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West Virginia Population and Components of Change

Date Population %
Change
Components of Change
Total
Population
Change
Births Deaths Inter-
national
Immigra-
tion
Net
Domestic
Migration
1970 1,744,237-- ----
1971 1,770,0001.525,763 ----
1972 1,797,0001.527,000 ----
1973 1,805,0000.48,000 ----
1974 1,814,0000.59,000 ----
1975 1,841,0001.527,000 ----
1976 1,877,0002.036,000 ----
1977 1,906,0001.529,000 ----
1978 1,920,0000.714,000 ----
1979 1,939,0001.019,000 ----
1980 1,950,1830.611,183 ----
1981 1,954,1250.23,942 35,99123,908--
1982 1,949,605-0.2-4,520 27,55019,023--
1983 1,945,058-0.2-4,547 26,58119,149--
1984 1,927,696-0.9-17,362 25,22819,251--
1985 1,906,831-1.1-20,865 24,34119,318--
1986 1,882,352-1.3-24,479 23,65419,659--
1987 1,857,583-1.3-24,769 22,82319,824--
1988 1,830,213-1.5-27,370 22,15519,786--
1989 1,806,570-1.3-23,643 21,96619,665--
1990 1,793,477-0.7-13,093 16,55414,650--
1991 1,798,7350.35,258 28,26824,2294001,414
1992 1,806,4510.47,716 22,47120,2185695,343
1993 1,817,5390.611,088 22,04819,8743808,931
1994 1,820,4210.22,882 21,57020,4704091,551
1995 1,823,7000.23,279 21,42419,972465984
1996 1,822,8080.0-892 20,98920,407403-1,760
1997 1,819,113-0.2-3,695 20,88620,879329-3,568
1998 1,815,609-0.2-3,504 20,29419,674272-4,515
1999 1,811,799-0.2-3,810 20,43819,027238-6,298
2000 1,808,344-0.2-3,455 ----
2001 1,798,860-0.5-9,484 25,77526,111874-8,711
2002 1,800,0900.11,230 20,60920,8395952,055
2003 1,803,2230.23,133 20,72320,7603984,509
2004 1,804,6180.11,395 21,18021,5146492,324
2005 1,805,6260.11,008 20,69121,1375322,307
2006 1,808,6990.23,073 20,94920,6096272,765
2007 1,812,0350.23,336 20,84920,7475712,553
Note: Decade years represent April 1, Census data, not the mid-year estimates.

 
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