West Virginia

Bluefield

Peak Population (1950) : 21,506

Current (2020) : 9,658

Percentage Lost : 55.10%

Population Lost : 11,848

Charleston

Peak Population (1960) : 85,796

Current (2020) : 48,816

Percentage Lost : 43.11%

Population Lost : 36,980

Chester

Peak Population (1940) : 3,805

Current (2020) : 2,214

Percentage Lost : 41.81%

Population Lost : 1,591

Clarksburg

Peak Population (1950) : 32,014

Current (2020) : 16,061

Percentage Lost : 49.84%

Population Lost : 15,953

Dunbar

Peak Population (1960) : 11,006

Current (2020) : 7,477

Percentage Lost : 32.07%

Population Lost : 3,529

Fairmont

Peak Population (1950) : 29,346

Current (2020) : 18,416

Percentage Lost : 37.25%

Population Lost : 10,930

Hinton

Peak Population (1930) : 6,654

Current (2020) : 2,266

Percentage Lost : 65.95%

Population Lost : 4,388

Huntington

Peak Population (1950) : 86,353

Current (2020) : 45,746

Percentage Lost : 47.03%

Population Lost : 40,607

Kenova

Peak Population (1970) : 4,860

Current (2020) : 3,030

Percentage Lost : 37.65%

Population Lost : 1,830

Logan

Peak Population (1940) : 5,166

Current (2020) : 1,438

Percentage Lost : 72.16%

Population Lost : 3,728

Mannington

Peak Population (1920) : 3,673

Current (2020) : 1,961

Percentage Lost : 46.61%

Population Lost : 1,712

McMechen

Peak Population (1940) : 3,726

Current (2020) : 1,714

Percentage Lost : 54.00%

Population Lost : 2,012

Montgomery

Peak Population (1950) : 3,484

Current (2020) : 1,280

Percentage Lost : 63.26%

Population Lost : 2,204

Moundsville

Peak Population (1960) : 15,163

Current (2020) : 8,122

Percentage Lost : 46.44%

Population Lost : 7,041

Parkersburg

Peak Population (1960) : 44,797

Current (2020) : 29,746

Percentage Lost : 33.60%

Population Lost : 15,051

Richwood

Peak Population (1930) : 5,720

Current (2020) : 1,661

Percentage Lost : 70.96%

Population Lost : 4,059

Sistersville

Peak Population (1920) : 3,238

Current (2020) : 1,413

Percentage Lost : 56.36%

Population Lost : 1,825

South Charleston

Peak Population (1960) : 19,180

Current (2020) : 13,647

Percentage Lost : 28.85%

Population Lost : 5,533

Weirton

Peak Population (1960) : 28,201

Current (2020) : 19,163

Percentage Lost : 32.05%

Population Lost : 9,038

Welch

Peak Population (1950) : 6,603

Current (2020) : 1,914

Percentage Lost : 71.02%

Population Lost : 4,689

Wellsburg

Peak Population (1930) : 6,398

Current (2020) : 2,455

Percentage Lost : 61.63%

Population Lost : 3,943

Weston

Peak Population (1950) : 8,945

Current (2020) : 3,952

Percentage Lost : 55.82%

Population Lost : 4,993

Wheeling

Peak Population (1930) : 61,659

Current (2020) : 27,052

Percentage Lost : 56.13%

Population Lost : 34,607

Williamson

Peak Population (1930) : 9,410

Current (2020) : 3,042

Percentage Lost : 67.67%

Population Lost : 6,368