West Virginia, United States
Facts and figures on West Virginia at a glance
Region name: West Virginia (West Virginia)Status: Primary administrative region
Population: 1,817,871 people
Country: United States
Continent: North America
The regional headquarters of West Virginia (West Virginia) is located in the regional capital Charleston (Charleston) with a population of 49,736 people.
The distance as the crow flies from West Virginia's regional capital Charleston to United States's capital Washington (Washington) is approximately 405 km (252 mi).
Region | Population | Regional capital | Population |
West Virginia West Virginia | 1,817,871 people | Charleston Charleston | 49,736 people |
Compare with other regions in United States.
Map of West Virginia
Information on West Virginia
Region name | Regional capital | Subregions | Country | Continent |
West Virginia West Virginia | Charleston Charleston | 55 | United States | North America |
Time in West Virginia
Current time | Summer time (DST) | Standard time | Current timezone offset | Timezone |
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 - 5:43pm (17:43h) | In effect (+1 hour) | Fri, 26 Apr 2024 - 4:43pm (16:43h) | GMT UTC -4.0 | America/New_York |
Geographic coordinates of West Virginia
Position | Latitude (width) | Longitude (length) |
Show on map | 38°30'01.4"N (38.5003800°) | 80°30'00.3"W (-80.5000900°) |
Subregions in West Virginia
There are 55 administrative subregions in West Virginia.Region | No | Population | Regional capital | Capital population |
Barbour County Barbour County | 1. | 16,589 | Philippi Philippi | 3,256 |
Berkeley County Berkeley County | 2. | 104,169 | Martinsburg Martinsburg | 17,700 |
Boone County Boone County | 3. | 24,629 | Madison Madison | 2,929 |
Braxton County Braxton County | 4. | 14,523 | Sutton Sutton | 984 |
Brooke County Brooke County | 5. | 24,069 | Wellsburg Wellsburg | 2,704 |
Cabell County Cabell County | 6. | 96,319 | Huntington Huntington | 48,638 |
Calhoun County Calhoun County | 7. | 7,627 | Grantsville Grantsville | 548 |
Clay County Clay County | 8. | 9,386 | Clay Clay | 467 |
Doddridge County Doddridge County | 9. | 8,202 | West Union West Union | 831 |
Fayette County Fayette County | 10. | 46,039 | Fayetteville Fayetteville | 2,892 |
Gilmer County Gilmer County | 11. | 8,693 | Glenville Glenville | 1,543 |
Grant County Grant County | 12. | 11,937 | Petersburg Petersburg | 2,520 |
Greenbrier County Greenbrier County | 13. | 35,480 | Lewisburg Lewisburg | 3,949 |
Hampshire County Hampshire County | 14. | 23,964 | Romney Romney | 1,773 |
Hancock County Hancock County | 15. | 30,676 | New Cumberland New Cumberland | 1,063 |
Hardy County Hardy County | 16. | 14,025 | Moorefield Moorefield | 2,482 |
Harrison County Harrison County | 17. | 69,099 | Clarksburg Clarksburg | 16,152 |
Jackson County Jackson County | 18. | 29,211 | Ripley Ripley | 3,255 |
Jefferson County Jefferson County | 19. | 53,498 | Charles Town Charles Town | 5,899 |
Kanawha County Kanawha County | 20. | 193,063 | Charleston Charleston | 49,736 |
Lewis County Lewis County | 21. | 16,372 | Weston Weston | 4,082 |
Lincoln County Lincoln County | 22. | 21,720 | Hamlin Hamlin | 1,123 |
Logan County Logan County | 23. | 36,743 | Logan Logan | 1,649 |
Marion County Marion County | 24. | 56,418 | Fairmont Fairmont | 18,733 |
Marshall County Marshall County | 25. | 33,107 | Moundsville Moundsville | 8,710 |
Mason County Mason County | 26. | 27,324 | Point Pleasant Point Pleasant | 4,276 |
McDowell County McDowell County | 27. | 22,113 | Welch Welch | 1,973 |
Mercer County Mercer County | 28. | 62,264 | Princeton Princeton | 6,035 |
Mineral County Mineral County | 29. | 28,212 | Keyser Keyser | 5,248 |
Mingo County Mingo County | 30. | 26,839 | Williamson Williamson | 3,003 |
Monongalia County Monongalia County | 31. | 96,189 | Morgantown Morgantown | 30,708 |
Monroe County Monroe County | 32. | 13,502 | Union Union | 559 |
Morgan County Morgan County | 33. | 17,541 | Berkeley Springs Berkeley Springs | 766 |
Nicholas County Nicholas County | 34. | 26,233 | Summersville Summersville | 3,478 |
Ohio County Ohio County | 35. | 44,443 | Wheeling Wheeling | 27,648 |
Pendleton County Pendleton County | 36. | 7,695 | Franklin Franklin | 677 |
Pleasants County Pleasants County | 37. | 7,605 | Saint Marys Saint Marys | 1,860 |
Pocahontas County Pocahontas County | 38. | 8,719 | Marlinton Marlinton | 1,029 |
Preston County Preston County | 39. | 33,520 | Kingwood Kingwood | 2,959 |
Putnam County Putnam County | 40. | 55,486 | Winfield Winfield | 2,354 |
Raleigh County Raleigh County | 41. | 78,859 | Beckley Beckley | 17,056 |
Randolph County Randolph County | 42. | 29,405 | Elkins Elkins | 7,226 |
Ritchie County Ritchie County | 43. | 10,449 | Harrisville Harrisville | 1,775 |
Roane County Roane County | 44. | 14,926 | Spencer Spencer | 2,195 |
Summers County Summers County | 45. | 13,927 | Hinton Hinton | 2,528 |
Taylor County Taylor County | 46. | 16,895 | Grafton Grafton | 5,148 |
Tucker County Tucker County | 47. | 7,141 | Parsons Parsons | 1,431 |
Tyler County Tyler County | 48. | 9,208 | Middlebourne Middlebourne | 790 |
Upshur County Upshur County | 49. | 24,254 | Buckhannon Buckhannon | 5,657 |
Wayne County Wayne County | 50. | 42,481 | Wayne Wayne | 1,382 |
Webster County Webster County | 51. | 9,154 | Webster Springs Webster Springs | 1,009 |
Wetzel County Wetzel County | 52. | 16,583 | New Martinsville New Martinsville | 5,218 |
Wirt County Wirt County | 53. | 5,717 | Elizabeth Elizabeth | 839 |
Wood County Wood County | 54. | 86,956 | Parkersburg Parkersburg | 30,991 |
Wyoming County Wyoming County | 55. | 23,796 | Pineville Pineville | 628 |