West Virginia / WV-02
West Virginia District 2
Score
Irregularity score 45 Middle of the packLess compact than 45% of other congressional districts.
237th least compact of 429 nationally, 1st of 2 in West Virginia.
A score describes shape, not intent. Coastlines, rivers and the Voting Rights Act can all make a district irregular. How scores work
The three measures
- Polsby-Popper
- 0.13at least as compact as 17% of districts on this measure
Area compared with perimeter. Low for jagged or snaking edges.
- Reock
- 0.60at least as compact as 80% of districts on this measure
Area compared with the smallest circle around the district, counting only land. Low for stretched shapes.
- Convex hull
- 0.83at least as compact as 69% of districts on this measure
Area compared with a rubber band stretched around the district, counting only land. Low for bites and tentacles.
Each measure runs from 0 to 1, where 1 is a perfect circle or a shape with no dents.
The state's edge
71% of this district's border is the state's edge: a coastline, a national border or a state line. Mapmakers don't choose those lines. A ragged one, like a coastline or a river, lowers Polsby-Popper. Reock and convex hull count only the state's own land, so water and neighboring states don't count against them. More on the state's edge
Cities and towns
The largest places with people in this district, from the 2020 Census. A place split between districts shows how many of its residents live in this one.
- Morgantown cityall 30,347 residents
- Parkersburg cityall 29,738 residents
- Wheeling cityall 27,052 residents
- Weirton cityall 19,163 residents
- Martinsburg cityall 18,777 residents
- Fairmont cityall 18,416 residents
- Clarksburg cityall 16,061 residents
- Vienna cityall 10,652 residents
- Cheat Lake communityall 9,930 residents
- Bridgeport cityall 9,336 residents
And 165 smaller places. 58% of this district's people live outside any city, town or named community. How places are counted
ZIP codes
245 ZIP codes have residents in this district. 14 of them are split with other districts. A percentage is the share of that ZIP code's 2020 residents who live here.
Show all 245 ZIP codes
- 20135 (4%)
- 25401
- 25403
- 25404
- 25405
- 25411
- 25413
- 25414
- 25419
- 25420
- 25421
- 25422
- 25425
- 25427
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- 25430
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- 25434
- 25437
- 25438
- 25442
- 25443
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- 25446
- 26003
- 26030
- 26031
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- 26034
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- 26036
- 26037
- 26038
- 26039
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- 26041
- 26047
- 26050
- 26055
- 26056
- 26058
- 26059
- 26060
- 26062
- 26070
- 26074
- 26075
- 26101
- 26104
- 26105
- 26133
- 26134
- 26137 (7%)
- 26142
- 26143 (8%)
- 26146
- 26148
- 26149
- 26150
- 26155
- 26159
- 26161
- 26162
- 26164 (1%)
- 26167
- 26169
- 26170
- 26175
- 26178
- 26180 (94%)
- 26181
- 26184
- 26187
- 26201
- 26210
- 26218
- 26224
- 26228
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- 26236
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- 26276
- 26278
- 26280
- 26282
- 26283
- 26285
- 26287
- 26289
- 26292
- 26293
- 26294 (99%)
- 26296
- 26301
- 26320
- 26321
- 26323
- 26325
- 26327
- 26330
- 26337
- 26338
- 26339
- 26343
- 26346
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- 26348
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- 26354
- 26361
- 26362
- 26366
- 26369
- 26372
- 26374
- 26376 (50%)
- 26377
- 26378
- 26384 (11%)
- 26385
- 26386
- 26404
- 26405
- 26408
- 26410
- 26411
- 26412 (54%)
- 26415
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- 26419
- 26421
- 26422
- 26424
- 26425
- 26426
- 26431
- 26435
- 26436
- 26437
- 26438
- 26440
- 26443 (7%)
- 26444
- 26447 (97%)
- 26448
- 26451
- 26452
- 26456
- 26463
- 26501
- 26505
- 26506
- 26508
- 26519
- 26520
- 26521
- 26524
- 26525
- 26534
- 26537
- 26541
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- 26704
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- 26739
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- 26750
- 26753
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- 26757
- 26761
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- 26767
- 26801
- 26808
- 26810
- 26812
- 26817
- 26818
- 26823
- 26833
- 26836
- 26838
- 26845
- 26847 (99%)
- 26851
- 26852
- 26855 (88%)
- 26865
- 26866 (3%)
These are the Census Bureau's ZIP code areas, which match residential ZIP codes closely. ZIP codes used only for PO boxes or a single organization aren't included. How ZIP codes are matched
2024 presidential vote
Shares of the votes for the two of them; other candidates are left out. West Virginia used the same lines in 2024, so this is added up from precinct results. A precinct split between districts is divided by its House votes, so the figures are close estimates. Where the votes come from
U.S. House
Statewide results from West Virginia for the November 3, 2026 election aren't available yet.
West Virginia's senators
- Shelley Moore Capito, RepublicanSeat on the November 3, 2026 ballot: results aren't available yet.
- James C. Justice, Republican
Senators are elected by the whole state, so district lines don't change who they are. Senators serving as of November 6, 2026. Senators elected in November 2026 take office January 3, 2027. Where this comes from
Where it sits in West Virginia
- Very compact (0 to 19)
- Compact (20 to 39)
- Middle (40 to 59)
- Irregular (60 to 79)
- Very irregular (80 to 100)
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