The graph below ranks each West Virginia County by total residents according to the 2006 census estimates.
West Virginia total population by county
| County | Total Population |
| Kanawha |  192,419 |
| Berkeley | 97,534 |
| Cabell | 93,904 |
| Wood | 86,597 |
| Monongalia | 84,752 |
| Raleigh | 79,302 |
| Harrison | 68,745 |
| Mercer | 61,278 |
| Marion | 56,706 |
| Putnam | 54,982 |
| Jefferson | 50,443 |
| Fayette | 46,610 |
| Ohio | 44,662 |
| Wayne | 41,647 |
| Logan | 36,218 |
| Greenbrier | 34,850 |
| Marshall | 33,896 |
| Hancock | 30,911 |
| Preston | 30,384 |
| Randolph | 28,465 |
| Jackson | 28,451 |
| Mingo | 27,100 |
| Mineral | 26,928 |
| Nicholas | 26,446 |
| Mason | 25,756 |
| Boone | 25,512 |
| Wyoming | 24,225 |
| Brooke | 24,132 |
| McDowell | 23,882 |
| Upshur | 23,685 |
| Hampshire | 22,480 |
| Lincoln | 22,357 |
| Lewis | 17,129 |
| Wetzel | 16,685 |
| Morgan | 16,337 |
| Taylor | 16,304 |
| Barbour | 15,788 |
| Roane | 15,583 |
| Braxton | 14,810 |
| Summers | 13,531 |
| Monroe | 13,510 |
| Hardy | 13,420 |
| Grant | 11,915 |
| Ritchie | 10,628 |
| Clay | 10,256 |
| Webster | 9,696 |
| Tyler | 9,264 |
| Pocahontas | 8,755 |
| Pendleton | 7,679 |
| Doddridge | 7,459 |
| Calhoun | 7,381 |
| Pleasants | 7,280 |
| Gilmer | 6,965 |
| Tucker | 6,856 |
| Wirt | 5,980 |