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Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area

The Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro area is made up of 8 counties in West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky; the largest are Cabell County, Putnam County, and Lawrence County. About 365,965 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 2.7% fewer than in April 2020.

Boyd County, centralCarter County, outlyingGreenup County, centralLawrence County, outlyingLawrence County, centralCabell County, centralPutnam County, centralWayne County, centralHuntingtonAshland
Central Outlying 8 counties in West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky
Population, July 2025
365,965 2.7% fewer than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
8: 6 central, 2 outlying
Land area
2,916 sq mi (7,551 km²)
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
States
West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky
Combined statistical area
Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY
CBSA code
26580
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Counties in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Cabell CountyWest VirginiaCentral91,18324.9%
Putnam CountyWest VirginiaCentral56,88515.5%
Lawrence CountyOhioCentral55,71015.2%
Boyd CountyKentuckyCentral47,75113.0%
Wayne CountyWest VirginiaCentral37,30910.2%
Greenup CountyKentuckyCentral35,2139.6%
Carter CountyKentuckyOutlying26,1497.1%
Lawrence CountyKentuckyOutlying15,7654.3%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. An outlying county is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central counties, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal cities, largest first

  1. Huntington45,787 people
  2. Ashland21,295 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 2 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Charleston, WV Metro Area200,170 people
  2. Portsmouth, OH Micro Area71,365 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Gallipolis, OH Micro Area31 mi northeast
  2. Portsmouth, OH Micro Area37 mi northwest
  3. Charleston, WV Metro Area44 mi east

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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