Mercer County, WV
Population and Components of Change
| Date |
Population |
%
Change |
Components of Change |
Total
Population
Change |
Births |
Deaths |
Inter-
national
Immigra-
tion |
Net
Domestic
Migration |
| 1970 | 63,206 | - | - |
- | - | - | - |
| 1971 | 64,000 | 1.3 | 794 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1972 | 66,300 | 3.6 | 2,300 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1973 | 66,800 | 0.8 | 500 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1974 | 68,300 | 2.2 | 1,500 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1975 | 69,300 | 1.5 | 1,000 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1976 | 71,300 | 2.9 | 2,000 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1977 | 72,900 | 2.2 | 1,600 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1978 | 73,600 | 1.0 | 700 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1979 | 74,600 | 1.4 | 1,000 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1980 | 73,871 | -1.0 | -729 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1981 | 74,044 | 0.2 | 173 |
1,336 | 904 | - | - |
| 1982 | 74,380 | 0.5 | 336 |
981 | 744 | - | - |
| 1983 | 73,843 | -0.7 | -537 |
946 | 748 | - | - |
| 1984 | 72,364 | -2.0 | -1,479 |
942 | 787 | - | - |
| 1985 | 71,121 | -1.7 | -1,243 |
900 | 793 | - | - |
| 1986 | 70,548 | -0.8 | -573 |
829 | 784 | - | - |
| 1987 | 68,912 | -2.3 | -1,636 |
786 | 759 | - | - |
| 1988 | 67,143 | -2.6 | -1,769 |
767 | 753 | - | - |
| 1989 | 65,936 | -1.8 | -1,207 |
770 | 753 | - | - |
| 1990 | 64,980 | -1.4 | -956 |
587 | 556 | - | - |
| 1991 | 64,687 | -0.5 | -293 |
1,035 | 1,042 | 19 | -201 |
| 1992 | 64,823 | 0.2 | 136 |
804 | 812 | 15 | 221 |
| 1993 | 64,934 | 0.2 | 111 |
813 | 766 | 24 | 108 |
| 1994 | 64,637 | -0.5 | -297 |
754 | 793 | 27 | -196 |
| 1995 | 64,379 | -0.4 | -258 |
808 | 768 | 3 | -224 |
| 1996 | 64,170 | -0.3 | -209 |
817 | 767 | 9 | -176 |
| 1997 | 63,833 | -0.5 | -337 |
851 | 872 | 9 | 138 |
| 1998 | 63,426 | -0.6 | -407 |
821 | 791 | -1 | -317 |
| 1999 | 63,181 | -0.4 | -245 |
840 | 797 | 6 | -238 |
| 2000 | 62,980 | -0.3 | -201 |
- | - | - | - |
| 2001 | 61,864 | -1.8 | -1,116 |
920 | 1,007 | 18 | -1,015 |
| 2002 | 62,015 | 0.2 | 151 |
773 | 821 | 11 | 232 |
| 2003 | 61,867 | -0.2 | -148 |
736 | 827 | 7 | 20 |
| 2004 | 61,668 | -0.3 | -199 |
732 | 854 | 15 | -61 |
| 2005 | 61,247 | -0.7 | -421 |
703 | 813 | 12 | -274 |
| 2006 | 61,118 | -0.2 | -129 |
696 | 785 | 14 | -34 |
| 2007 | 61,350 | 0.4 | 232 |
697 | 798 | 12 | 308 |
Note: Decade years represent April 1, Census data, not the mid-year estimates.
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