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On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated five combined statistical areas, 10 metropolitan statistical areas, and five micropolitan statistical areas in West Virginia. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY CSA , which includes West Virginia's capital and largest city, Charleston .
As of the 2020 United States census, West Virginia's population was 1,793,716, a 3.2% decrease from the 2010 United States census. [74] West Virginia's center of population is in Gassaway. [75] According to HUD's 2022 Annual Homeless Assessment Report, there were an estimated 1,375 homeless people in West Virginia. [76] [77]
Population density (people per km 2) by country This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by population density , sorted by inhabitants per square kilometre or square mile . The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1 .
The population density was 49.7 inhabitants per square mile (19.2/km 2). There were 9,887 housing units at an average density of 22.6 per square mile (8.7/km 2). [13] The racial makeup of the county was 99.0% white, 0.1% Asian, 0.1% American Indian, 0.1% black or African American, 0.1% from other races, and 0.6% from two or more races.
Beckley is a city in and the county seat of Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 17,286 at the 2020 census, making it the ninth-most populous city in the state. It is the principal city of the Beckley metropolitan area of Southern West Virginia, home to 115,079 residents in 2020.
The population density was 16.5 inhabitants per square mile (6.4/km 2). There were 5,428 housing units at an average density of 9.8 units per square mile (3.8 units/km 2). [15] The racial makeup of the county was 98.6% white, 0.2% black or African American, 0.1% Asian, 0.1% American Indian, 0.1% from other races, and 1.0% from two or more races.
The population density was 166 people per square mile (64 people/km 2). There were 31,431 housing units at an average density of 75.6 units per square mile (29.2 units/km 2 ). [ 27 ] The racial makeup of the county was 96.0% white or Caucasian, 1.6% Black or African American, 0.5% Asian, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% from other races, and 1.5% ...
Charleston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of West Virginia.It is the seat of Kanawha County [9] and is at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha rivers. The population was 48,864 at the 2020 census. [5]