West Virginia statistical areas

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The U.S. State of West Virginia currently has 20 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated five combined statistical areas, 10 metropolitan statistical areas, and five micropolitan statistical areas in West Virginia. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY CSA, which includes West Virginia's capital and largest city, Charleston.

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Background

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. [2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.

The OMB defines a core-based statistical area (commonly referred to as a CBSA) as the county or counties (or county-equivalents) surrounding at least one densely-settled core of at least 10,000 population, [2] "plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core". [2] The OMB further divides core-based statistical areas based on population into metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for those with at least 50,000 and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) for those with 10,000 to 49,999 people. [2]

The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas where the employment interchange rate (% commuting from A to B plus % commuting from B to A) is at least 15%. [2] The primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area.

Table

The 20 United States statistical areas and 55 counties of the State of West Virginia [lower-alpha 1]

Combined statistical area [1] 2023 population (est.) [3] Core-based statistical area [1] 2023 population (est.) [3] County2023 population (est.) [3] Metropolitan division [1] 2023 population (est.) [3]
Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY CSA 643,394
389,050 (WV)
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA 368,261
186,730 (WV)
Cabell County, West Virginia 92,082none
Putnam County, West Virginia 56,962
Lawrence County, Ohio 56,118
Boyd County, Kentucky 47,826
Wayne County, West Virginia 37,686
Greenup County, Kentucky 35,221
Carter County, Kentucky 26,366
Lawrence County, Kentucky 16,000
Charleston, WV MSA 203,164 Kanawha County, West Virginia 174,805
Boone County, West Virginia 20,576
Clay County, West Virginia 7,783
Portsmouth, OH μSA 71,969 Scioto County, Ohio 71,969
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA 10,028,331
233,525 (WV)
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA 6,304,975
59,787 (WV)
Fairfax County, Virginia 1,141,878Arlington-Alexandria-Reston, VA-WV MD3,154,735
59,787(WV)
Prince William County, Virginia 489,640
Loudoun County, Virginia 436,347
Arlington County, Virginia 234,162
City of Alexandria, Virginia 165,428
Stafford County, Virginia 155,230
Spotsylvania County, Virginia 149,588
Fauquier County, Virginia 75,165
Jefferson County, West Virginia 59,787
Culpeper County, Virginia 54,973
City of Manassas, Virginia 42,696
Warren County, Virginia 41,843
City of Fredericksburg, Virginia 28,928
City of Fairfax, Virginia 25,144
City of Manassas Park, Virginia 16,361
Clarke County, Virginia 15,466
City of Falls Church, Virginia 14,685
Rappahannock County, Virginia 7,414
Prince George's County, Maryland 947,430Washington, DC-MD MD1,798,375
District of Columbia 678,972
Charles County, Maryland 171,973
Montgomery County, Maryland 1,058,474Frederick-Gaithersburg-Bethesda, MD MD1,351,865
Frederick County, Maryland 293,391
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA 2,834,316 Baltimore County, Maryland 844,703none
Anne Arundel County, Maryland 594,582
Baltimore City, Maryland 565,239
Howard County, Maryland 336,001
Harford County, Maryland 264,644
Carroll County, Maryland 176,639
Queen Anne's County, Maryland 52,508
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV MSA 305,902
150,089 (WV)
Washington County, Maryland 155,813
Berkeley County, West Virginia 132,440
Morgan County, West Virginia 17,649
Lexington Park, MD MSA 210,009 St. Mary's County, Maryland 115,281
Calvert County, Maryland 94,728
Chambersburg, PA MSA 157,854 Franklin County, Pennsylvania 157,854
Winchester, VA-WV MSA 147,260
23,649 (WV)
Frederick County, Virginia 95,994
City of Winchester, Virginia 27,617
Hampshire County, West Virginia 23,649
Easton, MD μSA 38,574 Talbot County, Maryland 38,574
Lake of the Woods, VA μSA 37,823 Orange County, Virginia 37,823
Cambridge, MD μSA 32,879 Dorchester County, Maryland 32,879
Fairmont-Clarksburg, WV CSA 144,514 Clarksburg, WV μSA 88,707 Harrison County, West Virginia 64,639
Taylor County, West Virginia 16,388
Doddridge County, West Virginia 7,680
Fairmont, WV μSA 55,807 Marion County, West Virginia 55,807
none Morgantown, WV MSA 141,817 Monongalia County, West Virginia 107,718
Preston County, West Virginia 34,099
Beckley, WV MSA 111,428 Raleigh County, West Virginia 72,356
Fayette County, West Virginia 39,072
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH CSA 146,629
88,052 (WV)
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV MSA 88,052 Wood County, West Virginia 83,052
Wirt County, West Virginia 5,000
Marietta, OH μSA 58,577 Washington County, Ohio 58,577
none Wheeling, WV-OH MSA 135,517
70,599 (WV)
Belmont County, Ohio 64,918
Ohio County, West Virginia 41,194
Marshall County, West Virginia 29,405
Bluefield, WV-VA μSA 97,177
58,057 (WV)
Mercer County, West Virginia 58,057
Tazewell County, Virginia 39,120
Pittsburgh-Weirton-Steubenville, PA-OH-WV CSA 2,727,866
49,518 (WV)
Pittsburgh, PA MSA 2,422,725 Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 1,224,825
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania 351,163
Washington County, Pennsylvania 210,232
Butler County, Pennsylvania 198,413
Beaver County, Pennsylvania 165,631
Fayette County, Pennsylvania 123,915
Lawrence County, Pennsylvania 84,472
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania 64,074
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH MSA 113,544
49,518 (WV)
Jefferson County, Ohio 64,026
Hancock County, West Virginia 28,145
Brooke County, West Virginia 21,373
Hermitage, PA μSA 108,503 Mercer County, Pennsylvania 108,503
Indiana, PA μSA 83,094 Indiana County, Pennsylvania 83,094
none Elkins, WV μSA 27,350 Randolph County, West Virginia 27,350
Cumberland, MD-WV μSA 94,140
26,867 (WV)
Allegany County, Maryland 67,273
Mineral County, West Virginia 26,867
none Greenbrier County, West Virginia 32,149
Logan County, West Virginia 30,827
Jackson County, West Virginia 27,593
Mason County, West Virginia 24,765
Nicholas County, West Virginia 24,169
Upshur County, West Virginia 23,529
Mingo County, West Virginia 22,023
Wyoming County, West Virginia 20,277
Lincoln County, West Virginia 19,701
McDowell County, West Virginia 17,439
Lewis County, West Virginia 16,500
Barbour County, West Virginia 15,378
Hardy County, West Virginia 14,251
Wetzel County, West Virginia 13,890
Roane County, West Virginia 13,743
Monroe County, West Virginia 12,382
Braxton County, West Virginia 12,162
Summers County, West Virginia 11,581
Grant County, West Virginia 10,921
Ritchie County, West Virginia 8,167
Webster County, West Virginia 8,045
Tyler County, West Virginia 7,919
Pocahontas County, West Virginia 7,765
Pleasants County, West Virginia 7,428
Gilmer County, West Virginia 7,254
Tucker County, West Virginia 6,604
Pendleton County, West Virginia 6,029
Calhoun County, West Virginia 5,959
State of West Virginia 1,770,071

Primary statistical areas

Primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area. Of the 20 statistical areas of West Virginia, 11 are PSAs comprising five combined statistical areas, three metropolitan statistical areas and three micropolitan statistical areas.

The 11 primary statistical areas of the State of West Virginia [lower-alpha 2]

2020 rank Primary statistical area [1] Population
2023 estimate [3] Change 2020 Census [4] Change 2010 Census [5]
1 Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY CSA (WV)389,050−3.07%401,377−4.74%421,364
2 Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA (WV)233,525+6.18%219,933+10.42%199,172
3 Clarksburg-Fairmont, WV CSA 144,514−1.45%146,639−2.64%150,614
4 Morgantown, WV MSA 141,817+1.27%140,038+7.96%129,709
5 Beckley, WV MSA 111,428−3.17%115,079−7.86%124,898
6 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH CSA (WV)88,052−1.61%89,490−3.43%92,673
7 Wheeling, WV-OH MSA (WV)70,599−3.31%73,016−5.85%77,550
8 Bluefield, WV-VA μSA (WV)58,057−2.69%59,664−4.18%62,264
9 Pittsburgh-Weirton-Steubenville, PA-OH-WV CSA (WV)49,518−4.14%51,654−5.65%54,745
10 Elkins, WV μSA 27,350−2.08%27,932−5.01%29,405
11 Cumberland, MD-WV μSA (WV)26,867−0.26%26,938−4.52%28,212
Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY CSA643,394−2.63%660,768−4.70%693,345
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA10,069,592+0.41%10,028,331+10.17%9,102,983
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH CSA146,629−1.76%149,261−3.36%154,451
Wheeling, WV-OH MSA135,517−2.86%139,513−5.70%147,950
Bluefield, WV-VA μSA97,177−2.91%100,093−6.75%107,342
Pittsburgh-Weirton-Steubenville, PA-OH-WV CSA2,727,866−1.44%2,767,801−0.34%2,777,365
Cumberland, MD-WV μSA94,140−0.95%95,044−7.99%103,299

See also

Notes

  1. An out-of-state area and its population are displayed in green.An area that extends into more than one state is displayed in purple. A purple population number over a black population number show the total population versus the in-state population. The state's abbreviation is also shown next to the in-state total.
  2. For PSAs comprising populations from multiple states, they are listed twice to show both their intrastate population within that PSA as well as the PSA's total population. Only the intrastate population is ranked.

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References

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