| Population, April 1, 1990 | Population, April 1, 2000 | Numeric Population Change, 1990 to 2000 | Percent Population Change, 1990 to 2000 | Land Area (square miles), 2000 | Persons Per Square Mile, 1990 | Persons Per Square Mile, 2000 |
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United States | 248,709,873 | 281,421,906 | 32,712,033 | 13.2% | 3,537,438.4 | 70.3 | 79.6 |
Appalachian Region | 21,727,579 | 23,642,578 | 1,914,999 | 8.8% | 204,812.1 | 106.1 | 115.4 |
West Virginia | 1,793,477 | 1,808,344 | 14,867 | 0.8% | 24,077.7 | 74.5 | 75.1 |
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County |
Barbour | 15,699 | 15,557 | -142 | -0.9% | 340.8 | 46.1 | 45.7 |
Berkeley | 59,253 | 75,905 | 16,652 | 28.1% | 321.1 | 184.5 | 236.4 |
Boone | 25,870 | 25,535 | -335 | -1.3% | 503.0 | 51.4 | 50.8 |
Braxton | 12,998 | 14,702 | 1,704 | 13.1% | 513.5 | 25.3 | 28.6 |
Brooke | 26,992 | 25,447 | -1,545 | -5.7% | 88.8 | 303.6 | 286.4 |
Cabell | 96,827 | 96,784 | -43 | 0.0% | 281.6 | 343.8 | 343.7 |
Calhoun | 7,885 | 7,582 | -303 | -3.8% | 280.6 | 28.1 | 27.0 |
Clay | 9,983 | 10,330 | 347 | 3.5% | 342.4 | 29.2 | 30.2 |
Doddridge | 6,994 | 7,403 | 409 | 5.8% | 320.4 | 21.8 | 23.1 |
Fayette | 47,952 | 47,579 | -373 | -0.8% | 663.9 | 72.2 | 71.7 |
Gilmer | 7,669 | 7,160 | -509 | -6.6% | 340.0 | 22.5 | 21.1 |
Grant | 10,428 | 11,299 | 871 | 8.4% | 477.2 | 21.9 | 23.7 |
Greenbrier | 34,693 | 34,453 | -240 | -0.7% | 1,021.3 | 34.0 | 33.7 |
Hampshire | 16,498 | 20,203 | 3,705 | 22.5% | 641.7 | 25.7 | 31.5 |
Hancock | 35,233 | 32,667 | -2,566 | -7.3% | 82.8 | 424.5 | 394.4 |
Hardy | 10,977 | 12,669 | 1,692 | 15.4% | 583.4 | 18.8 | 21.7 |
Harrison | 69,371 | 68,652 | -719 | -1.0% | 416.0 | 166.7 | 165.0 |
Jackson | 25,938 | 28,000 | 2,062 | 7.9% | 465.8 | 55.7 | 60.1 |
Jefferson | 35,926 | 42,190 | 6,264 | 17.4% | 209.5 | 171.4 | 201.4 |
Kanawha | 207,619 | 200,073 | -7,546 | -3.6% | 903.1 | 229.9 | 221.5 |
Lewis | 17,223 | 16,919 | -304 | -1.8% | 382.1 | 44.3 | 44.3 |
Lincoln | 21,382 | 22,108 | 726 | 3.4% | 437.4 | 48.9 | 50.5 |
Logan | 43,032 | 37,710 | -5,322 | -12.4% | 454.2 | 94.7 | 83.0 |
Marion | 57,249 | 56,598 | -651 | -1.1% | 309.7 | 184.9 | 182.8 |
Marshall | 37,356 | 35,519 | -1,837 | -4.9% | 307.0 | 121.7 | 115.7 |
Mason | 25,178 | 25,957 | 779 | 3.1% | 431.9 | 58.3 | 60.1 |
McDowell | 35,233 | 27,329 | -7,904 | -22.4% | 534.7 | 65.9 | 51.1 |
Mercer | 64,980 | 62,980 | -2,000 | -3.1% | 420.4 | 154.5 | 149.8 |
Mineral | 26,697 | 27,078 | 381 | 1.4% | 327.7 | 81.4 | 82.6 |
Mingo | 33,739 | 28,253 | -5,486 | -16.3% | 422.6 | 79.8 | 66.9 |
Monongalia | 75,509 | 81,866 | 6,357 | 8.4% | 361.2 | 209.1 | 226.7 |
Monroe | 12,406 | 14,583 | 2,177 | 17.5% | 473.4 | 26.2 | 30.8 |
Morgan | 12,128 | 14,943 | 2,815 | 23.2% | 229.0 | 53.0 | 65.3 |
Nicholas | 26,775 | 26,562 | -213 | -0.8% | 648.6 | 41.3 | 41.0 |
Ohio | 50,871 | 47,427 | -3,444 | -6.8% | 106.2 | 479.0 | 446.7 |
Pendleton | 8,054 | 8,196 | 142 | 1.8% | 697.9 | 11.5 | 11.7 |
Pleasants | 7,546 | 7,514 | -32 | -0.4% | 130.7 | 57.7 | 57.5 |
Pocahontas | 9,008 | 9,131 | 123 | 1.4% | 940.3 | 9.6 | 9.7 |
Preston | 29,037 | 29,334 | 297 | 1.0% | 648.3 | 44.8 | 45.2 |
Putnam | 42,835 | 51,589 | 8,754 | 20.4% | 346.2 | 123.7 | 149.0 |
Raleigh | 76,819 | 79,220 | 2,401 | 3.1% | 606.9 | 126.6 | 130.5 |
Randolph | 27,803 | 28,262 | 459 | 1.7% | 1,039.7 | 26.7 | 27.2 |
Ritchie | 10,233 | 10,343 | 110 | 1.1% | 453.5 | 22.6 | 22.8 |
Roane | 15,120 | 15,446 | 326 | 2.2% | 483.6 | 31.3 | 31.9 |
Summers | 14,204 | 12,999 | -1,205 | -8.5% | 361.2 | 39.3 | 36.0 |
Taylor | 15,144 | 16,089 | 945 | 6.2% | 172.8 | 87.6 | 93.1 |
Tucker | 7,728 | 7,321 | -407 | -5.3% | 418.9 | 18.4 | 17.5 |
Tyler | 9,796 | 9,592 | -204 | -2.1% | 257.6 | 38.0 | 37.2 |
Upshur | 22,867 | 23,404 | 537 | 2.3% | 354.8 | 64.5 | 66.0 |
Wayne | 41,636 | 42,903 | 1,267 | 3.0% | 505.8 | 82.3 | 84.8 |
Webster | 10,729 | 9,719 | -1,010 | -9.4% | 556.0 | 19.3 | 17.5 |
Wetzel | 19,258 | 17,693 | -1,565 | -8.1% | 359.2 | 53.6 | 49.3 |
Wirt | 5,192 | 5,873 | 681 | 13.1% | 233.0 | 22.3 | 25.2 |
Wood | 86,915 | 87,986 | 1,071 | 1.2% | 367.3 | 236.6 | 239.6 |
Wyoming | 28,990 | 25,708 | -3,282 | -11.3% | 500.9 | 57.9 | 51.3 |