CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — A report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics shows that in May of this year, 717,000 jobs ...

West Virginia ranks among the most distressed states in child poverty rates and median incomes, in population loss and in working-age adults out of the labor force.

Jan. 13—Governor Jim Justice said Friday that West Virginia has reported its first population gain since 2012. Speaking during his weekly virtual administration briefing, the Republican governor ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After her company told employees in 2017 to start working remotely, customer service representative Haley Miller decided to break from her lifelong home of West Virginia. The ...

West Virginia’s aging population and flight of young adults to other states is a huge driver of West Virginia’s labor force participation rate which remains one of the worst in the nation.

• According to official Census data, West Virginia is the only state to see its population decline between 1950 and 2019. • The state had a small spurts of population growth in the 1970s and ...

Newly released Census Bureau data shows that West Virginia suffered the largest population decline in the country, a drop of nearly 60,000 people, or 3.2 percent in the decade between 2010 and 2020.

Working with the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, jails and prisons across the state are decreasing their population in light of coronavirus concerns. As of Wednesday, no West Virginia ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — After her company told employees in 2017 to start working remotely, customer service representative Haley Miller decided to break from her lifelong home of West Virginia ...

Census figures released Thursday show West Virginia lost a higher percentage of its residents than any other U.S. state. “Our population fell by almost 60,000 people,” said Gov. Jim Justice.

West Virginia continues to lose population. The latest annual report from the U.S. Census Bureau shows West Virginia among nine states that lost population last year. West Virginia is down 11,216 ...

West Virginia sees largest population decline in U.S. From 2010 to 2020, state lost about 59,000 people. By John Raby, Associated Press Published: May 22, 2021, 5:53pm. Share: 6 ...