 189 Chattaroy 756 190 Montcalm 726 191 Mill Creek 706 192 Man 704 193 Shenandoah Junction 703 194 Cassville 701 195 Verdunville 687 196 Beverly 685 197 Fort Gay 683 198 Franklin 677 199 Jefferson 676 200 Hometown 668
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