3 Counties Continue to Spur State Population Growth (Washington, Jefferson: statistics, moving)

[CTMountaineer]

As some of the state's counties continue to contract and lay off workers, three counties are moving in the opposite direction with rapid growth.

WV population grows in 2009, especially Mon County - WVPubcast.org

[Silkdashocker]

Suprisingly uninformative article. No statistics released until December of 2010.

[NOVAmtneer82]

Originally Posted by Silkdashocker

Suprisingly uninformative article. No statistics released until December of 2010.

Those statistics mentioned in the article can be found on the U.S. Census Bureaus website and they represent figures as of July 31, 2009. The article in CT's post was summarizing those 2009 numbers and also saying that December 2010 will be the release date for the official 2010 census figures.

[Silkdashocker]

Thanks Nova. What i was saying is that the article itself didn't really delve into anything. It just says Mon county is leading the way in statewide growth. Like everyone didn't already know that. Print some statistics in with an article like this, then you have something.

[tallydude02]

Although Monongalia County is growing, those counties in the eastern panhandle keep West Virginia from declining overall in population. Thank goodness for Washington, DC sprawl!

[CTMountaineer]

Mon County is growing big time as is Berkeley. Those are
the two primary growth engines for the State. The former
is largely growing of its own volition, the latter from the
Washington sprawl you mentioned.

[tbailey1138]

Originally Posted by Silkdashocker

Suprisingly uninformative article. No statistics released until December of 2010.

Here are the data sets for:

Metropolitan Statistical Areas

http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/tables/2009/CBSA-EST2009-01.xls (broken link)

WV Counties

http://www.census.gov/popest/counties/tables/CO-EST2009-01-54.xls (broken link)

[RD35]

Berkeley, Jefferson, and Monogalia are the only counties that are holding the state. I find it amazing that the state has only gained 11,433 residents in 10 years and Berkeley County gained 27,949 residents in that same time frame.

The number of new residents added to Berkeley County's population is more than the total population of 34 of the state's counties. I would love to know the percentage of the state's budget that comes from eastern panhandle revenue.

[RD35]

Some numbers:

County rank of cumulative estimates of population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009:
1. Berkeley, 27,949
2. Jefferson, 10,560
3. Monongalia, 8,213
4. Putnam, 4,087
5. Hampshire, 2,493


County rank of cumulative estimates of population percent change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009:
1. Berkeley, 36.8 percent
2. Jefferson, 25 percent
3. Hampshire, 12.3 percent
4. Monongalia, 10 percent
5. Morgan, 9.7 percent

[ErickC]

I'm seeing a 9.7% rise in Morgan county. It seems like it has some growth potential. Does anyone have a feel for whether that is sprawl or is it growing on it's own? I am trying to get a feel for how tightly coupled it is to other areas.