West Virginia
Population by Age, Sex, and Race (2000 Census)

Category	Age Group
	0-4	5-9	10-14	15-19	20-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75-84	85+	Total
White
Males	48,095	53,479	56,425	60,411	56,147	107,994	127,118	128,887	86,717	64,403	36,065	8,522	834,263
Females	46,181	50,437	52,969	57,555	55,943	109,068	132,369	130,017	91,642	79,123	57,260	21,950	884,514
Both Sexes	94,276	103,916	109,394	117,966	112,090	217,062	259,487	258,904	178,359	143,526	93,325	30,472	1,718,777
Percent of Age Group	92.6	93.5	94.2	93.9	93.3	94.7	95.3	95.7	96.5	96.7	96.6	95.9	95.0
Black
Males	1,958	2,167	2,157	2,652	2,957	4,236	4,377	3,998	1,826	1,373	881	265	28,847
Females	1,873	2,017	2,014	2,209	2,103	3,383	4,315	3,694	2,152	2,197	1,636	792	28,385
Both Sexes	3,831	4,184	4,171	4,861	5,060	7,619	8,692	7,692	3,978	3,570	2,517	1,057	57,232
Percent of Age Group	3.8	3.8	3.6	3.9	4.2	3.3	3.2	2.8	2.2	2.4	2.6	3.3	3.2
Other Races
Males	1,811	1,555	1,293	1,472	1,597	2,252	1,963	1,842	1,246	632	309	88	16,060
Females	1,887	1,495	1,324	1,279	1,362	2,161	2,107	2,028	1,233	735	502	162	16,275
Both Sexes	3,698	3,050	2,617	2,751	2,959	4,413	4,070	3,870	2,479	1,367	811	250	32,335
Percent of Age Group	3.6	2.7	2.3	2.2	2.5	1.9	1.5	1.4	1.3	0.9	0.8	0.8	1.8
All Races
Males	51,864	57,201	59,875	64,535	60,701	114,482	133,458	134,727	89,789	66,408	37,255	8,875	879,170
Females	49,941	53,949	56,307	61,043	59,408	114,612	138,791	135,739	95,027	82,055	59,398	22,904	929,174
Both Sexes	101,805	111,150	116,182	125,578	120,109	229,094	272,249	270,466	184,816	148,463	96,653	31,779	1,808,344
Percent of Total	5.6	6.1	6.4	6.9	6.6	12.7	15.1	15.0	10.2	8.2	5.3	1.8	100.0
Category	0-4	5-9	10-14	15-19	20-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75-84	85+	Total
	Age Group

See Introduction for explanation of tables.

Last updated March 31, 2004.

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