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Kanawha County contributed land to the founding of 12 West Virginia counties [12] and has the largest population (174,805 in 2023). Wirt County has the smallest population (5,000 in 2023). [ 13 ] The oldest county is Hampshire , established in 1754, and the newest is Mingo, established in 1895. [ 1 ]
West Virginia has a higher rate of people in poverty than the U.S. as a whole. West Virginia has less diversity in its population with a much higher percentage of non-Hispanic whites than the national average. In 2019, West Virginia had the lowest life expectancy of any U.S. state. [1] West Virginians have a life expectancy of four years less ...
The Bureau identified 169 CDPs in the state of West Virginia at the 2010 census. The Municipal Code of West Virginia, which governs incorporation, requires applicant municipal corporations (places for incorporation) that cover an area more than 1 square mile (2.6 km 2 ) to have a minimum of 500 inhabitants or freeholders per square mile, and ...
Packed circles diagram showing estimates of the ethnic origins of people in West Virginia in 2021. 2010 census data show that 16 percent of West Virginia's residents are 65 or older (exceeded only by Florida's 17 percent). [90] Racial plurality in West Virginia by county, per the 2020 U.S. census
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. [2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
A coal miners house and family, 1946. McDowell County is a county in the State of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,111. [2] Its county seat is Welch. [3]
As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,143, [1] making it the second-least populous county in West Virginia. Its county seat is Franklin . [ 2 ] The county was created by the Virginia General Assembly in 1788 [ 3 ] from parts of Augusta , Hardy , and Rockingham counties and was named for Edmund Pendleton (1721–1803), a distinguished ...
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