Counties in West Virginia by natural change, July to June

Monongalia County had the highest natural change, July to June of 55 counties in 2017, at 369. Kanawha County had the lowest, at -644. The median was -62 and the figure for West Virginia was -4,187. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Lowest-644Kanawha County
Median-6255 counties
West Virginia-4,187History

Map of counties, 2017

Barbour County: -9 personsBerkeley County: 344 personsBoone County: -73 personsBraxton County: -46 personsBrooke County: -116 personsCabell County: -297 personsCalhoun County: -26 personsClay County: -59 personsDoddridge County: -15 personsFayette County: -213 personsGilmer County: -14 personsGrant County: 5 personsGreenbrier County: -164 personsHampshire County: -116 personsHancock County: -231 personsHardy County: 17 personsHarrison County: -183 personsJackson County: -86 personsJefferson County: 63 personsKanawha County: -644 personsLewis County: -79 personsLincoln County: -27 personsLogan County: -208 personsMcDowell County: -118 personsMarion County: -26 personsMarshall County: -100 personsMason County: -85 personsMercer County: -170 personsMineral County: -92 personsMingo County: -62 personsMonongalia County: 369 personsMonroe County: -56 personsMorgan County: -110 personsNicholas County: -101 personsOhio County: -158 personsPendleton County: -32 personsPleasants County: -28 personsPocahontas County: -8 personsPreston County: -45 personsPutnam County: -62 personsRaleigh County: -200 personsRandolph County: -53 personsRitchie County: -28 personsRoane County: -76 personsSummers County: -116 personsTaylor County: -38 personsTucker County: -12 personsTyler County: -34 personsUpshur County: -15 personsWayne County: -130 personsWebster County: -43 personsWetzel County: -86 personsWirt County: 0 personsWood County: -185 personsWyoming County: -110 persons
  • Under -110
  • -110 to -50
  • -50 to 0
  • 0 to 10
  • 10 to 160
  • 160 and over
persons, 2017. 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, 2017

Monongalia County: 369 personsMonongalia County369Berkeley County: 344 personsBerkeley County344Jefferson County: 63 personsJefferson County63Hardy County: 17 personsHardy County17Grant County: 5 personsGrant County5Wirt County: 0 personsWirt County0Pocahontas County: -8 personsPocahontas County-8Barbour County: -9 personsBarbour County-9Tucker County: -12 personsTucker County-12Gilmer County: -14 personsGilmer County-14Doddridge County: -15 personsDoddridge County-15Upshur County: -15 personsUpshur County-15Calhoun County: -26 personsCalhoun County-26Marion County: -26 personsMarion County-26Lincoln County: -27 personsLincoln County-27Pleasants County: -28 personsPleasants County-28Ritchie County: -28 personsRitchie County-28Pendleton County: -32 personsPendleton County-32Tyler County: -34 personsTyler County-34Taylor County: -38 personsTaylor County-38Webster County: -43 personsWebster County-43Preston County: -45 personsPreston County-45Braxton County: -46 personsBraxton County-46Randolph County: -53 personsRandolph County-53Monroe County: -56 personsMonroe County-56Clay County: -59 personsClay County-59Mingo County: -62 personsMingo County-62Putnam County: -62 personsPutnam County-62Boone County: -73 personsBoone County-73Roane County: -76 personsRoane County-76Lewis County: -79 personsLewis County-79Mason County: -85 personsMason County-85Jackson County: -86 personsJackson County-86Wetzel County: -86 personsWetzel County-86Mineral County: -92 personsMineral County-92Marshall County: -100 personsMarshall County-100Nicholas County: -101 personsNicholas County-101Morgan County: -110 personsMorgan County-110Wyoming County: -110 personsWyoming County-110Brooke County: -116 personsBrooke County-116Hampshire County: -116 personsHampshire County-116Summers County: -116 personsSummers County-116McDowell County: -118 personsMcDowell County-118Wayne County: -130 personsWayne County-130Ohio County: -158 personsOhio County-158Greenbrier County: -164 personsGreenbrier County-164Mercer County: -170 personsMercer County-170Harrison County: -183 personsHarrison County-183Wood County: -185 personsWood County-185Raleigh County: -200 personsRaleigh County-200Logan County: -208 personsLogan County-208Fayette County: -213 personsFayette County-213Hancock County: -231 personsHancock County-231Cabell County: -297 personsCabell County-297Kanawha County: -644 personsKanawha County-644Monongalia County: 369 personsMonongalia County369Berkeley County: 344 personsBerkeley County344Jefferson County: 63 personsJefferson County63Hardy County: 17 personsHardy County17Grant County: 5 personsGrant County5Wirt County: 0 personsWirt County0Pocahontas County: -8 personsPocahontas County-8Barbour County: -9 personsBarbour County-9Tucker County: -12 personsTucker County-12Gilmer County: -14 personsGilmer County-14Doddridge County: -15 personsDoddridge County-15Upshur County: -15 personsUpshur County-15Calhoun County: -26 personsCalhoun County-26Marion County: -26 personsMarion County-26Lincoln County: -27 personsLincoln County-27Pleasants County: -28 personsPleasants County-28Ritchie County: -28 personsRitchie County-28Pendleton County: -32 personsPendleton County-32Tyler County: -34 personsTyler County-34Taylor County: -38 personsTaylor County-38Webster County: -43 personsWebster County-43Preston County: -45 personsPreston County-45Braxton County: -46 personsBraxton County-46Randolph County: -53 personsRandolph County-53Monroe County: -56 personsMonroe County-56Clay County: -59 personsClay County-59Mingo County: -62 personsMingo County-62Putnam County: -62 personsPutnam County-62Boone County: -73 personsBoone County-73Roane County: -76 personsRoane County-76Lewis County: -79 personsLewis County-79Mason County: -85 personsMason County-85Jackson County: -86 personsJackson County-86Wetzel County: -86 personsWetzel County-86Mineral County: -92 personsMineral County-92Marshall County: -100 personsMarshall County-100Nicholas County: -101 personsNicholas County-101Morgan County: -110 personsMorgan County-110Wyoming County: -110 personsWyoming County-110Brooke County: -116 personsBrooke County-116Hampshire County: -116 personsHampshire County-116Summers County: -116 personsSummers County-116McDowell County: -118 personsMcDowell County-118Wayne County: -130 personsWayne County-130Ohio County: -158 personsOhio County-158Greenbrier County: -164 personsGreenbrier County-164Mercer County: -170 personsMercer County-170Harrison County: -183 personsHarrison County-183Wood County: -185 personsWood County-185Raleigh County: -200 personsRaleigh County-200Logan County: -208 personsLogan County-208Fayette County: -213 personsFayette County-213Hancock County: -231 personsHancock County-231Cabell County: -297 personsCabell County-297Kanawha County: -644 personsKanawha County-644
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

RankCounties2017
persons
Change on 2016
1Monongalia County Estimated369+3.1%
2Berkeley County Estimated344+5.5%
3Jefferson County Estimated63-46.2%
4Hardy County Estimated17+666.7%
5Grant County Estimated5+119.2%
6Wirt County Estimated0-100%
7Pocahontas County Estimated-8+42.9%
8Barbour County Estimated-9+70%
9Tucker County Estimated-12+50%
10Gilmer County Estimated-14+41.7%
11Doddridge County Estimated-15-25%
11Upshur County Estimated-15+65.9%
13Calhoun County Estimated-26-271.4%
13Marion County Estimated-26+72.9%
15Lincoln County Estimated-27+43.8%
16Pleasants County Estimated-28-250%
16Ritchie County Estimated-28-600%
18Pendleton County Estimated-32-540%
19Tyler County Estimated-34-36%
20Taylor County Estimated-38-3,700%
21Webster County Estimated-43+14%
22Preston County Estimated-45-12.5%
23Braxton County Estimated-46+24.6%
24Randolph County Estimated-53+42.4%
25Monroe County Estimated-56-180%
26Clay County Estimated-59-436.4%
27Mingo County Estimated-62+21.5%
27Putnam County Estimated-62-3,000%
29Boone County Estimated-73+24%
30Roane County Estimated-76-16.9%
31Lewis County Estimated-79-97.5%
32Mason County Estimated-85+29.2%
33Jackson County Estimated-86-290.9%
33Wetzel County Estimated-86-1,820%
35Mineral County Estimated-92-84%
36Marshall County Estimated-100+5.7%
37Nicholas County Estimated-101-248.3%
38Morgan County Estimated-110-26.4%
38Wyoming County Estimated-110+20.3%
40Brooke County Estimated-116+37.3%
40Hampshire County Estimated-116-404.3%
40Summers County Estimated-116-70.6%
43McDowell County Estimated-118+10.6%
44Wayne County Estimated-130-62.5%
45Ohio County Estimated-158-16.2%
46Greenbrier County Estimated-164-19.7%
47Mercer County Estimated-170+15.8%
48Harrison County Estimated-183-150.7%
49Wood County Estimated-185-71.3%
50Raleigh County Estimated-200+25.4%
51Logan County Estimated-208+7.1%
52Fayette County Estimated-213-41.1%
53Hancock County Estimated-231-67.4%
54Cabell County Estimated-297-70.7%
55Kanawha County Estimated-644-86.7%

Other periods

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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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Monongalia County, with 369 in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Kanawha County, with -644 in 2017.

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