Every 10 years, the United States counts itself. We use the Census to decide how many seats each state has in the U.S. House of Representatives. But the Census also tells us about ourselves. It provides data about our age and race, about where we live and what kind of work we do.
In December 2000, the U.S. Bureau of the Census released state-by-state population numbers that are used for Congressional apportionment. Starting March 28, the agency began releasing more detailed demographic information.
The Charleston Gazette will provide detailed coverage of Census 2000, what it says about West Virginia, and what it means to our readers.
May 30, 2002
21.4% of families still live in poverty
Overall, West Virginia families were better off in 2000 than they were in 1990.
November 28, 2001
West Virginia again leads the nation in homeownership, according to a Census report released Tuesday ...
November 20, 2001
West Virginia comes up last in a host of rankings to be released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
October 31, 2001
More West Virginians were living in emergency shelters last year than in 1990, according to new Cens ...
August 31, 2001
Fewer West Virginia children and teens were poor in 1998 than in 1997, according to new Census estim ...
August 6, 2001
Like most home-based ventures, Cheryl Ranson's jewelry business started as a hobby.
August 6, 2001
MORE West Virginians are living in mobile homes and getting college degrees.
July 29, 2001
CENSUS WON'T REPORT THEIR POPULATION, CITING OPPOSITION FROM ADVOCATES
Billy Lee Richardson Jr. grabbed the toe of his white tube sock and
pulled it right sid ...
July 22, 2001
MORE THAN 10,000 REPORT NATIVE AMERICAN BLOOD IN STATE
ELMIRA - For most of his life, Rick Rivard has been "other."
July 18, 2001
On any weekday morning, dozens of people are crowded on four
benches, tucked into corn ...
July 18, 2001
CENSUS FINDS BIG STATEWIDE INCREASE IN GAY COUPLES
IN 1990, no same-sex couples lived in Charleston, according to the
U.S. Census. Only 3 ...
May 20, 2001
SINGLE PARENTS, UNMARRIED PARTNERS, CHILDLESS MARRIED PEOPLE ALTER HOUSEHOLD MAKEUP
On most days, Marcia Pittman is home to greet her children as they
come through the do ...
May 18, 2001
RESIDENTS ALSO LIVE ALONE, NUMBERS REVEAL
During the 1990s, about 44,000 more West Virginians became homeowners.
May 18, 2001
AGING POPULATION PART OF STATE'S 'CULTURAL STRENGTH,' DOCTOR SAYS
By 11:30 each weekday morning, a gray basement room in South
Charleston fills with cheerful ...
May 7, 2001
ADVERTISERS FIND AUDIENCES USING LATEST CENSUS DATA
Limuel "Woody" Woods moved from Fort Wayne, Ind., last year to
become the first black ...
April 8, 2001
MCDOWELL COUNTY IS HOME TO ONE OF STATE'S MOST DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS ... AND THE LEAST
ELKHORN - Her smooth hands flutter as her soft Southern voice rises and
falls. In a small, w ...
April 1, 2001
MINORITIES FINALLY GET FAIR SHAKE IN CENSUS
On Census Day 1990, Stephanie Fot was 7 years old, and she was
white.
March 31, 2001
EASTERN PANHANDLE TOWNS STRUGGLE WITH D.C. BEDROOM-COMMUNITY STATUS
CHARLES TOWN - When you drive down the Eastern Panhandle's rolling
roads, the landscape beco ...
March 30, 2001
RESHAPED DISTRICTS COULD COST CAPITO EASTERN PANHANDLE
Because of the 2000 Census, West Virginia's sole Republican in
Congress may find herself wit ...
March 30, 2001
Putnam County seems to be on a roll. Its population jumped by
more than 20 percent in the '9 ...
March 29, 2001
EASTERN PANHANDLE GROWING ; COALFIELD COUNTIES
In the 1990s, West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle communities continued
their boom. Population ...
March 29, 2001
The Eastern Panhandle's voice in the Legislature will grow stronger at
the expense of the so ...
March 29, 2001
CHARLESTON LOSES RESIDENTS BUT STAYS ABOVE 50,000 MARK
Betty Morton moved with her family to Charleston's East End 45 years
ago. Among other reason ...
March 29, 2001
PUTNAM SHOWS 20 PERCENT INCREASE
During the 1990s, Kanawha County lost three generations of the Gandee
family to Teays Valley ...
December 29, 2000
West Virginia has 1,808,344 people, the U.S. Census Bureau announced on
Thursday.
December 25, 2000
Will the Kanawha County legislators who call themselves
"The Four Horsemen" find their numbe ...
December 25, 2000
POPULATION SHIFTS MAY FORCE A CHANGE IN THE WAY RESIDENTS ARE REPRESENTED
Forty years ago, West Virginia sent six people to the U.S. House of
Representatives. The sta ...
December 24, 2000
RESPONSE WOES MAKE DETECTING RESIDENTS HARDER
DAVY - Residents in one of the state's poorest towns weren't surprised
that most of their ne ...
December 24, 2000
'ADJUSTED' CENSUS COUNT COULD COST STATE CASH
Last spring, elected officials across West Virginia became big-time
census boosters.
December 24, 2000
DEBATE OVER METHODS GROWS WITH ADVANCES
In January 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Census Bureau not
to use certain kinds o ...
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