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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 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 309,635 (though new standards set on February 28, 2013 placed the population at 240,000). [4] Prior to the 2000 Census, the Charleston MSA consisted of only two counties – Kanawha and Putnam (the latter of which is now considered part of the Huntington metropolitan area).
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
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 .
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]
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]
Wayne County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,982. [1] Its county seat is Wayne. [2] The county was founded in 1842 and named for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne. [3] Wayne County is part of the Huntington–Ashland, WV–KY–OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
As of the 2020 census, the population was 94,350, [1] making it West Virginia's fourth most-populous county. Its county seat is Huntington. [2] The county was organized in 1809 and named for William H. Cabell, the Governor of Virginia from 1805 to 1808. [3] Cabell County is part of the Huntington–Ashland, WV–KY–OH Metropolitan Statistical ...