2022 population: 251,914 ( 24,836 from 2010 , 6,938 from 2020)
Land area: 2646.6 square miles
Population density: 95.2 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	227,313	90.23%	11.2%
Black:	13,487	5.35%	4.2%
Indian:	386	0.15%	12.3%
Asian:	2,189	0.87%	6.8%
2+ races:	5,607	2.23%	43.0%
Hispanic:	2,932	1.16%	51.0%

Total non-White:	24,601	9.77%	8.6%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	5,629	10.9
Deaths:	10,181	19.7
Net Migration:	-2,819	-5.4
Net Immigration:	424	0.8

Change in White population:	22,881	10.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	1,955	0.9

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
227,078
204,432	90.03%
14,078	6.20%
440	0.19%
2,050	0.90%
3,921	1.73%
1,942	0.86%
22,646	9.97%

2000
235,938
215,430	91.31%
14,041	5.95%
503	0.21%
1,744	0.74%
2,671	1.13%
1,331	0.56%
20,508	8.69%

1990
243,472
227,053	93.26%
13,781	5.66%
275	0.11%
1,360	0.56%
n/a
1,003	0.41%
16,419	6.74%

1980
273,126
255,844	93.67%
13,903	5.09%
139	0.05%
1,410	0.52%
n/a
1,601	0.59%
17,282	6.33%

1970
263,963
247,796	93.88%
14,758	5.59%
140	0.05%
352	0.13%
n/a
719	0.27%
16,167	6.12%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
25,817	10.9
26,625	11.3
-8,043	-3.4
716	0.3

-10,998	-4.7
2,138	0.9

Number	Rate
1990's
30,168	12.4
28,238	11.6
-10,702	-4.4
875	0.4

-11,623	-4.8
4,089	1.7

Number	Rate
1980's
34,315	12.6
26,957	9.9
-35,588	-13.0
n/a

-28,791	-10.5
-863	-0.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-9,503	-3.6
n/a

8,048	3.0
1,115	0.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Charleston, WV Metro 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
43.7
52,619	20.9%
199,295	79.1%
54,426	21.6%

107,033
2.38

66,605	62.2%
48,776	73.2%
5,938	8.9%
40,428	37.8%

2010
Number	Percent
42.2
47,578	21.0%
179,500	79.0%
37,276	16.4%

97,857
2.29

61,752	63.1%
44,618	72.3%
6,320	10.2%
36,105	36.9%

2000
Number	Percent
39.7
51,127	21.7%
184,811	78.3%
37,896	16.1%

100,479
2.31

66,523	66.2%
50,747	76.3%
6,052	9.1%
33,956	33.8%

1990
Number	Percent
36.4
58,295	23.9%
185,177	76.1%
37,022	15.2%

97,764
2.46

69,333	70.9%
55,417	79.9%
5,851	8.4%
28,431	29.1%

1980
Number	Percent
31.6
74,815	27.4%
198,311	72.6%
31,877	11.7%

100,127
2.70

76,633	76.5%
64,734	84.5%
4,614	6.0%
23,494	23.5%

2022 Housing Data for Charleston, WV Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	6,966	6.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	6,582	6.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	6,255	5.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	5,594	5.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	4,910	4.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	5,429	5.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	4,545	4.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	4,662	4.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	4,744	4.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	8,959	8.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	10,653	10.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	12,221	11.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	8,263	7.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	6,174	5.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,656	5.3%
$200,000 or more	5,420	5.1%

Median Household Income	54,617
Per Capita Income	33,309

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	90

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	8,013	7.5%
Public Assistance	4,818	4.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	19,586	18.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	95,295	61.3%
Unemployed	6,180	4.0%
In Armed Forces	595	0.4%

Total Labor Force	102,070	65.7%
Not in Labor Force	53,369	34.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		38.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	36,737	28,960	55.9%
Non-Profit	3,617	6,830	34.6%
Self-Employed	3,872	2,821	57.9%

Local Government	3,198	4,522	41.4%
State Government	3,882	5,847	39.9%
Federal Government	1,635	1,101	59.8%

Total Private + Self	40,609	31,781	56.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	12,332	18,300	40.3%
Total	52,941	50,081	51.4%

Pct. Govt.	19.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	13,381	13.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	23,828	23.1%
Professional, Technical	26,141	25.3%
Service Occupations	18,189	17.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	148	0.1%
All others	21,691	21.0%

White Collar		61.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	19,619	19.0%
Retail trade	12,654	12.3%
Public administration	8,510	8.2%
Educational services	8,343	8.1%
Accommodation and food services	7,172	6.9%
Manufacturing	6,562	6.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	5,833	5.7%
Finance and insurance	5,461	5.3%
Construction	5,017	4.9%
Other services	4,935	4.8%
Transportation and warehousing	4,615	4.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	3,845	3.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	2,730	2.6%
Wholesale trade	1,753	1.7%
Information	1,626	1.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,593	1.5%
Utilities	1,412	1.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,144	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	305	0.3%
Management	101	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,181	0.46%
Puerto Rican	511	0.20%
Cuban	146	0.06%
Dominican	57	0.02%

Total Central American	430	0.17%
Costa Rican	10	0.00%
Guatemalan	73	0.03%
Honduran	192	0.07%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	126	0.05%
Salvadoran	29	0.01%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	97	0.04%
Argentinean	44	0.02%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	42	0.02%
Ecuadorian	5	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	6	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	323	0.13%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	1,016	0.39%
Filipino	254	0.10%
Korean	200	0.08%
Chinese	194	0.08%
Thai	69	0.03%
Japanese	67	0.03%
Vietnamese	66	0.03%
Burmese	22	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	239,941	98.0%
Spanish	1,353	0.6%
Other Indo-European	944	0.4%
Other Asian	572	0.2%
German, other Germanic	480	0.2%
Arabic	460	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	239	0.1%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	172	0.1%
Tagalog	172	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	34,293	13.3%
German	27,687	10.7%
American	27,377	10.6%
Irish	26,386	10.2%
Italian	6,522	2.5%
Scotch-Irish	4,749	1.8%
Scottish	4,410	1.7%
European	3,733	1.4%
French	2,797	1.1%
Dutch	2,725	1.1%
Polish	2,004	0.8%
Welsh	1,733	0.7%
British	1,720	0.7%
Hungarian	1,025	0.4%
Lebanese	809	0.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	256,374	99.4%
Not a citizen	1,553	0.6%

Native	254,020	98.5%
Foreign-born	3,907	1.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
6,990	3.8%	13,079	7.0%	72,127	38.9%	49,369	26.6%	26,203	14.1%	17,861	9.6%
Average years of education: 13.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	6,990	3.8%
9-12 Years	13,079	7.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	72,127	38.9%
Some College	49,369	26.6%
Bach. Degree	26,203	14.1%
Grad Degree	17,861	9.6%
Average years of education: 13.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	255,090	235,894	19,196	7.5%
1991	262,228	238,398	23,830	9.1%
1992	266,144	239,230	26,914	10.1%
1993	266,000	241,076	24,924	9.4%
1994	267,730	246,826	20,904	7.8%
1995	267,492	248,942	18,550	6.9%
1996	269,458	251,616	17,842	6.6%
1997	270,130	254,078	16,052	5.9%
1998	271,938	256,122	15,816	5.8%
1999	273,992	258,128	15,864	5.8%

2000	260,020	245,680	14,340	5.5%
2001	257,690	244,146	13,544	5.3%
2002	256,070	239,564	16,506	6.4%
2003	249,812	233,666	16,146	6.5%
2004	247,988	234,300	13,688	5.5%
2005	246,878	233,372	13,506	5.5%
2006	247,960	235,822	12,138	4.9%
2007	247,992	236,730	11,262	4.5%
2008	249,322	238,938	10,384	4.2%
2009	249,708	230,368	19,340	7.7%

2010	250,166	229,264	20,902	8.4%
2011	247,126	228,252	18,874	7.6%
2012	247,064	229,286	17,778	7.2%
2013	242,494	226,492	16,002	6.6%
2014	241,792	226,196	15,596	6.5%
2015	236,642	221,024	15,618	6.6%
2016	232,430	218,128	14,302	6.2%
2017	227,006	214,596	12,410	5.5%
2018	234,822	222,596	12,226	5.2%
2019	227,878	216,642	11,236	4.9%

2020	226,990	206,246	20,744	9.1%
2021	217,756	205,662	12,094	5.6%
2022	217,014	208,300	8,714	4.0%
2023	222,780	214,220	8,560	3.8%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	127,194
Median Value	$125,695

Occupied	107,033	84.1%
Vacant	20,161	15.9%

Owned	77,126	72.1%
Rented	29,907	27.9%
Median Rent	$821

Single-Family Units	89,385	70.3%
Detached	86,860	68.3%
Attached	2,525	2.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	10,358	8.1%
Mobile Homes	18,763	14.8%

Charleston, WV Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Charleston, WV Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Charleston, WV Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Charleston, WV Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Charleston, WV Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Charleston, WV Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Charleston, WV Metro Area