U.S. PLACE PROFILE
Charleston, WV
Charleston is a City in Kanawha County, West Virginia. The loaded 2025 population estimate is 46,117.
Published locationWest Virginia
Population estimate46,1172025 loaded Census estimate
CountyKanawha CountyPrimary loaded county
Place typeCityCensus place classification
Coordinates38.34869, -81.63232Census representative point
EXPLORE FROM CHARLESTON
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Closest published places
Nearest qualifying Census places by straight-line distance.
South Charleston, WV4.3 miles · W
Dunbar, WV5.8 miles · W
Marmet, WV7.8 miles · SE
Belle, WV9.4 miles · SE
Chesapeake, WV10.1 miles · SE
St. Albans, WV10.3 miles · W
County coverage
Some incorporated places cross county lines. These county-part values come from the loaded Census county-place-part population layer.
| County | 2025 population in this place part |
|---|---|
| Kanawha County | 46,117 |
DATA COVERAGE
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PRIMARY GEOGRAPHIC SOURCE
U.S. Census Bureau
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