List of counties in West Virginia
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List of 55 counties in the U.S. state
of West Virginia
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The Federal Information Processing Standard
(FIPS) code, which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. FIPS codes are five digit numbers, for West Virginia the codes start with 54 and are completed with the three digit county code. The FIPS code for each county in the table links to census data for that county.
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
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The Federal Information Processing Standard
Federal Information Processing Standard
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(FIPS) code, which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. FIPS codes are five digit numbers, for West Virginia the codes start with 54 and are completed with the three digit county code. The FIPS code for each county in the table links to census data for that county.