The graph below ranks each West Virginia County by total residents according to the 2012 census estimates.
West Virginia total population by county
| County | Total Population |
| Kanawha |  192,061 |
| Berkeley | 107,136 |
| Monongalia | 100,527 |
| Cabell | 96,940 |
| Wood | 86,657 |
| Raleigh | 79,177 |
| Harrison | 69,166 |
| Mercer | 62,395 |
| Marion | 56,849 |
| Putnam | 56,551 |
| Jefferson | 54,558 |
| Fayette | 45,898 |
| Ohio | 44,046 |
| Wayne | 41,638 |
| Logan | 36,370 |
| Greenbrier | 35,743 |
| Preston | 33,940 |
| Marshall | 32,685 |
| Hancock | 30,370 |
| Randolph | 29,378 |
| Jackson | 29,267 |
| Mineral | 27,944 |
| Mason | 27,240 |
| Nicholas | 26,239 |
| Mingo | 26,089 |
| Upshur | 24,527 |
| Boone | 24,492 |
| Brooke | 23,848 |
| Hampshire | 23,713 |
| Wyoming | 23,258 |
| Lincoln | 21,658 |
| McDowell | 21,333 |
| Morgan | 17,482 |
| Taylor | 16,947 |
| Barbour | 16,843 |
| Lewis | 16,421 |
| Wetzel | 16,419 |
| Roane | 14,693 |
| Braxton | 14,511 |
| Hardy | 13,825 |
| Summers | 13,753 |
| Monroe | 13,496 |
| Grant | 11,814 |
| Ritchie | 10,243 |
| Clay | 9,284 |
| Tyler | 9,051 |
| Webster | 9,014 |
| Gilmer | 8,741 |
| Pocahontas | 8,682 |
| Doddridge | 8,208 |
| Calhoun | 7,613 |
| Pleasants | 7,581 |
| Pendleton | 7,553 |
| Tucker | 6,974 |
| Wirt | 5,839 |