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Births, Deaths, Natural Increase or Decrease, and Net Migration
West Virginia Population,1950 - 2005
Table 4


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
2004 1,815,354 20,911 20,776 135 4,865 0.28
2005 1,816,856 20,834 20,773 61 1,441 0.08

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.


This Table extracted from the West Virginia Vital Statistics 2005 Annual Report

Last updated April 9, 2007.

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