Total Population in Kanawha County, WV
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
176,537
Rank #388/3,222 · #1 in WV
88th
Kanawha 176,537
WV 1,778,373 -90.1%
US 330M
Total Population Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Population Change
National Distribution
How Kanawha County's total population of 176,537 compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 33 to 9,808,667.
Distribution of Total Population Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Kanawha County for total population.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #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 |
About Total Population
Kanawha County, West Virginia has a total population of 176,537, ranking #388 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 99.9% below the national value of 330M. Within West Virginia, it ranks #1 of 55. This places it in the 88th percentile nationally.
Total population count from the American Community Survey. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.