82,757 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.7% since 2020)
367 square miles of land · 226 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
8 active community water systems list Wood County in the area they serve, reporting 85,277 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PARKERSBURG UTILITY BOARD groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · WV3305407 | 34,251 served |
| VIENNA groundwater · local government · WV3305411 | 12,507 served |
| LUBECK PSD groundwater · local government · WV3305404 | 11,724 served |
| CLAYWOOD PARK PSD surface water · local government · WV3305402 | 8,141 served |
| UNION WILLIAMS P S D groundwater · local government · WV3305410 | 7,883 served |
| MINERAL WELLS PSD buys surface water · local government · WV3305405 | 5,674 served |
| WILLIAMSTOWN WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · WV3305412 | 3,469 served |
| CENTRAL BOAZ PSD buys groundwater · local government · WV3305401 | 1,628 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 173 people were held in Wood County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 342 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 179.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Wood County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $179.5 million — $162.1 million to run schools, about $13,900 per student, plus $15.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $53.5 million local (mostly property tax), $89 million state, $27 million federal. Long-term debt: $29.9 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Wood County about $36.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
181 bridges in Wood County: 77 in good condition, 64 fair, and 40 poor (22.1%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| I-77 NBL over US 50 · built 1963 | 19,400 vehicles a day |
| WEST VIRGINIA 14 over Little Kanawha River · built 1935 | 19,300 vehicles a day |
| I-77 SBL over US 50 · built 1963 | 11,900 vehicles a day |
| WEST VIRGINIA 68 over 2nd Street · built 1971 | 11,300 vehicles a day |
| I-77 NBL over Worthington Crk & CR 16 · built 1966 | 9,500 vehicles a day |
| I-77 SBL over Worthington Crk & CR 16 · built 1966 | 9,500 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $21.5 million of work in Wood County in fiscal 2025, about $255 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for West Virginia are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Wood County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Wood County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Wirt County (15 mi) · Washington County, OH (17 mi) · Pleasants County (22 mi) · Ritchie County (24 mi) · Jackson County (27 mi) · Meigs County, OH (29 mi).