Counties in West Virginia by natural change, July to June

Monongalia County had the highest natural change, July to June of 55 counties in 2016, at 358. Kanawha County had the lowest, at -345. The median was -48 and the figure for West Virginia was -3,116. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Lowest-345Kanawha County
Median-4855 counties
West Virginia-3,116History

Map of counties, 2016

Barbour County: -30 personsBerkeley County: 326 personsBoone County: -96 personsBraxton County: -61 personsBrooke County: -185 personsCabell County: -174 personsCalhoun County: -7 personsClay County: -11 personsDoddridge County: -12 personsFayette County: -151 personsGilmer County: -24 personsGrant County: -26 personsGreenbrier County: -137 personsHampshire County: -23 personsHancock County: -138 personsHardy County: -3 personsHarrison County: -73 personsJackson County: -22 personsJefferson County: 117 personsKanawha County: -345 personsLewis County: -40 personsLincoln County: -48 personsLogan County: -224 personsMcDowell County: -132 personsMarion County: -96 personsMarshall County: -106 personsMason County: -120 personsMercer County: -202 personsMineral County: -50 personsMingo County: -79 personsMonongalia County: 358 personsMonroe County: -20 personsMorgan County: -87 personsNicholas County: -29 personsOhio County: -136 personsPendleton County: -5 personsPleasants County: -8 personsPocahontas County: -14 personsPreston County: -40 personsPutnam County: -2 personsRaleigh County: -268 personsRandolph County: -92 personsRitchie County: -4 personsRoane County: -65 personsSummers County: -68 personsTaylor County: -1 personsTucker County: -24 personsTyler County: -25 personsUpshur County: -44 personsWayne County: -80 personsWebster County: -50 personsWetzel County: 5 personsWirt County: 1 personsWood County: -108 personsWyoming County: -138 persons
  • Under -95
  • -95 to -27
  • -27 to 0
  • 0 to 42
  • 42 to 260
  • 260 and over
persons, 2016. Red areas are below zero and blue areas above it. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2016

Monongalia County: 358 personsMonongalia County358Berkeley County: 326 personsBerkeley County326Jefferson County: 117 personsJefferson County117Wetzel County: 5 personsWetzel County5Wirt County: 1 personsWirt County1Taylor County: -1 personsTaylor County-1Putnam County: -2 personsPutnam County-2Hardy County: -3 personsHardy County-3Ritchie County: -4 personsRitchie County-4Pendleton County: -5 personsPendleton County-5Calhoun County: -7 personsCalhoun County-7Pleasants County: -8 personsPleasants County-8Clay County: -11 personsClay County-11Doddridge County: -12 personsDoddridge County-12Pocahontas County: -14 personsPocahontas County-14Monroe County: -20 personsMonroe County-20Jackson County: -22 personsJackson County-22Hampshire County: -23 personsHampshire County-23Gilmer County: -24 personsGilmer County-24Tucker County: -24 personsTucker County-24Tyler County: -25 personsTyler County-25Grant County: -26 personsGrant County-26Nicholas County: -29 personsNicholas County-29Barbour County: -30 personsBarbour County-30Lewis County: -40 personsLewis County-40Preston County: -40 personsPreston County-40Upshur County: -44 personsUpshur County-44Lincoln County: -48 personsLincoln County-48Mineral County: -50 personsMineral County-50Webster County: -50 personsWebster County-50Braxton County: -61 personsBraxton County-61Roane County: -65 personsRoane County-65Summers County: -68 personsSummers County-68Harrison County: -73 personsHarrison County-73Mingo County: -79 personsMingo County-79Wayne County: -80 personsWayne County-80Morgan County: -87 personsMorgan County-87Randolph County: -92 personsRandolph County-92Boone County: -96 personsBoone County-96Marion County: -96 personsMarion County-96Marshall County: -106 personsMarshall County-106Wood County: -108 personsWood County-108Mason County: -120 personsMason County-120McDowell County: -132 personsMcDowell County-132Ohio County: -136 personsOhio County-136Greenbrier County: -137 personsGreenbrier County-137Hancock County: -138 personsHancock County-138Wyoming County: -138 personsWyoming County-138Fayette County: -151 personsFayette County-151Cabell County: -174 personsCabell County-174Brooke County: -185 personsBrooke County-185Mercer County: -202 personsMercer County-202Logan County: -224 personsLogan County-224Raleigh County: -268 personsRaleigh County-268Kanawha County: -345 personsKanawha County-345Monongalia County: 358 personsMonongalia County358Berkeley County: 326 personsBerkeley County326Jefferson County: 117 personsJefferson County117Wetzel County: 5 personsWetzel County5Wirt County: 1 personsWirt County1Taylor County: -1 personsTaylor County-1Putnam County: -2 personsPutnam County-2Hardy County: -3 personsHardy County-3Ritchie County: -4 personsRitchie County-4Pendleton County: -5 personsPendleton County-5Calhoun County: -7 personsCalhoun County-7Pleasants County: -8 personsPleasants County-8Clay County: -11 personsClay County-11Doddridge County: -12 personsDoddridge County-12Pocahontas County: -14 personsPocahontas County-14Monroe County: -20 personsMonroe County-20Jackson County: -22 personsJackson County-22Hampshire County: -23 personsHampshire County-23Gilmer County: -24 personsGilmer County-24Tucker County: -24 personsTucker County-24Tyler County: -25 personsTyler County-25Grant County: -26 personsGrant County-26Nicholas County: -29 personsNicholas County-29Barbour County: -30 personsBarbour County-30Lewis County: -40 personsLewis County-40Preston County: -40 personsPreston County-40Upshur County: -44 personsUpshur County-44Lincoln County: -48 personsLincoln County-48Mineral County: -50 personsMineral County-50Webster County: -50 personsWebster County-50Braxton County: -61 personsBraxton County-61Roane County: -65 personsRoane County-65Summers County: -68 personsSummers County-68Harrison County: -73 personsHarrison County-73Mingo County: -79 personsMingo County-79Wayne County: -80 personsWayne County-80Morgan County: -87 personsMorgan County-87Randolph County: -92 personsRandolph County-92Boone County: -96 personsBoone County-96Marion County: -96 personsMarion County-96Marshall County: -106 personsMarshall County-106Wood County: -108 personsWood County-108Mason County: -120 personsMason County-120McDowell County: -132 personsMcDowell County-132Ohio County: -136 personsOhio County-136Greenbrier County: -137 personsGreenbrier County-137Hancock County: -138 personsHancock County-138Wyoming County: -138 personsWyoming County-138Fayette County: -151 personsFayette County-151Cabell County: -174 personsCabell County-174Brooke County: -185 personsBrooke County-185Mercer County: -202 personsMercer County-202Logan County: -224 personsLogan County-224Raleigh County: -268 personsRaleigh County-268Kanawha County: -345 personsKanawha County-345
persons. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2016
persons
Change on 2015
1Monongalia County Estimated358-29.7%
2Berkeley County Estimated326-14.2%
3Jefferson County Estimated117+19.4%
4Wetzel County Estimated5+111.6%
5Wirt County Estimated1+105.9%
6Taylor County Estimated-1+97.6%
7Putnam County Estimated-2-104.5%
8Hardy County Estimated-3+90.3%
9Ritchie County Estimated-4+87.1%
10Pendleton County Estimated-5+85.7%
11Calhoun County Estimated-7+75%
12Pleasants County Estimated-8+73.3%
13Clay County Estimated-11-266.7%
14Doddridge County Estimated-12+42.9%
15Pocahontas County Estimated-14+50%
16Monroe County Estimated-20+70.1%
17Jackson County Estimated-22-144.4%
18Hampshire County Estimated-23+4.2%
19Gilmer County Estimated-24-26.3%
19Tucker County Estimated-24-300%
21Tyler County Estimated-25+16.7%
22Grant County Estimated-26-766.7%
23Nicholas County Estimated-29+57.4%
24Barbour County Estimated-300%
25Lewis County Estimated-40-8.1%
25Preston County Estimated-40-185.7%
27Upshur County Estimated-44-309.5%
28Lincoln County Estimated-48-152.6%
29Mineral County Estimated-50-8.7%
29Webster County Estimated-50-31.6%
31Braxton County Estimated-61-862.5%
32Roane County Estimated-65-3.2%
33Summers County Estimated-68+34.6%
34Harrison County Estimated-73-73.8%
35Mingo County Estimated-79-464.3%
36Wayne County Estimated-80+31%
37Morgan County Estimated-87-20.8%
38Randolph County Estimated-92-61.4%
39Boone County Estimated-96+15%
39Marion County Estimated-96-24.7%
41Marshall County Estimated-106-49.3%
42Wood County Estimated-108+21.7%
43Mason County Estimated-120-150%
44McDowell County Estimated-132-10.9%
45Ohio County Estimated-1360%
46Greenbrier County Estimated-137-13.2%
47Hancock County Estimated-138+6.8%
47Wyoming County Estimated-138-31.4%
49Fayette County Estimated-151+13.7%
50Cabell County Estimated-174-5.5%
51Brooke County Estimated-185-41.2%
52Mercer County Estimated-202-35.6%
53Logan County Estimated-224-46.4%
54Raleigh County Estimated-268-43.3%
55Kanawha County Estimated-345+31.8%

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Estimated births minus deaths of residents from July 1 of the previous year through June 30 of the reported year. A negative value means more deaths than births.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021 (Counties in West Virginia by natural change, July to June, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html

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Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021, Counties in West Virginia by natural change, July to June, 2016. U.S. Census Bureau, 26 Mar. 2026, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-july-june/west-virginia-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. Counties in West Virginia by natural change, July to June, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-july-june/west-virginia-counties?period=2016.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021, Counties in West Virginia by natural change, July to June, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-july-june/west-virginia-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest natural change, July to June?

Monongalia County, with 358 in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest natural change, July to June?

Kanawha County, with -345 in 2016.

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