Charleston, WV MSA Population
and Components of Change
(1999 MSA Definition)
| Date |
Population |
%
Change |
Components of Change |
Total
Population
Change |
Births |
Deaths |
Inter-
national
Immigra-
tion |
Net
Domestic
Migration |
| 1970 | 257,140 | - | - |
- | - | - | - |
| 1971 | 257,800 | 0.3 | 660 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1972 | 258,400 | 0.2 | 600 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1973 | 255,900 | -1.0 | -2,500 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1974 | 255,200 | -0.3 | -700 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1975 | 258,900 | 1.4 | 3,700 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1976 | 259,900 | 0.4 | 1,000 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1977 | 262,800 | 1.1 | 2,900 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1978 | 265,700 | 1.1 | 2,900 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1979 | 267,500 | 0.7 | 1,800 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1980 | 269,595 | 0.8 | 2,095 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1981 | 269,826 | 0.1 | 231 |
4,939 | 3,285 | - | - |
| 1982 | 269,068 | -0.3 | -758 |
3,799 | 2,554 | - | - |
| 1983 | 267,481 | -0.6 | -1,587 |
3,641 | 2,489 | - | - |
| 1984 | 266,085 | -0.5 | -1,396 |
3,378 | 2,504 | - | - |
| 1985 | 263,004 | -1.2 | -3,081 |
3,329 | 2,558 | - | - |
| 1986 | 259,951 | -1.2 | -3,053 |
3,342 | 2,640 | - | - |
| 1987 | 259,163 | -0.3 | -788 |
3,289 | 2,666 | - | - |
| 1988 | 254,557 | -1.8 | -4,606 |
3,176 | 2,684 | - | - |
| 1989 | 252,044 | -1.0 | -2,513 |
3,131 | 2,665 | - | - |
| 1990 | 250,454 | -0.6 | -1,590 |
2,392 | 1,962 | - | - |
| 1991 | 251,404 | 0.4 | 950 |
3,942 | 3,264 | 124 | 77 |
| 1992 | 253,007 | 0.6 | 1,603 |
3,225 | 2,730 | 155 | 882 |
| 1993 | 254,292 | 0.5 | 1,285 |
3,083 | 2,685 | 97 | 760 |
| 1994 | 254,652 | 0.1 | 360 |
3,145 | 2,884 | 75 | 29 |
| 1995 | 255,099 | 0.2 | 447 |
3,414 | 2,784 | 97 | -297 |
| 1996 | 255,073 | 0.0 | -26 |
3,352 | 2,777 | 88 | -664 |
| 1997 | 254,633 | -0.2 | -440 |
2,973 | 2,953 | 66 | -649 |
| 1998 | 253,930 | -0.3 | -703 |
2,889 | 2,730 | 56 | -1,033 |
| 1999 | 252,554 | -0.5 | -1,376 |
2,912 | 2,691 | 43 | -1,753 |
| 2000 | 251,662 | -0.4 | -892 |
- | - | - | - |
| 2001 | 249,319 | -0.9 | -2,343 |
3,738 | 3,701 | 102 | -2,308 |
| 2002 | 248,194 | -0.5 | -1,125 |
2,966 | 2,934 | 60 | -1,063 |
| 2003 | 248,162 | 0.0 | -32 |
3,000 | 2,905 | 21 | 159 |
| 2004 | 248,036 | -0.1 | -126 |
3,130 | 3,008 | 81 | -188 |
| 2005 | 246,884 | -0.5 | -1,152 |
2,952 | 2,958 | 59 | -1,000 |
| 2006 | 246,298 | -0.2 | -586 |
2,983 | 2,936 | 80 | -631 |
| 2007 | 246,307 | 0.0 | 9 |
2,934 | 2,899 | 66 | -136 |
Note: Decade years represent April 1, Census data, not the mid-year estimates. The MSAs are based on the 1999 MSA definition.
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