Table 1.  The Most Populous Counties and Incorporated Places in 2010 in West Virginia:  2000 and 2010
(For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/pl94-171.pdf)
Population rank				Population		Change, 2000 to 2010
2010	2000		Geographic area	2000 1	2010	Number	Percent
			West Virginia……...……………………………………………….	1 808 344	1 852 994	44 650	2.5
			COUNTY
1	1		Kanawha County…………………………………………….	200 073	193 063	- 7 010	-3.5
2	6		Berkeley County……………………………………..………	75 905	104 169	28 264	37.2
3	2		Cabell County………………………………………………	96 784	96 319	-  465	-0.5
4	4		Monongalia County…………………………………………	81 866	96 189	14 323	17.5
5	3		Wood County…………………………………………………	87 986	86 956	- 1 030	-1.2
6	5		Raleigh County………………………………………………	79 220	78 859	-  361	-0.5
7	7		Harrison County………………………………………………..	68 652	69 099	447	0.7
8	8		Mercer County………………………………………………..	62 980	62 264	-  716	-1.1
9	9		Marion County…………………………………………………	56 598	56 418	-  180	-0.3
10	10		Putnam County………………………………………………	51 589	55 486	3 897	7.6
11	14		Jefferson County………………………………………………	42 190	53 498	11 308	26.8
12	11		Fayette County…………………………………………………	47 579	46 039	- 1 540	-3.2
13	12		Ohio County………………………………………………….	47 427	44 443	- 2 984	-6.3
14	13		Wayne County………………………………………………….	42 903	42 481	-  422	-1.0
15	15		Logan County…………………………………………………	37 710	36 743	-  967	-2.6
16	17		Greenbrier County…………………………………………….	34 453	35 480	1 027	3.0
17	19		Preston County………………………………………………	29 334	33 520	4 186	14.3
18	16		Marshall County………………………………………………	35 519	33 107	- 2 412	-6.8
19	18		Hancock County………………………………………………..	32 667	30 676	- 1 991	-6.1
20	20		Randolph County………………………………………………	28 262	29 405	1 143	4.0
			INCORPORATED PLACE
1	1		Charleston city………………………………………………	53 421	51 400	- 2 021	-3.8
2	2		Huntington city……………………………………………..	51 475	49 138	- 2 337	-4.5
3	3		Parkersburg city……………………………………………….	33 099	31 492	- 1 607	-4.9
4	5		Morgantown city……………………………………………	26 809	29 660	2 851	10.6
5	4		Wheeling city…………………………………………………	31 419	28 486	- 2 933	-9.3
6	6		Weirton city…………………………………………………	20 411	19 746	-  665	-3.3
7	7		Fairmont city……………………………………………………	19 097	18 704	-  393	-2.1
8	8		Beckley city…………………………………………………	17 254	17 614	360	2.1
9	10		Martinsburg city………………………………………………..	14 972	17 227	2 255	15.1
10	9		Clarksburg city………………………………………………….	16 743	16 578	-  165	-1.0
11	11		South Charleston city………………………………………….	13 390	13 450	60	0.4
12	12		St. Albans city………………………………………………..	11 567	11 044	-  523	-4.5
13	14		Vienna city…………………………………………………..	10 861	10 749	-  112	-1.0
14	13		Bluefield city………………………………………………..	11 451	10 447	- 1 004	-8.8
15	15		Moundsville city……………………………………………..	9 998	9 318	-  680	-6.8
16	18		Bridgeport city……………………………………………………	7 306	8 149	843	11.5
17	16		Dunbar city……………………………………………………..	8 154	7 907	-  247	-3.0
18	17		Oak Hill city…………………………………………………..	7 589	7 730	141	1.9
19	20		Nitro city………………………………………………………	6 824	7 178	354	5.2
20	19		Elkins city……………………………………………………	7 032	7 094	62	0.9
1 Census 2000 counts are as published in Census 2000 reports and thus do not include any changes published subsequently due to boundary changes or to the Count Question Resolution program.
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Table PL1, and 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Table P1.