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Largest municipalities in West Virginia by population; Charleston, the capital of West Virginia and its most populous city. ... City 46,838 48,864 −4.15%: Kanawha: 2:
The main article for this category is List of cities in West Virginia; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities in West Virginia; See also West Virginia and categories Towns in West Virginia, Villages in West Virginia, Census-designated places in West Virginia, Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
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]
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 .
West Virginia University constitutes 913 acres (369 hectares) of the city and vicinity, and with the fall 2012 enrollment added an additional population of 29,707 students. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, [ citation needed ] Morgantown had some of the lowest unemployment rates in the United States as of early 2009.
Bituminous coal seam in southwestern West Virginia. One of the major resources in West Virginia's economy is coal. According to the Energy Information Administration, West Virginia is a top coal producer in the United States, second only to Wyoming. West Virginia is located in the heart of the Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Bed, which stretches ...
At least 108,028 customers in Georgia, 75,724 in Alabama, 61,637 in West Virginia and 61,520 in Virginia were without power as of 2:20 p.m. ET, according to PowerOutage.us. In Kentucky, 29,628 ...
It is the largest metropolitan area entirely within the state of West Virginia. The Huntington Metro Area adds to the Charleston–Huntington, WV-OH-KY CSA and spans three states (West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio), while the core county of the Charleston area, Kanawha County, is more populous than the West Virginia portion of the Huntington area.