2022 population: 1,160,417 ( 99,650 from 2010 , 26,361 from 2020)
Land area: 14944.0 square miles
Population density: 77.7 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	1,082,633	93.30%	9.1%
Black:	31,069	2.68%	1.8%
Indian:	2,835	0.24%	6.5%
Asian:	8,785	0.76%	14.5%
2+ races:	19,601	1.69%	28.2%
Hispanic:	15,494	1.34%	43.1%

Total non-White:	77,784	6.70%	13.0%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	26,298	11.1
Deaths:	43,686	18.4
Net Migration:	-10,201	-4.3
Net Immigration:	1,170	0.5

Change in White population:	-108,612	-8.6
Change in Non-White pop.:	8,962	0.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
1,260,067
1,191,245	94.54%
31,651	2.51%
2,661	0.21%
7,672	0.61%
15,289	1.21%
10,828	0.86%
68,822	5.46%

2000
1,267,153
1,209,825	95.48%
29,645	2.34%
2,806	0.22%
5,956	0.47%
10,567	0.83%
7,680	0.61%
57,328	4.52%

1990
1,261,370
1,220,582	96.77%
28,865	2.29%
2,291	0.18%
5,358	0.42%
n/a
4,274	0.34%
40,788	3.23%

1980
1,349,685
1,305,578	96.73%
30,591	2.27%
1,281	0.09%
3,896	0.29%
n/a
7,780	0.58%
44,107	3.27%

1970
1,188,884
1,149,081	96.65%
34,493	2.90%
588	0.05%
1,109	0.09%
n/a
2,954	0.25%
39,803	3.35%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
139,814	11.0
132,734	10.5
-20,072	-1.6
3,734	0.3

-18,580	-1.5
11,494	0.9

Number	Rate
1990's
159,027	12.6
137,677	10.9
-6,880	-0.5
2,445	0.2

-10,757	-0.9
16,540	1.3

Number	Rate
1980's
180,622	13.4
129,029	9.6
-132,877	-9.8
n/a

-84,996	-6.3
-3,319	-0.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
64,116	5.4
n/a

156,497	13.2
4,304	0.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Charleston-Huntington, WV-KY-OH Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
42.1
243,053	20.9%
917,364	79.1%
230,651	19.9%

460,456
2.47

296,289	64.3%
221,028	74.6%
25,254	8.5%
164,167	35.7%

2010
Number	Percent
40.1
272,936	21.7%
987,131	78.3%
192,235	15.3%

510,968
2.40

341,821	66.9%
255,944	74.9%
30,912	9.0%
169,147	33.1%

2000
Number	Percent
37.4
291,033	23.0%
976,120	77.0%
178,687	14.1%

507,807
2.43

357,103	70.3%
283,158	79.3%
30,658	8.6%
150,704	29.7%

1990
Number	Percent
34.1
325,580	25.8%
935,790	74.2%
170,203	13.5%

473,391
2.61

354,314	74.8%
290,529	82.0%
28,096	7.9%
119,077	25.2%

1980
Number	Percent
29.9
403,094	29.9%
946,591	70.1%
150,922	11.2%

466,340
2.85

369,193	79.2%
317,010	85.9%
21,479	5.8%
97,147	20.8%

2022 Housing Data for Charleston-Huntington, WV-KY-OH Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	35,332	7.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	32,595	7.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	27,449	6.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	26,562	5.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	22,751	4.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	23,323	5.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	20,389	4.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	20,175	4.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	19,922	4.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	36,127	7.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	43,612	9.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	52,603	11.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	36,527	7.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	22,787	4.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	21,683	4.7%
$200,000 or more	18,619	4.0%

Median Household Income	50,888
Per Capita Income	29,002

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	82

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	41,639	9.0%
Public Assistance	14,520	3.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	92,616	20.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	411,236	57.3%
Unemployed	28,611	4.0%
In Armed Forces	1,486	0.2%

Total Labor Force	441,333	61.5%
Not in Labor Force	275,846	38.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		42.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	160,320	126,573	55.9%
Non-Profit	13,858	28,198	33.0%
Self-Employed	18,472	12,007	60.6%

Local Government	14,699	20,454	41.8%
State Government	16,358	21,001	43.8%
Federal Government	6,672	4,952	57.4%

Total Private + Self	178,792	138,580	56.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	51,587	74,605	40.9%
Total	230,379	213,185	51.9%

Pct. Govt.	19.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	51,956	11.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	93,223	21.0%
Professional, Technical	106,731	24.0%
Service Occupations	81,488	18.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,385	0.3%
All others	110,873	25.0%

White Collar		56.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	85,598	4254.4%
Retail trade	55,957	2781.2%
Educational services	46,783	2325.2%
Manufacturing	38,720	1924.5%
Accommodation and food services	32,123	1596.6%
Construction	28,317	1407.4%
Public administration	26,950	1339.5%
Other services	19,115	950.0%
Transportation and warehousing	18,890	938.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	17,057	847.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	15,527	771.7%
Finance and insurance	14,550	723.2%
Wholesale trade	8,877	441.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	8,870	440.9%
Utilities	6,957	345.8%
Information	6,525	324.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	5,613	279.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	5,029	250.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,576	128.0%
Management	237	11.8%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	7,027	0.60%
Puerto Rican	1,969	0.17%
Cuban	609	0.05%
Dominican	114	0.01%

Total Central American	1,261	0.11%
Costa Rican	44	0.00%
Guatemalan	370	0.03%
Honduran	290	0.02%
Nicaraguan	23	0.00%
Panamanian	130	0.01%
Salvadoran	404	0.03%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	710	0.06%
Argentinean	44	0.00%
Bolivian	23	0.00%
Chilean	2	0.00%
Colombian	200	0.02%
Ecuadorian	49	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	177	0.02%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	215	0.02%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,874	0.16%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	2,206	0.19%
Chinese	1,747	0.15%
Filipino	1,321	0.11%
Korean	543	0.05%
Japanese	428	0.04%
Thai	304	0.03%
Vietnamese	220	0.02%
Burmese	78	0.01%
Laotian	65	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,088,444	98.2%
Spanish	6,010	0.5%
German, other Germanic	3,106	0.3%
Other Indo-European	2,490	0.2%
Other Asian	1,695	0.2%
Chinese	1,630	0.1%
Arabic	1,274	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,133	0.1%
Tagalog	629	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	163,257	14.0%
American	152,321	13.0%
German	128,372	11.0%
Irish	127,268	10.9%
Italian	23,865	2.0%
Scottish	20,147	1.7%
Scotch-Irish	18,037	1.5%
European	14,685	1.3%
French	12,479	1.1%
Welsh	10,091	0.9%
Dutch	9,457	0.8%
Polish	8,861	0.8%
British	5,542	0.5%
Hungarian	3,140	0.3%
Swedish	2,583	0.2%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,162,236	99.4%
Not a citizen	6,721	0.6%

Native	1,154,937	98.8%
Foreign-born	14,020	1.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
38,887	4.7%	72,097	8.8%	322,774	39.4%	221,426	27.0%	94,643	11.5%	70,018	8.5%
Average years of education: 12.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	38,887	4.7%
9-12 Years	72,097	8.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	322,774	39.4%
Some College	221,426	27.0%
Bach. Degree	94,643	11.5%
Grad Degree	70,018	8.5%
Average years of education: 12.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	505,179	462,684	42,495	8.4%
1991	515,396	462,081	53,315	10.3%
1992	523,465	466,078	57,387	11.0%
1993	522,535	468,250	54,285	10.4%
1994	524,213	477,042	47,171	9.0%
1995	526,981	481,876	45,105	8.6%
1996	527,924	483,532	44,392	8.4%
1997	529,499	488,457	41,042	7.8%
1998	530,093	490,675	39,418	7.4%
1999	531,773	491,080	40,693	7.7%

2000	526,206	492,856	33,350	6.3%
2001	526,444	494,135	32,309	6.1%
2002	530,055	492,490	37,565	7.1%
2003	529,936	490,860	39,076	7.4%
2004	529,206	493,621	35,585	6.7%
2005	530,443	496,308	34,135	6.4%
2006	536,054	504,753	31,301	5.8%
2007	538,626	508,183	30,443	5.7%
2008	539,243	507,829	31,414	5.8%
2009	541,792	490,498	51,294	9.5%

2010	522,612	468,464	54,148	10.4%
2011	514,122	465,321	48,801	9.5%
2012	509,803	464,888	44,915	8.8%
2013	499,557	455,407	44,150	8.8%
2014	491,610	453,695	37,915	7.7%
2015	478,961	443,564	35,397	7.4%
2016	473,845	438,461	35,384	7.5%
2017	469,213	438,762	30,451	6.5%
2018	469,831	441,908	27,923	5.9%
2019	469,009	442,658	26,351	5.6%

2020	466,403	424,627	41,776	9.0%
2021	453,435	426,874	26,561	5.9%
2022	455,177	433,821	21,356	4.7%
2023	457,974	436,736	21,238	4.6%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	551,897
Median Value	$125,212

Occupied	460,456	83.4%
Vacant	91,441	16.6%

Owned	335,340	72.8%
Rented	125,116	27.2%
Median Rent	$786

Single-Family Units	381,121	69.1%
Detached	374,530	67.9%
Attached	6,591	1.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	37,498	6.8%
Mobile Homes	105,473	19.1%

Charleston-Huntington, WV-KY-OH Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Charleston-Huntington, WV-KY-OH Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Charleston-Huntington, WV-KY-OH Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Charleston-Huntington, WV-KY-OH Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Charleston-Huntington, WV-KY-OH Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Charleston-Huntington, WV-KY-OH Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Charleston-Huntington, WV-KY-OH Market Area