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Table of Contents | Summary | Population | Births | Deaths | Marriages | Divorces | County Data | Tables extracted from the West Virginia Vital Statistics 2003 Annual Report |
Year |
Population |
Number of Births |
Number of Deaths |
Natural Increase or Decrease |
Net Migration |
Percent Change |
1950a | 2,005,552 | 50,850 | 17,459 | 33,391 | 42,161 | 3.91 |
1951 | 1,984,000 | 50,920 | 17,058 | 33,862 | -55,414 | -1.07 |
1952 | 1,957,000 | 49,461 | 17,174 | 32,287 | -59,287 | -1.36 |
1953 | 1,929,000 | 46,652 | 16,685 | 29,967 | -57,967 | -1.43 |
1954 | 1,905,000 | 46,559 | 16,150 | 30,409 | -54,409 | -1.24 |
1955 | 1,880,000 | 44,199 | 16,712 | 27,487 | -52,487 | -1.31 |
1956 | 1,857,000 | 44,220 | 16,920 | 27,300 | -50,300 | -1.22 |
1957 | 1,843,000 | 44,362 | 17,808 | 26,554 | -40,554 | -0.75 |
1958 | 1,845,000 | 44,428 | 17,665 | 26,763 | -24,763 | 0.11 |
1959 | 1,855,000 | 42,235 | 17,677 | 24,558 | -14,558 | 0.54 |
1960ab | 1,860,421 | 39,696 | 18,040 | 21,656 | -16,235 | 0.29 |
1961 | 1,828,000 | 38,866 | 17,980 | 20,886 | -53,307 | -1.74 |
1962 | 1,809,000 | 37,269 | 18,651 | 18,618 | -37,618 | -1.04 |
1963 | 1,796,000 | 35,573 | 19,405 | 16,168 | -29,168 | -0.72 |
1964 | 1,797,000 | 35,653 | 18,750 | 16,903 | -15,903 | 0.06 |
1965 | 1,786,000 | 31,958 | 19,121 | 12,837 | -23,837 | -0.61 |
1966 | 1,775,000 | 30,084 | 19,339 | 10,745 | -21,745 | -0.62 |
1967 | 1,769,000 | 29,301 | 19,257 | 10,044 | -16,044 | -0.34 |
1968 | 1,763,000 | 29,126 | 19,647 | 9,479 | -15,479 | -0.34 |
1969 | 1,746,000 | 28,645 | 19,696 | 8,949 | -25,949 | -0.96 |
1970a | 1,744,237 | 30,194 | 19,924 | 10,270 | -12,033 | -0.10 |
1971 | 1,768,000 | 31,038 | 19,619 | 11,419 | 12,344 | 1.36 |
1972 | 1,795,000 | 29,200 | 20,583 | 8,617 | 18,383 | 1.53 |
1973 | 1,782,000 | 27,459 | 20,020 | 7,439 | -20,439 | -0.72 |
1974 | 1,784,000 | 27,636 | 19,395 | 8,241 | -6,241 | 0.11 |
1975 | 1,803,000 | 27,960 | 19,479 | 8,481 | 10,519 | 1.07 |
1976 | 1,833,000 | 28,586 | 19,660 | 8,926 | 21,074 | 1.66 |
1977 | 1,853,000 | 30,020 | 19,201 | 10,819 | 9,181 | 1.09 |
1978 | 1,860,000 | 28,950 | 19,351 | 9,599 | -2,599 | 0.38 |
1979 | 1,878,000 | 29,726 | 18,871 | 10,855 | 7,145 | 0.97 |
1980a | 1,949,644 | 29,438 | 19,178 | 10,260 | 61,384 | 3.81 |
1981 | 1,954,000 | 27,810 | 19,039 | 8,771 | -4,415 | 0.22 |
1982 | 1,957,000 | 27,263 | 18,976 | 8,287 | -5,287 | 0.15 |
1983 | 1,965,000 | 25,875 | 19,293 | 6,582 | 1,418 | 0.41 |
1984 | 1,952,000 | 24,551 | 19,182 | 5,369 | -18,369 | -0.66 |
1985 | 1,936,000 | 24,108 | 19,425 | 4,683 | -20,683 | -0.82 |
1986 | 1,919,000 | 23,179 | 19,859 | 3,320 | -20,320 | -0.88 |
1987 | 1,898,000 | 22,424 | 19,763 | 2,661 | -23,661 | -1.09 |
1988 | 1,877,000 | 21,849 | 19,780 | 2,069 | -23,069 | -1.11 |
1989c | 1,857,000 | 22,067 | 19,525 | 2,542 | -22,542 | -1.07 |
1990a | 1,793,477 | 22,582 | 19,360 | 3,222 | -66,745 | -3.42 |
1991d | 1,799,000 | 22,509 | 19,951 | 2,558 | 2,965 | 0.31 |
1992d | 1,809,000 | 22,156 | 19,696 | 2,460 | 7,540 | 0.56 |
1993d | 1,818,000 | 21,793 | 20,331 | 1,462 | 7,538 | 0.50 |
1994d | 1,823,000 | 21,360 | 19,945 | 1,415 | 3,585 | 0.28 |
1995d | 1,828,000 | 21,158 | 20,128 | 1,030 | 3,970 | 0.27 |
1996d | 1,826,000 | 20,744 | 20,314 | 430 | -2,430 | -0.11 |
1997d | 1,816,000 | 20,735 | 20,872 | -137 | -9,863 | -0.55 |
1998d | 1,811,000 | 20,729 | 20,764 | -35 | -4,965 | -0.28 |
1999d | 1,807,000 | 20,731 | 20,993 | -262 | -3,738 | -0.22 |
2000a | 1,808,344 | 20,860 | 21,127 | -267 | 1,611 | 0.07 |
2001 | 1,801,916 | 20,430 | 20,978 | -548 | -5,880 | -0.36 |
2002 | 1,801,873 | 20,725 | 20,999 | -274 | 231 | -0.00 |
2003 | 1,810,354 | 20,986 | 21,299 | -313 | 8,794 | 0.47 |
Year |
Population |
Number of Births |
Number of Deaths |
Natural Increase or Decrease |
Net Migration |
Percent Change |
a. Enumerated as of April 1 of the specified year. (U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census)
b. Source of data 1950 through 1960: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Vital Statistics Rates of the United States, 1940 - 1960.
c. Source of data 1961 through 1989: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports. Series P-25 and P-26.
d. Source of data 1991 through 1999 population estimates: Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University, and U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Last updated March 29, 2005.
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Phone: 304-558-9100
Email:dhhrvitalreg@wv.gov
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