Total Population in Kanawha County, WV

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Total Population
176,537
Rank #388 of 3,222
88th percentile

How Kanawha County Compares

Kanawha County
176,537
West Virginia Average
176,537
Rank #1 of 55 in state
National
330M
99.9% below

National Distribution

Where Kanawha County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for total population.

33 9,808,667

■ Kanawha County: 176,537

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#385 Shawnee County, KS 178,025
#386 Pitt County, NC 177,193
#387 Alamance County, NC 176,893
#388 Kanawha County, WV 176,537
#389 Muskegon County, MI 175,961
#390 Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT 175,822
#391 Carroll County, MD 175,321
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Total Population in Kanawha County, West Virginia

Kanawha County, West Virginia has a total population of 176,537, which ranks #388 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 99.9% below the national value of 330M.

Within West Virginia, Kanawha County ranks #1 of 55 out of 55 counties. This places it in the 88th percentile nationally.

Total population count from the American Community Survey. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.