Demographics of Mineral County, West Virginia

Mineral County, West Virginia had 26,792 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −100 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Mineral County, in four figures

26,792
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −0.4%
Change since July 2020: −100 people.; 44.6 ±0.4
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $69,375 ±$4,447
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Mineral County, West Virginia's population shrank 0.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Mineral County, West Virginia's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Mineral County, West Virginia's population shrank 0.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Mineral County, West Virginia's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	26,892	100.0	100.0
2021	26,911	100.1	100.2
2022	26,871	99.9	100.7
2023	26,801	99.7	101.6
2024	26,751	99.5	102.5
2025	26,792	99.6	103.1

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Population of Mineral County, West Virginia on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	26,892	−42	−40	0	−7
2021	26,911	+19	−142	−2	+145
2022	26,871	−40	−228	−7	+209
2023	26,801	−70	−131	−4	+69
2024	26,751	−50	−110	−4	+69
2025	26,792	+41	−89	−16	+148

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 44.6 ±0.4: for men 43.7 ±1.4 and for women 46.5 ±0.6. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Mineral County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	West Virginia	United States
Under 5	1,288 ±70	4.8% ±0.3	5.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	4,118 ±314	15.3% ±1.2	15.1% ±0.2	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,960 ±258	7.3% ±1.0	8.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	6,222 ±359	23.2% ±1.3	23.9% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	7,195 ±421	26.8% ±1.6	26.2% ±0.2	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	6,071 ±501	22.6% ±1.9	21.0% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $69,375 ±$4,447, and income per person $38,731 ±$4,406, in 2024 dollars. The median is $59,608 ±$691 in West Virginia and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Mineral County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	West Virginia	United States
Under $25,000	2,178 ±395	19.6% ±3.5	21.1% ±0.4	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,917 ±371	17.2% ±3.3	21.6% ±0.4	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,825 ±335	16.4% ±3.0	17.3% ±0.4	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,650 ±355	14.8% ±3.2	12.7% ±0.4	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,282 ±355	20.5% ±3.1	15.1% ±0.4	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	737 ±221	6.6% ±2.0	6.3% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	531 ±160	4.8% ±1.4	5.9% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Mineral County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	West Virginia	United States
All ages	3,666 ±687	14.0% ±2.6	16.7% ±0.4	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	955 ±291	18.3% ±5.3	21.5% ±0.7	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,799 ±405	13.9% ±3.1	17.0% ±0.4	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	912 ±255	11.5% ±3.1	12.8% ±0.4	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Mineral County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Mineral County	West Virginia	United States
Housing units	12,509 ±34	861,325 ±394	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	88.9% ±2.5	84.6% ±0.4	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	11.1% ±2.5	15.4% ±0.4	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	81.0% ±2.2	74.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	19.0% ±2.9	25.1% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$180,400 ±$12,609	$162,600 ±$1,346	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$809 ±$141	$872 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1977 ±2	1976 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Mineral County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	West Virginia	United States
Hispanic or Latino	332 ±0	1.2% ±<0.1	2.1% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	24,804 ±205	92.4% ±0.8	89.7% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	356 ±126	1.3% ±0.5	3.1% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 63	0% to 0.2%	0.8% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	9 to 195	< 0.1% to 0.7%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 32	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1%	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	36 to 248	0.1% to 0.9%	0.3% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,077 ±259	4.0% ±1.0	3.9% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Mineral County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	West Virginia	United States
Born in the state	7,541 ±724	28.1% ±2.7	67.4% ±0.3	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	18,967 ±732	70.6% ±2.7	30.2% ±0.3	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	94 to 326	0.4% to 1.2%	0.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	47 to 225	0.2% to 0.8%	1.8% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	0 to 138	0% to 0.5%	1.0% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	0 to 141	0% to 0.5%	0.8% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Mineral County among the counties of West Virginia

22nd of 55 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the West Virginia page.

Counties of West Virginia near Mineral County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Logan County	30,375	−6.6%
Marshall County	29,159	−4.4%
Hancock County	27,729	−4.5%
Jackson County	27,450	−1.0%
Randolph County	26,882	−3.6%
Mineral County	26,792	−0.4%
Mason County	24,707	−2.7%
Hampshire County	24,105	+4.4%
Nicholas County	23,848	−2.9%
Upshur County	23,758	−0.3%
Mingo County	21,455	−8.7%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 11 Counties by population growth in West Virginia
No. 22 Counties by population in West Virginia
No. 95 Counties by homeownership rate

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026