Raleigh County, WV
Population and Components of Change
| Date |
Population |
%
Change |
Components of Change |
Total
Population
Change |
Births |
Deaths |
Inter-
national
Immigra-
tion |
Net
Domestic
Migration |
| 1970 | 70,080 | - | - |
- | - | - | - |
| 1971 | 72,600 | 3.6 | 2,520 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1972 | 74,500 | 2.6 | 1,900 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1973 | 76,300 | 2.4 | 1,800 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1974 | 76,700 | 0.5 | 400 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1975 | 78,800 | 2.7 | 2,100 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1976 | 82,700 | 4.9 | 3,900 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1977 | 85,200 | 3.0 | 2,500 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1978 | 86,300 | 1.3 | 1,100 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1979 | 86,800 | 0.6 | 500 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1980 | 86,821 | 0.0 | 21 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1981 | 86,881 | 0.1 | 60 |
1,602 | 1,036 | - | - |
| 1982 | 87,159 | 0.3 | 278 |
1,209 | 869 | - | - |
| 1983 | 86,962 | -0.2 | -197 |
1,177 | 900 | - | - |
| 1984 | 86,032 | -1.1 | -930 |
1,069 | 885 | - | - |
| 1985 | 85,416 | -0.7 | -616 |
1,026 | 867 | - | - |
| 1986 | 84,440 | -1.1 | -976 |
990 | 896 | - | - |
| 1987 | 82,033 | -2.9 | -2,407 |
891 | 885 | - | - |
| 1988 | 79,734 | -2.8 | -2,299 |
859 | 855 | - | - |
| 1989 | 77,283 | -3.1 | -2,451 |
833 | 866 | - | - |
| 1990 | 76,819 | -0.6 | -464 |
609 | 647 | - | - |
| 1991 | 77,109 | 0.4 | 290 |
1,139 | 1,069 | 37 | 112 |
| 1992 | 77,301 | 0.2 | 192 |
908 | 928 | 7 | 140 |
| 1993 | 78,039 | 1.0 | 738 |
869 | 895 | 27 | 681 |
| 1994 | 78,318 | 0.4 | 279 |
871 | 942 | 31 | 266 |
| 1995 | 78,799 | 0.6 | 481 |
857 | 1,007 | 29 | 532 |
| 1996 | 79,434 | 0.8 | 635 |
876 | 932 | 44 | 593 |
| 1997 | 79,727 | 0.4 | 293 |
949 | 882 | 33 | 109 |
| 1998 | 79,932 | 0.3 | 205 |
868 | 820 | 24 | 142 |
| 1999 | 79,614 | -0.4 | -318 |
946 | 797 | 20 | -437 |
| 2000 | 79,220 | -0.5 | -394 |
- | - | - | - |
| 2001 | 78,328 | -1.1 | -892 |
1,047 | 1,177 | 49 | -744 |
| 2002 | 78,854 | 0.7 | 526 |
895 | 918 | 27 | 578 |
| 2003 | 78,604 | -0.3 | -250 |
838 | 972 | 12 | -15 |
| 2004 | 78,631 | 0.0 | 27 |
937 | 927 | 40 | 30 |
| 2005 | 78,575 | -0.1 | -56 |
896 | 878 | 28 | -31 |
| 2006 | 78,649 | 0.1 | 74 |
906 | 890 | 37 | 58 |
| 2007 | 79,067 | 0.5 | 418 |
886 | 926 | 28 | 422 |
| 2008 | 79,357 | 0.4 | 290 |
898 | 939 | 29 | 276 |
Note: Decade years represent April 1, Census data, not the mid-year estimates.
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