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- According to newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau, West Virginia lost a higher percentage of its residents than any other state in the nation. From 2010 to 2020, the population dropped 3.2%, or about 59,000 people. Because of that, West Virginia was one of only seven states to lose a congressional seat following the 2020 census.
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May 22, 2021 · According to newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau, West Virginia lost a higher percentage of its residents than any other state in the nation. From 2010 to 2020, the population dropped 3.2%, or about 59,000 people. Because of that, West Virginia was one of only seven states to lose a congressional seat following the 2020 census.
May 22, 2021 · According to newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau, West Virginia lost a higher percentage of its residents than any other state in the nation. From 2010 to 2020, the population...
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May 17, 2024 · In that span, the state lost about 59,000 people, or 3.2 percent of its population. The most recent data from the Bureau shows that rate of decline has slowed, but the Mountain State’s ...
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Aug 7, 2020 · West Virginia has the highest rate of drug abuse in the U.S., and thousands of residents have died from overdoses in recent years. The link between declining coal employment and drug abuse is clear. Bill Raney, president of the West Virginia Coal Association, is quoted as saying:
Mar 25, 2021 · • According to official Census data, West Virginia is the only state to see its population decline between 1950 and 2019. • The state had a small spurts of population growth in the 1970s and...
Sep 30, 2021 · Indeed, a June poll by Data for Progress and the Chesapeake Climate Action Fund found that a clear majority of West Virginians, 56 percent, support a clean electricity transition by 2035, while...
Jul 14, 2021 · Newly released Census Bureau data shows that West Virginia suffered the largest population decline in the country, a drop of nearly 60,000 people, or 3.2 percent in the decade between 2010...