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

Table 2
Births, Deaths, Natural Increase or Decrease, and Net Migration
West Virginia Population by County, 1960 - 1970

County	1960 Census Population	1960- 1969 Births	1960- 1969 Deaths	Natural Increase or Decrease	1970 Census Population	Net Migration	Percent	Rank
Barbour	15,474	2,628	1,893	735	14,030	-2,179	-14.1	34
Berkeley	33,791	6,865	3,996	2,869	36,356	-304	-0.9	6
Boone	28,764	4,819	2,367	2,452	25,118	-6,098	-21.2	46
Braxton	15,152	2,543	1,726	817	12,666	-3,303	-21.8	48
Brooke	28,940	5,197	2,670	2,527	29,685	-1,782	-6.2	14
Cabell	108,202	20,033	11,512	8,521	106,918	-9,805	-9.1	21
Calhoun	7,948	1,420	874	546	7,046	-1,448	-18.2	44
Clay	11,942	2,209	1,007	1,202	9,330	-3,814	-31.9	52
Doddridge	6,970	1,033	944	89	6,389	-670	-9.6	25
Fayette	61,731	9,539	6,671	2,868	49,332	-15,267	-24.7	50
Gilmer	8,050	1,439	922	517	7,782	-785	-9.8	26
Grant	8,304	1,811	894	917	8,607	-614	-7.4	16
Greenbrier	34,446	6,221	3,629	2,592	32,090	-4,948	-14.4	35
Hampshire	11,705	2,109	1,391	718	11,710	-713	-6.1	12
Hancock	39,615	7,682	3,558	4,124	39,749	-3,990	-10.1	27
Hardy	9,308	1,614	1,001	613	8,855	-1,066	-11.5	29
Harrison	77,856	13,384	9,104	4,280	73,028	-9,108	-11.7	30
Jackson	18,541	3,949	1,748	2,201	20,903	161	0.9	4
Jefferson	18,665	4,266	2,203	2,063	21,280	552	3.0	3
Kanawha	252,925	46,398	21,837	24,561	229,515	-47,971	-19.0	45
Lewis	19,711	3,173	2,411	762	17,847	-2,626	-13.3	32
Lincoln	20,267	4,200	1,946	2,254	18,912	-3,609	-17.8	42
Logan	61,570	10,882	5,007	5,875	46,269	-21,176	-34.4	53
McDowell	71,359	12,614	6,340	6,274	50,666	-26,967	-37.8	55
Marion	63,717	10,576	7,522	3,054	61,356	-5,415	-8.5	18
Marshall	38,041	6,591	3,986	2,605	37,598	-3,048	-8.0	17
Mason	24,459	4,377	2,244	2,133	24,306	-2,286	-9.3	23
Mercer	68,206	11,722	7,567	4,155	63,206	-9,155	-13.4	33
Mineral	22,354	4,721	2,495	2,226	23,109	-1,471	-6.6	15
Mingo	39,742	7,920	3,635	4,285	32,780	-11,247	-28.3	51
Monongalia	55,617	10,127	5,416	4,711	63,714	3,386	6.1	2
Monroe	11,584	1,756	1,357	399	11,272	-711	-6.1	13
Morgan	8,376	1,553	979	574	8,547	-403	-4.8	8
Nicholas	25,414	4,823	2,293	2,530	22,552	-5,392	-21.2	47
Ohio	68,437	11,880	8,825	3,055	64,197	-7,295	-10.7	28
Pendleton	8,093	1,168	860	308	7,031	-1,370	-16.9	41
Pleasants	7,124	1,279	748	531	7,274	-381	-5.3	11
Pocahontas	10,136	1,674	1,243	431	8,870	-1,697	-16.7	40
Preston	27,233	5,128	2,767	2,361	25,455	-4,139	-15.2	38
Putnam	23,561	4,256	1,979	2,277	27,625	1,787	7.6	1
Raleigh	77,826	12,615	7,651	4,964	70,080	-12,710	-16.3	39
Randolph	26,349	5,070	2,988	2,082	24,596	-3,835	-14.6	36
Ritchie	10,877	1,752	1,515	237	10,145	-969	-8.9	20
Roane	15,720	2,405	1,655	750	14,111	-2,359	-15.0	37
Summers	15,640	2,367	1,949	418	13,213	-2,845	-18.2	43
Taylor	15,010	2,282	1,979	303	13,878	-1,435	-9.6	24
Tucker	7,750	1,392	1,022	370	7,447	-673	-8.7	19
Tyler	10,026	1,731	1,306	425	9,929	-522	-5.2	9
Upshur	18,292	3,365	2,146	1,219	19,092	-419	-2.3	7
Wayne	38,977	6,933	3,258	3,675	37,581	-5,071	-13.0	31
Webster	13,719	2,596	1,364	1,232	9,809	-5,142	-37.5	54
Wetzel	19,347	4,194	2,214	1,980	20,314	-1,013	-5.2	10
Wirt	4,391	746	578	168	4,154	-405	-9.2	22
Wood	78,331	16,951	8,289	8,662	86,818	-175	-0.2	5
Wyoming	34,836	6,193	2,405	3,788	30,095	-8,529	-24.5	49
WV Total	1,860,421	336,171	189,886	146,285	1,744,237	-262,469	-14.1
County	1960 Census Population	1960- 1969 Births	1960- 1969 Deaths	Natural Increase or Decrease	1970 Census Population	Net Migration	Percent	Rank