A Look at West Virginia's Population by Decade, 1950-2000
Brief No. 8

Table 1
Births, Deaths, Natural Increase or Decrease, and Net Migration
West Virginia Population by County, 1950 - 1960

County	1950 Census Population	1950- 1959 Births	1950- 1959 Deaths	Natural Increase or Decrease	1960 Census Population	Net Migration	Percent	Rank
Barbour	19,247	3,554	1,765	1,789	15,474	-5,562	-28.9	44
Berkeley	30,359	7,056	3,277	3,779	33,791	-347	-1.1	4
Boone	33,173	8,265	2,085	6,180	28,764	-10,589	-31.9	46
Braxton	18,082	3,853	1,614	2,239	15,152	-5,169	-28.6	43
Brooke	26,904	6,102	2,416	3,686	28,940	-1,650	-6.1	8
Cabell	108,035	25,496	10,240	15,256	108,202	-15,089	-14.0	17
Calhoun	10,259	1,857	827	1,030	7,948	-3,341	-32.6	47
Clay	14,961	3,839	946	2,893	11,942	-5,912	-39.5	51
Doddridge	9,026	1,364	908	456	6,970	-2,512	-27.8	41
Fayette	82,443	18,261	6,256	12,005	61,731	-32,717	-39.7	52
Gilmer	9,746	1,541	839	702	8,050	-2,398	-24.6	33
Grant	8,756	2,096	730	1,366	8,304	-1,818	-20.8	28
Greenbrier	39,295	8,927	3,499	5,428	34,446	-10,277	-26.2	36
Hampshire	12,577	2,329	1,197	1,132	11,705	-2,004	-15.9	20
Hancock	34,388	9,676	2,898	6,778	39,615	-1,551	-4.5	6
Hardy	10,032	2,061	902	1,159	9,308	-1,883	-18.8	22
Harrison	85,296	17,684	7,891	9,793	77,856	-17,233	-20.2	24
Jackson	15,299	3,440	1,443	1,997	18,541	1,245	8.1	1
Jefferson	17,184	4,311	2,005	2,306	18,665	-825	-4.8	7
Kanawha	239,629	64,870	18,982	45,888	252,925	-32,592	-13.6	16
Lewis	21,074	3,718	2,248	1,470	19,711	-2,833	-13.4	15
Lincoln	22,466	5,531	1,685	3,846	20,267	-6,045	-26.9	39
Logan	77,391	20,669	5,170	15,499	61,570	-31,320	-40.5	54
McDowell	98,887	24,858	6,846	18,012	71,359	-45,540	-46.1	55
Marion	71,521	13,686	6,727	6,959	63,717	-14,763	-20.6	27
Marshall	36,893	7,307	3,496	3,811	38,041	-2,663	-7.2	9
Mason	23,537	5,419	2,012	3,407	24,459	-2,485	-10.6	11
Mercer	75,013	17,082	6,500	10,582	68,206	-17,389	-23.2	32
Mineral	22,333	4,738	2,212	2,526	22,354	-2,505	-11.2	12
Mingo	47,409	13,474	3,292	10,182	39,742	-17,849	-37.6	50
Monongalia	60,797	12,818	5,043	7,775	55,617	-12,955	-21.3	29
Monroe	13,123	2,365	1,232	1,133	11,584	-2,672	-20.4	26
Morgan	8,276	2,063	946	1,117	8,376	-1,017	-12.3	13
Nicholas	27,696	7,092	2,114	4,978	25,414	-7,260	-26.2	37
Ohio	71,672	15,895	8,238	7,657	68,437	-10,892	-15.2	18
Pendleton	9,313	1,650	766	884	8,093	-2,104	-22.6	30
Pleasants	6,369	1,463	678	785	7,124	-30	-0.5	3
Pocahontas	12,480	2,154	1,133	1,021	10,136	-3,365	-27.0	40
Preston	31,399	6,803	2,593	4,210	27,233	-8,376	-26.7	38
Putnam	21,021	4,650	1,642	3,008	23,561	-468	-2.2	5
Raleigh	96,273	21,815	6,495	15,320	77,826	-33,767	-35.1	49
Randolph	30,557	6,269	2,665	3,604	26,349	-7,812	-25.6	34
Ritchie	12,535	2,181	1,448	733	10,877	-2,391	-19.1	23
Roane	18,408	3,094	1,549	1,545	15,720	-4,233	-23.0	31
Summers	19,183	3,705	1,821	1,884	15,640	-5,427	-28.3	42
Taylor	18,422	3,268	1,943	1,325	15,010	-4,737	-25.7	35
Tucker	10,600	1,725	1,027	698	7,750	-3,548	-33.5	48
Tyler	10,535	1,716	1,164	552	10,026	-1,061	-10.1	10
Upshur	19,242	4,242	2,024	2,218	18,292	-3,168	-16.5	21
Wayne	38,696	8,213	2,850	5,363	38,977	-5,082	-13.1	14
Webster	17,888	4,185	1,237	2,948	13,719	-7,117	-39.8	53
Wetzel	20,154	4,346	2,043	2,303	19,347	-3,110	-15.4	19
Wirt	5,119	844	535	309	4,391	-1,037	-20.3	25
Wood	66,540	17,957	7,129	10,828	78,331	963	1.4	2
Wyoming	37,540	10,359	2,085	8,274	34,836	-10,978	-29.2	45
WV Total	2,005,053	463,936	171,308	292,628	1,860,421	-437,260	-21.8
County	1950 Census Population	1950- 1959 Births	1950- 1959 Deaths	Natural Increase or Decrease	1960 Census Population	Net Migration	Percent	Rank