Mercer County, WV [54055] Demographic Characteristics & Trends
  -- a component of the Bluefield, WV-VA metropolitan area [14140] -- click link to view metro S&O report

This document brings together several 2017 vintage population estimates developed by the Census Bureau for this area developed and released separately in 2018. These official model-based estimates are developed and updated annually. The data presesentation here provides more comprehensive insights into demographic characteristics and trends for this area than available elsewhere. ProximityOne uses these data to develop Situation & Outlook (S&O) estimates and projections to 2060. See related table. Join us in weekly Data Analytics Lab web sessions to discuss organization and use of these and related data. The S&O Trends Analysis package used to develop these tables is available to present/analyze these data with wide-ranging additional detail and alternative data formats.   • Bookmark this page -- http://proximityone.com/trends/cty1706037.htm; share with others.   • View profile for other counties -- http://proximityone.com/countytrends2017.htm; use link in table.

Table 1. Population & Components of Change -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	62,340	62,502	62,360	61,842	61,686	61,038	60,494	59,753	-2,587
Births	...	761	803	736	732	752	696	701	740
Deaths	...	898	951	928	893	902	883	883	905
Natural Increase	...	-137	-148	-192	-161	-150	-187	-182	-165
Net Migration	...	299	19	-320	17	-496	-355	-559	-199
International	...	24	0	2	-1	0	-1	0	3
Domestic	...	275	19	-322	18	-496	-354	-559	-203

Table 2. Population by Gender & Group Quarters Population -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	62,340	62,502	62,360	61,842	61,686	61,038	60,494	59,753	-2,587
Male	29,790	29,899	29,884	29,644	29,554	29,215	28,953	28,623	-1,167
Female	32,550	32,603	32,476	32,198	32,132	31,823	31,541	31,130	-1,420
Group Quarters	...	1,188	1,110	1,110	1,110	1,110	1,110	1,112	-76

Table 3. Population by Race/Origin -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	62,340	62,502	62,360	61,842	61,686	61,038	60,494	59,753	-2,587
White alone	57,182	57,282	57,078	56,509	56,311	55,689	55,182	54,504	-2,678
Black alone	3,827	3,849	3,860	3,854	3,841	3,789	3,755	3,693	-134
AIAN alone	144	149	144	138	150	151	156	145	1
Asian alone	329	319	320	351	351	354	366	364	35
NHOPI alone	3	5	5	5	5	4	5	6	3
Two+ Races	855	898	953	985	1,028	1,051	1,030	1,041	186
Hispanic (any race)	479	507	568	603	637	655	667	657	178

Table 4. Population by Age by Race/Origin -- 2017

Population	Total	White alone	Black alone	AIAN alone	Asian alone	NHOPI alone	Two+ Races	Hispanic (any race)
Total	59,753	54,504	3,693	145	364	6	1,041	657
Age 0-4	3,507	3,021	257	11	16	2	200	90
Age 5-9	3,569	3,058	278	7	16	1	209	76
Age 10-14	3,214	2,792	256	11	14	1	140	53
Age 15-19	3,448	3,021	274	11	28	0	114	52
Age 20-24	3,540	3,143	296	9	27	0	65	62
Age 25-29	3,885	3,505	290	4	41	1	44	54
Age 30-34	3,065	2,790	218	7	22	0	28	31
Age 35-39	3,442	3,161	222	8	23	1	27	39
Age 40-44	3,466	3,235	182	12	18	0	19	31
Age 45-49	3,683	3,455	183	7	21	0	17	28
Age 50-54	3,695	3,462	187	10	14	0	22	23
Age 55-59	4,029	3,751	219	13	18	0	28	29
Age 60-64	4,433	4,092	281	8	23	0	29	26
Age 65-69	4,318	4,012	240	7	25	0	34	19
Age 70-74	3,206	3,041	117	4	25	0	19	7
Age 75-79	2,235	2,116	78	3	14	0	24	20
Age 80-84	1,520	1,424	66	4	11	0	15	5
Age 85 up	1,498	1,425	49	9	8	0	7	12

Table 5. Population by Single Year of Age -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Age 0000	744	749	795	726	723	745	689	693	-51
Age 0101	733	783	731	749	736	678	750	672	-61
Age 0202	716	739	760	734	771	724	695	734	18
Age 0303	737	744	743	743	728	747	722	693	-44
Age 0404	659	748	744	731	750	724	745	715	56
Age 0505	654	674	750	743	724	735	713	739	85
Age 0606	657	658	686	734	728	713	744	710	53
Age 0707	670	657	660	669	716	705	712	706	36
Age 0808	715	657	679	648	659	699	714	704	-11
Age 0909	678	718	654	662	638	650	696	710	32
Age 1010	689	679	732	653	670	636	630	680	-9
Age 1111	712	700	683	720	659	655	641	635	-77
Age 1212	717	698	702	679	734	667	634	624	-93
Age 1313	740	722	706	699	681	743	657	632	-108
Age 1414	749	753	702	704	704	674	726	643	-106
Age 1515	776	741	770	704	714	701	668	715	-61
Age 1616	750	782	745	770	720	724	695	669	-81
Age 1717	723	780	788	759	779	727	722	701	-22
Age 1818	788	730	758	755	732	724	695	708	-80
Age 1919	870	764	695	743	728	688	694	655	-215
Age 2020	908	876	754	710	745	744	692	724	-184
Age 2121	815	866	819	729	673	699	712	647	-168
Age 2222	799	867	911	873	814	713	737	740	-59
Age 2323	738	792	848	897	873	766	679	719	-19
Age 2424	718	752	780	831	926	862	778	710	-8
Age 2525	694	735	725	770	828	899	830	744	50
Age 2626	664	692	721	716	747	802	882	823	159
Age 2727	687	664	676	692	707	749	786	859	172
Age 2828	674	672	663	664	674	683	740	758	84
Age 2929	676	688	670	652	652	647	672	701	25
Age 3030	742	681	692	643	636	627	630	632	-110
Age 3131	733	733	689	684	653	622	623	595	-138
Age 3232	760	743	735	663	680	651	609	611	-149
Age 3333	742	766	754	735	673	671	641	596	-146
Age 3434	676	744	777	738	732	670	667	631	-45
Age 3535	740	669	735	749	726	722	665	646	-94
Age 3636	736	724	650	726	737	719	724	659	-77
Age 3737	759	731	736	661	724	737	697	717	-42
Age 3838	743	783	725	728	675	728	739	689	-54
Age 3939	797	753	772	696	729	657	727	731	-66
Age 4040	794	795	746	769	702	731	653	698	-96
Age 4141	733	803	792	746	784	689	722	629	-104
Age 4242	758	742	800	782	745	765	665	716	-42
Age 4343	766	750	747	801	789	739	769	674	-92
Age 4444	719	775	748	742	783	781	722	749	30
Age 4545	790	728	764	741	750	779	776	726	-64
Age 4646	779	790	721	762	730	734	766	770	-9
Age 4747	822	786	791	730	744	720	736	756	-66
Age 4848	812	815	779	770	729	725	712	733	-79
Age 4949	842	807	808	772	772	708	725	698	-144
Age 5050	842	837	809	808	755	771	708	730	-112
Age 5151	895	838	841	797	799	753	767	693	-202
Age 5252	924	884	835	827	781	784	739	753	-171
Age 5353	919	940	886	830	821	774	779	740	-179
Age 5454	938	928	927	877	810	835	754	779	-159
Age 5555	1,022	938	924	911	870	802	810	737	-285
Age 5656	942	1,016	947	927	926	862	793	807	-135
Age 5757	987	940	1,009	921	914	913	844	777	-210
Age 5858	986	971	929	992	915	909	902	823	-163
Age 5959	980	965	955	917	969	902	904	885	-95
Age 6060	986	983	955	965	912	959	894	898	-88
Age 6161	983	974	974	953	957	893	941	879	-104
Age 6262	916	969	949	960	934	916	865	917	1
Age 6363	920	916	973	955	948	919	908	861	-59
Age 6464	747	897	910	938	932	928	900	878	131
Age 6565	740	725	872	894	929	905	913	881	141
Age 6666	663	733	706	861	857	927	882	890	227
Age 6767	714	652	715	696	832	847	901	861	147
Age 6868	670	699	640	697	675	823	831	871	201
Age 6969	578	655	697	628	692	673	811	815	237
Age 7070	551	559	640	667	604	668	652	788	237
Age 7171	523	527	540	628	644	592	647	632	109
Age 7272	542	514	514	520	616	623	581	631	89
Age 7373	526	518	490	490	508	587	602	569	43
Age 7474	478	501	506	480	471	492	564	586	108
Age 7575	447	452	485	490	464	458	473	537	90
Age 7676	416	432	435	471	463	451	442	464	48
Age 7777	421	395	422	407	459	445	434	429	8
Age 7878	402	403	381	404	388	449	424	412	10
Age 7979	404	373	372	355	385	373	422	393	-11
Age 8080	409	371	353	352	330	354	354	399	-10
Age 8181	355	383	334	318	326	300	321	321	-34
Age 8282	325	324	348	296	291	302	276	297	-28
Age 8383	310	297	289	317	265	260	269	249	-61
Age 8484	274	291	292	266	286	257	250	254	-20
Age 8585	1,512	1,504	1,495	1,530	1,532	1,534	1,519	1,498	-14
Age 0517	9,230	9,219	9,257	9,144	9,126	9,029	8,952	8,868	-362