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

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change -1,890
  equals Births 7,458
  less Deaths 9,348
Net Migration -1,447
  equals net International Migration 183
  plus net Domestic Migration -1,630

The population of the Wheeling, WV-OH MSA changed from 147,854 on 2010 to 144,198 in 2015 -- a change of -3,656 (-2.47%). 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 (-1,447) and natural change (-1,890); 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
  • Wheeling, 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
Belmont County, OH39013P0000001 70,318 70,065 69,638 69,527 69,414 69,154 -1,164 -1.66
Marshall County, WV54051P0000001 33,061 32,844 32,691 32,577 32,310 31,978 -1,083 -3.28
Ohio County, WV54069P0000001 44,475 44,189 44,051 43,694 43,185 43,066 -1,409 -3.17
Total P0000001 147,854 147,098 146,380 145,798 144,909 144,198 -3,656 -2.47
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Belmont County, OH39013B0000001 796 664 656 734 713 720 3,487 
Marshall County, WV54051B0000001 304 321 293 350 322 318 1,604 
Ohio County, WV54069B0000001 424 465 503 482 453 464 2,367 
Total B0000001 1,524 1,450 1,452 1,566 1,488 1,502 7,458 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Belmont County, OH39013D0000001 952 926 935 940 787 812 4,400 
Marshall County, WV54051D0000001 428 410 403 427 401 386 2,027 
Ohio County, WV54069D0000001 436 583 596 598 564 580 2,921 
Total D0000001 1,816 1,919 1,934 1,965 1,752 1,778 9,348 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Belmont County, OH39013NC000001 -156 -262 -279 -206 -74 -92 -913 
Marshall County, WV54051NC000001 -124 -89 -110 -77 -79 -68 -423 
Ohio County, WV54069NC000001 -12 -118 -93 -116 -111 -116 -554 
Total NC000001 -292 -469 -482 -399 -264 -276 -1,890 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Belmont County, OH39013MI000001 8 6 4 5 7 7 29 
Marshall County, WV54051MI000001 8 5 0 0 2 2 9 
Ohio County, WV54069MI000001 12 26 28 29 31 31 145 
Total MI000001 28 37 32 34 40 40 183 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Belmont County, OH39013MD000001 -168 36 -152 95 5 -163 -179 
Marshall County, WV54051MD000001 -44 -136 -33 -47 -170 -225 -611 
Ohio County, WV54069MD000001 152 -165 -71 -186 -423 5 -840 
Total MD000001 -60 -265 -256 -138 -588 -383 -1,630 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Belmont County, OH39013MN000001 -160 42 -148 100 12 -156 -150 
Marshall County, WV54051MN000001 -36 -131 -33 -47 -168 -223 -602 
Ohio County, WV54069MN000001 164 -139 -43 -157 -392 36 -695 
Total MN000001 -32 -228 -224 -104 -548 -343 -1,447 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Belmont County, OH39013GQ000001 3,797 3,799 3,835 3,847 3,841 3,836 39 1.03
Marshall County, WV54051GQ000001 447 447 489 525 447 447 0 0.00
Ohio County, WV54069GQ000001 2,618 2,618 2,596 2,523 2,493 2,492 -126 -4.81
Total GQ000001 6,862 6,864 6,920 6,895 6,781 6,775 -87 -1.27

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