West Virginia

2024 population: 1,769,979 ( 23,757 from 2020)
Land area: 24041.0 square miles
Population density: 73.6 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,602,726	90.55%	2.5%
Black:	66,206	3.74%	3.2%
Indian:	3,900	0.22%	3.2%
Asian:	17,803	1.01%	15.4%
2+ races:	36,752	2.08%	14.3%
Hispanic:	42,592	2.41%	22.6%

Total non-White:	167,253	9.45%	11.3%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	71,955	10.0
Deaths:	113,779	15.9
Net Migration:	10,296	1.4
Net Immigration:	7,597	1.1

Change in White population:	-40,759	-2.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	17,002	0.9

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
1,793,736
1,643,485	91.62%
64,135	3.58%
3,779	0.21%
15,427	0.86%
32,158	1.79%
34,752	1.94%
150,251	8.38%

2010
1,852,994
1,726,256	93.16%
62,122	3.35%
3,493	0.19%
12,672	0.68%
24,991	1.35%
22,268	1.20%
126,738	6.84%

2000
1,808,344
1,709,966	94.56%
56,825	3.14%
3,456	0.19%
9,691	0.54%
14,983	0.83%
12,279	0.68%
98,378	5.44%

1990
1,793,477
1,719,792	95.89%
55,053	3.07%
3,022	0.17%
7,718	0.43%
n/a
7,892	0.44%
73,685	4.11%

1980
1,949,644
1,863,261	95.57%
64,528	3.31%
1,914	0.10%
5,902	0.30%
n/a
13,118	0.67%
86,383	4.43%

1970
1,744,237
1,660,884	95.22%
73,666	4.22%
806	0.05%
1,730	0.10%
n/a
6,261	0.36%
83,353	4.78%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
182,232	9.8
206,275	11.1
-43,024	-2.3
6,726	0.4

-82,771	-4.5
23,513	1.3

Number	Rate
2000's
192,926	10.7
193,308	10.7
16,018	0.9
5,635	0.3

16,290	0.9
28,360	1.6

Number	Rate
1990's
214,090	11.9
203,972	11.4
2,139	0.1
4,099	0.2

-9,826	-0.5
24,693	1.4

Number	Rate
1980's
246,843	12.7
194,233	10.0
-199,630	-10.2
n/a

-143,469	-7.4
-12,698	-0.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
85,648	4.9
n/a

202,377	11.6
3,030	0.2

Age, Family & Household Data for West Virginia

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Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

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Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
42.6
359,784	20.3%
1,410,195	79.7%
366,444	20.7%

716,040
2.43

449,704	62.8%
338,650	75.3%
37,291	8.3%
266,336	37.2%

2010
Number	Percent
41.4
387,418	20.9%
1,465,576	79.1%
297,404	16.0%

763,831
2.36

502,332	65.8%
380,426	75.7%
43,237	8.6%
261,499	34.2%

2000
Number	Percent
38.7
401,775	22.2%
1,406,569	77.8%
276,826	15.3%

737,360
2.39

507,255	68.8%
402,781	79.4%
40,627	8.0%
230,105	31.2%

1990
Number	Percent
35.4
444,206	24.8%
1,349,271	75.2%
268,804	15.0%

688,727
2.55

503,028	73.0%
412,671	82.0%
36,673	7.3%
185,699	27.0%

1980
Number	Percent
30.6
559,933	28.7%
1,389,711	71.3%
237,794	12.2%

686,210
2.79

531,248	77.4%
453,078	85.3%
30,158	5.7%
154,962	22.6%

2022 Housing Data for West Virginia

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	46,203	6.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	43,364	6.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	36,724	5.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	39,223	5.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	35,483	5.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	35,151	4.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	31,254	4.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	31,661	4.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	29,503	4.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	56,771	7.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	68,492	9.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	87,060	12.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	60,993	8.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	40,293	5.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	39,192	5.5%
$200,000 or more	34,673	4.8%

Median Household Income	55,217
Per Capita Income	31,462

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	86

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	50,707	7.1%
Public Assistance	22,428	3.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	124,610	17.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	674,147	61.9%
Unemployed	45,347	4.2%
In Armed Forces	2,361	0.2%

Total Labor Force	721,855	66.3%
Not in Labor Force	367,470	33.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		37.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	272,258	207,980	56.7%
Non-Profit	21,888	39,267	35.8%
Self-Employed	29,037	19,933	59.3%

Local Government	22,284	32,935	40.4%
State Government	26,589	32,781	44.8%
Federal Government	16,072	14,027	53.4%

Total Private + Self	301,295	227,913	56.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	86,833	119,010	42.2%
Total	388,128	346,923	52.8%

Pct. Govt.	19.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	89,900	12.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	153,343	20.8%
Professional, Technical	172,612	23.4%
Service Occupations	134,274	18.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	2,634	0.4%
All others	186,083	25.3%

White Collar		56.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	130,246	17.7%
Retail trade	91,896	12.5%
Educational services	75,446	10.2%
Manufacturing	59,831	8.1%
Accommodation and food services	52,106	7.1%
Public administration	50,203	6.8%
Construction	47,965	6.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	35,185	4.8%
Transportation and warehousing	32,785	4.5%
Other services	31,857	4.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	25,207	3.4%
Finance and insurance	22,367	3.0%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	19,018	2.6%
Wholesale trade	13,630	1.9%
Utilities	12,320	1.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	11,827	1.6%
Information	10,964	1.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	7,887	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	5,036	0.7%
Management	436	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	11,760	0.66%
Puerto Rican	5,899	0.33%
Cuban	1,200	0.07%
Dominican	924	0.05%

Total Central American	4,509	0.25%
Costa Rican	312	0.02%
Guatemalan	1,270	0.07%
Honduran	745	0.04%
Nicaraguan	138	0.01%
Panamanian	344	0.02%
Salvadoran	1,700	0.09%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	2,320	0.13%
Argentinean	296	0.02%
Bolivian	71	0.00%
Chilean	192	0.01%
Colombian	485	0.03%
Ecuadorian	294	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	553	0.03%
Uruguayan	61	0.00%
Venezuelan	345	0.02%
Other South American	23	0.00%

Other Hispanic	6,298	0.35%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	3,083	0.17%
Chinese	2,622	0.15%
Filipino	2,583	0.14%
Vietnamese	1,450	0.08%
Korean	961	0.05%
Japanese	684	0.04%
Thai	240	0.01%
Burmese	231	0.01%
Bangladeshi	101	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,659,873	97.5%
Spanish	17,831	1.0%
Other Indo-European	6,024	0.4%
Arabic	3,226	0.2%
German, other Germanic	2,827	0.2%
Other Asian	2,375	0.1%
Chinese	2,289	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	2,092	0.1%
Other	1,830	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	265,901	14.8%
English	245,674	13.7%
Irish	221,230	12.3%
American	174,493	9.7%
Italian	77,306	4.3%
Scottish	35,112	2.0%
Scotch-Irish	30,338	1.7%
Polish	28,432	1.6%
European	26,534	1.5%
French	22,113	1.2%
Dutch	19,373	1.1%
Welsh	14,215	0.8%
British	7,967	0.4%
Hungarian	7,654	0.4%
Swedish	5,938	0.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,780,025	99.3%
Not a citizen	12,942	0.7%

Native	1,764,027	98.4%
Foreign-born	28,940	1.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
46,114	3.6%	100,887	7.9%	502,333	39.5%	333,416	26.2%	171,758	13.5%	117,021	9.2%
Average years of education: 13.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	46,114	3.6%
9-12 Years	100,887	7.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	502,333	39.5%
Some College	333,416	26.2%
Bach. Degree	171,758	13.5%
Grad Degree	117,021	9.2%
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	769,476	703,124	66,352	8.6%
1991	780,578	697,665	82,913	10.6%
1992	787,499	699,047	88,452	11.2%
1993	784,103	703,600	80,503	10.3%
1994	787,418	717,796	69,622	8.8%
1995	786,501	723,843	62,658	8.0%
1996	790,972	730,390	60,582	7.7%
1997	790,868	735,591	55,277	7.0%
1998	795,033	741,970	53,063	6.7%
1999	799,251	747,576	51,675	6.5%

2000	799,088	754,460	44,628	5.6%
2001	796,592	753,654	42,938	5.4%
2002	798,714	747,044	51,670	6.5%
2003	791,846	739,898	51,948	6.6%
2004	789,535	743,993	45,542	5.8%
2005	794,564	751,206	43,358	5.5%
2006	804,914	763,328	41,586	5.2%
2007	804,315	765,519	38,796	4.8%
2008	806,258	768,296	37,962	4.7%
2009	811,273	743,873	67,400	8.3%

2010	810,107	739,895	70,212	8.7%
2011	806,575	743,349	63,226	7.8%
2012	808,029	749,592	58,437	7.2%
2013	799,484	745,852	53,632	6.7%
2014	795,730	743,952	51,778	6.5%
2015	791,534	739,456	52,078	6.6%
2016	785,110	737,207	47,903	6.1%
2017	783,783	742,747	41,036	5.2%
2018	793,455	752,248	41,207	5.2%
2019	798,291	758,988	39,303	4.9%

2020	792,160	726,026	66,134	8.3%
2021	778,756	739,007	39,749	5.1%
2022	785,121	754,455	30,666	3.9%
2023	785,648	754,991	30,657	3.9%
2024	786,870	754,829	32,041	4.1%

Migration Data for West Virginia

Inflows From (2011-2022)
From State	Number of People
Virginia	60,125
Ohio	53,872
Maryland	43,684
Pennsylvania	34,335
Florida	25,518
North Carolina	21,663
Kentucky	15,401
Texas	12,337
South Carolina	9,770
Tennessee	8,228
Georgia	8,042
New York	7,818
California	7,576
Michigan	4,698
New Jersey	4,571

Outflows To (2011-2022)
To State	Number of People
Ohio	63,121
Virginia	55,306
Florida	35,442
Pennsylvania	34,704
Maryland	33,008
North Carolina	30,157
Kentucky	18,326
South Carolina	16,472
Texas	15,233
Tennessee	11,556
Georgia	9,626
California	7,375
New York	6,571
Indiana	5,090
Michigan	5,050

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	859,142
Median Value	$145,800

Occupied	716,040	83.3%
Vacant	143,102	16.7%

Owned	531,027	74.2%
Rented	185,013	25.8%
Median Rent	$831

Single-Family Units	630,580	73.4%
Detached	609,504	70.9%
Attached	21,076	2.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	65,957	7.7%
Mobile Homes	119,173	13.9%

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Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for West Virginia

2022 Housing Data for West Virginia

2022 Income & Employment Data for West Virginia

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for West Virginia

2022 Educational Attainment Data for West Virginia

Historical Labor Force Data for West Virginia

Migration Data for West Virginia

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