Population (Huntington, Jefferson: crime, how much, houses)

[vec101]

Caught a blurb on the news this AM that WV population has grown.
Did not catch by how much. Anyone get the number?

A blog by Bray Carey (WV Media CEO) says it was not much.
I'm not sure whether to tell Alice that she isn't doing her job (if the pop increase was a lot) or tell her she is doing a pretty good job. BTW, where has Alice been - haven't seen her on here lately.

Whatever the number is - guess an increase is better than a decrease no matter what.

[Hinton Bound]

By two. Harbor Lady and myself.

[David Kennedy]

The NCWV area is trying to absorb 8,000 to 11,000 people a year...we have done that since 1993 and the outmigration has been stemmed with the strong job market.

We were talking about this exact thing yesterday...the trouble is with the 'word out...lowlifes and drug marketers are seeing the opportunity...BUT...and this is a BIG BIG BUT...the law is getting this scum as they almost cross the borders...drug busts almost every week...

[snorpus]

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:

WV Population in 2007 (est.): 1,812,035

Change from 2000: 4,985

Percent Change: +0.3%

I believe only one state had a smaller increase, and that was North Dakota (which actually lost population), so I'd say Alice gets at least an A- for her efforts.

[vec101]

Originally Posted by David Kennedy

The NCWV area is trying to absorb 8,000 to 11,000 people a year...we have done that since 1993 and the outmigration has been stemmed with the strong job market.

We were talking about this exact thing yesterday...the trouble is with the 'word out...lowlifes and drug marketers are seeing the opportunity...BUT...and this is a BIG BIG BUT...the law is getting this scum as they almost cross the borders...drug busts almost every week...

Funny you said that, I was watching the news last night and thinking about how much of the crime in the Huntington/Chas (esp Huntington) area is from people coming into the state and doing the crime. It's like a game of tag to them - they run back across the Ohio (whatever) border and think they become invisible.

Makes me mad cuz it increases our crime rate. Well, all crime makes me mad and we have our fair share of criminals. But it REALLY aggrevates me to see our stats increase cuz of these lowlifes coming in to WV to commit a crime. Just another good reason to secede - then we could put up a border patrol.

[Silkdashocker]

I ran into AliceT on the Maine forum. She was talking about what it's like being a Volvo Line Mainer.

[vec101]

Guess she has deserted us. What is a Volvo Line Mainer?

[Threerun]

From the Census Bureau Quick facts page West Virginia QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

Population change (as a percentage) from 2000-2006

West Virginia (total)- +.6%

Eastern Panhandle Counties
Berkeley County- +28.5%
Jefferson County- +19.6%
Hampshire County- +11.3%
Morgan County- +9.3%

NC WV Counties
Preston County- +3.6%
Mon County- +3.5%
Marion County- +.2%
Harrison County- +.1%
Taylor county- +1.3%

[tbailey1138]

I saw this too. Here are the numbers:

"Census estimates show that the Mountain State now has 6,100 more residents than it did in April 2000. As of July 1 this year, West Virginia's estimated population was 1,814,468. In April 2000, it was 1,808,345. Most of that growth occurred between July 1, 2007, and July 1 of this year, when the state added an estimated 4,600 residents, an increase of 0.3 percent."

So most of this growth has been in the last year. I know here in Huntington, people just moved in from FL a couple of houses down and then one block down a family from SC just moved in. One house sold in 2 weeks and the other in 3weeks. I've also talked to several other people who have moved from out of state within the last year too. Hopefully we can keep this up and see some good, sustained growth for the state as a whole. Here's a link.

Tim

W. Virginia growth rate climbs in past year - The Herald Dispatch

[CTMountaineer]

Originally Posted by Threerun

From the Census Bureau Quick facts page West Virginia QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

Population change (as a percentage) from 2000-2006

West Virginia (total)- +.6%

Eastern Panhandle Counties
Berkeley County- +28.5%
Jefferson County- +19.6%
Hampshire County- +11.3%
Morgan County- +9.3%

NC WV Counties
Preston County- +3.6%
Mon County- +3.5%
Marion County- +.2%
Harrison County- +.1%
Taylor county- +1.3%

It's easy to see where the 6,100 new people went, and since those areas grew by far more than that, unfortunately there are still parts of the State experiencing drastic population loss.