Kanawha

County in West Virginia

County

The population development of Kanawha.

Name	Status	Population Census 1990-04-01	Population Census 2000-04-01	Population Census 2010-04-01	Population Census 2020-04-01
Kanawha	County	207,619	200,073	193,063	180,733	→
West Virginia	State	1,793,477	1,808,344	1,852,994	1,793,759

Contents: Places

The population development of the places in Kanawha.

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Name	Status	County	Population Census 1990-04-01	Population Census 2000-04-01	Population Census 2010-04-01	Population Census 2020-04-01
Alum Creek	Census-Designated Place	Lincoln / Kanawha	1,281	1,653	1,749	1,595	→
Belle	Town	Kanawha	1,367	1,266	1,260	1,159	→
Big Chimney	Census-Designated Place	Kanawha	756	826	627	629	→
Cedar Grove	Town	Kanawha	1,127	908	997	721	→
Charleston	City	Kanawha	57,689	53,819	51,280	48,810	→
Chelyan	Census-Designated Place	Kanawha	956	922	776	681	→
Chesapeake	Town	Kanawha	1,905	1,646	1,550	1,338	→
Clendenin	Town	Kanawha	1,194	1,170	1,225	853	→
Coal Fork	Census-Designated Place	Kanawha	1,436	1,350	1,233	1,039	→
Cross Lanes	Census-Designated Place	Kanawha	10,068	10,353	9,995	9,727	→
Dunbar	City	Kanawha	8,660	8,053	7,853	7,484	→
Dupont City	Census-Designated Place	Kanawha	613	600	574	602	→
East Bank	Town	Kanawha	897	922	959	816	→
Elkview	Census-Designated Place	Kanawha	1,238	1,182	1,222	1,116	→
Eskdale	Census-Designated Place	Kanawha	194	85	117	130	→
Glasgow	Town	Kanawha	968	783	903	709	→
Handley	Town	Kanawha	334	362	349	223	→
Hansford	Census-Designated Place	Kanawha	286	265	213	227	→
Hollygrove	Census-Designated Place	Kanawha	79	65	62	113	→
Institute	Census-Designated Place	Kanawha	749	382	725	569	→
Jefferson	Census-Designated Place	Kanawha	648	751	676	527	→
Malden	Census-Designated Place	Kanawha	404	460	299	444	→
Marmet	City	Kanawha	1,883	1,688	1,503	1,496	→
Montgomery	City	Fayette / Kanawha	2,452	1,933	1,638	1,263	→
Nitro	City	Kanawha / Putnam	7,047	6,821	6,918	6,601	→
Pinch	Census-Designated Place	Kanawha	2,695	2,811	3,262	2,914	→
Pratt	Town	Kanawha	640	560	602	486	→
Rand	Census-Designated Place	Kanawha	2,070	1,794	1,631	1,543	→
Shrewsbury	Census-Designated Place	Kanawha	523	568	652	517	→
Sissonville	Census-Designated Place	Kanawha	4,290	4,399	4,028	4,084	→
Smithers	City	Fayette / Kanawha	1,015	904	816	747	→
South Charleston	City	Kanawha	14,486	13,728	13,688	13,886	→
St. Albans	City	Kanawha	12,259	11,649	11,033	10,861	→
Tornado (Upper Falls)	Census-Designated Place	Kanawha	1,006	1,111	1,119	1,081	→
West Dunbar	Census-Designated Place	Kanawha	888	757	685	617	→

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Explanation: Latest available rebased population figures are used. In case of significant changes, they were recalculated by using census block data.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2020)
Males	87,190
Females	93,555

Age Groups (C 2020)
0-17 years	35,354
18-64 years	106,673
65+ years	38,718

Age Distribution (C 2020)
80+ years	8,787
70-79 years	16,911
60-69 years	27,047
50-59 years	24,312
40-49 years	22,647
30-39 years	21,294
20-29 years	20,536
10-19 years	20,819
0-9 years	18,392

Urbanization (C 2020)
Rural	53,097
Urban	127,648

»Race« (C 2020)
White	153,637
Black/African American	13,592
Indigenous	402
Asian	2,149
Pacific Islander	51
Some other	1,349
2 or more	9,565

Ethnicity (C 2020)
Hispanic or Latino	2,720
Other	178,025