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Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change -2,804
  equals Births 5,587
  less Deaths 8,391
Net Migration -750
  equals net International Migration 76
  plus net Domestic Migration -826

The population of the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH MSA changed from 124,280 on 2010 to 120,512 in 2015 -- a change of -3,768 (-3.03%). This report provides a summary of how and why the population has changed during this period and what these factors suggest about future change.

Primary Contributing Factors to Change
The primary contributing factors resulting in population change are 1) natural change (births less deaths) and/or 2) net migration. Eight tables are presented below providing annual data for each component county of the metro and metro summary. The tables provide data on the total population, births, deaths, natural change (births less deaths), international migration, domestic migration and net migration.

From 2010 to 2015 (7/1/2010-6/30/2015), net migration (-750) and natural change (-2,804); were both negative and jointly contributed to the declining metro population. Examine the metro by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the metro population growth or decline.

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Related Sections
  • Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH MSA S&O Report
  • State of the States -- all states interactive table
  • Metro S&O Reports -- all metros interactive table
  • CountyTrends 2010-2015 -- all counties interactive table
  • CountyTrends -- multi-sourced county data
  • Regional Data Analytics Main

Table 1. Population          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg 10-15%Chg 10-15
Jefferson County, OH39081P0000001 69,612 68,882 68,338 67,993 67,703 67,347 -2,265 -3.25
Brooke County, WV54009P0000001 24,007 23,931 23,804 23,712 23,529 23,350 -657 -2.74
Hancock County, WV54029P0000001 30,661 30,526 30,349 30,235 30,081 29,815 -846 -2.76
Total P0000001 124,280 123,339 122,491 121,940 121,313 120,512 -3,768 -3.03
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jefferson County, OH39081B0000001 644 601 634 668 692 693 3,288 
Brooke County, WV54009B0000001 224 192 167 203 167 172 901 
Hancock County, WV54029B0000001 280 303 295 292 252 256 1,398 
Total B0000001 1,148 1,096 1,096 1,163 1,111 1,121 5,587 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jefferson County, OH39081D0000001 852 1,005 976 937 917 943 4,778 
Brooke County, WV54009D0000001 428 365 327 327 277 314 1,610 
Hancock County, WV54029D0000001 308 378 412 382 416 415 2,003 
Total D0000001 1,588 1,748 1,715 1,646 1,610 1,672 8,391 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jefferson County, OH39081NC000001 -208 -404 -342 -269 -225 -250 -1,490 
Brooke County, WV54009NC000001 -204 -173 -160 -124 -110 -142 -709 
Hancock County, WV54029NC000001 -28 -75 -117 -90 -164 -159 -605 
Total NC000001 -440 -652 -619 -483 -499 -551 -2,804 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jefferson County, OH39081MI000001 0 0 -1 0 2 2 3 
Brooke County, WV54009MI000001 8 2 3 5 5 5 20 
Hancock County, WV54029MI000001 0 4 10 11 14 14 53 
Total MI000001 8 6 12 16 21 21 76 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jefferson County, OH39081MD000001 -116 -300 -190 -58 -15 -32 -595 
Brooke County, WV54009MD000001 -64 70 32 24 -68 -29 29 
Hancock County, WV54029MD000001 -16 -70 -67 -7 20 -136 -260 
Total MD000001 -196 -300 -225 -41 -63 -197 -826 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Jefferson County, OH39081MN000001 -116 -300 -191 -58 -13 -30 -592 
Brooke County, WV54009MN000001 -56 72 35 29 -63 -24 49 
Hancock County, WV54029MN000001 -16 -66 -57 4 34 -122 -207 
Total MN000001 -188 -294 -213 -25 -42 -176 -750 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Jefferson County, OH39081GQ000001 2,214 2,332 2,351 2,359 2,360 2,337 123 5.56
Brooke County, WV54009GQ000001 872 872 872 872 873 873 1 0.11
Hancock County, WV54029GQ000001 226 226 226 226 226 226 0 0.00
Total GQ000001 3,312 3,430 3,449 3,457 3,459 3,436 124 3.74

Source: developed by ProximityOne based on Census Bureau and other data.
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