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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]
The Charleston Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of three counties in West Virginia, anchored by the city of Charleston. It is the largest metropolitan area entirely within the state of West Virginia.
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 .
2023 Rank City Type 2023 Estimate [1] 2020 Census Change County 1: Charleston †† City 46,838 48,864 −4.15%: Kanawha: 2: Huntington † City 45,325 46,842
The Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in the Appalachian Plateau region of the United States.Referred to locally as the "Tri-State area," and colloquially as "Kyova" (Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia), the region spans seven counties in the three states of Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia. [5]
Boone County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,809. [1] Its county seat is Madison. [2] Boone County is part of the Charleston, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. Leading industries and chief agricultural products in Boone County include coal, lumber, natural gas, tobacco, and strawberries.
The modern Huntington Metro Area spans 7 counties across 3 states and is the largest in West Virginia with a population of more than 360,000. The largest employers are Marshall University , Cabell Huntington Hospital , St. Mary's Medical Center , Amazon , DirecTV , and the City of Huntington.
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]