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The 2020 census is a snapshot of West Virginia's population. Depending upon the methodology used and the time of measurement, socioeconomic statistics cited may vary from year to year, especially in counties with small populations where, for example, the gain or loss of a major employer may result in a sizeable change in measurements of poverty ...
Census-designated places in Mingo County, West Virginia (4 P) Census-designated places in Monongalia County, West Virginia (4 P) Census-designated places in Morgan County, West Virginia (1 P)
The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
The Bureau identified 169 CDPs in the state of West Virginia at the 2010 census. The Municipal Code of West Virginia, which governs incorporation, requires applicant municipal corporations (places for incorporation) that cover an area more than 1 square mile (2.6 km 2) to have a minimum of 500 inhabitants or freeholders per square mile, and ...
Former census-designated places in West Virginia (1 P) Pages in category "Census-designated places in West Virginia" The following 163 pages are in this category, out of 163 total.
The U.S. State of West Virginia currently has 20 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated five combined statistical areas, 10 metropolitan statistical areas, and five micropolitan statistical areas in West Virginia. [1]
Gilmer County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,408, [1] making it West Virginia's fifth-least populous county. Its county seat is Glenville. [2] The county was formed in 1845 from parts of Lewis and Kanawha Counties, and named for Thomas Walker Gilmer, Governor of Virginia from 1840 to ...
Wood County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 84,296, [1] making it West Virginia's fifth-most populous county. Its county seat is Parkersburg. [2] The county was formed in 1798 from the western part of Harrison County and named for James Wood, governor of Virginia from 1796 to 1799. [3]