West Virginia was expected to lose a House seat because of the state’s population decline; West Virginia had six House districts until the 1960 census when it lost one seat. It later lost seats ...

In 2010, the population of the Mountain State stood at 1.85 million, but by 2020, that number had declined to 1.79 million people, per the US Census.

Justice said that West Virginia "is the only state to decline in population over the last 70 years." That’s correct. Every other state gained at least 142,000 residents during that period.

According to newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau, West Virginia lost a higher percentage of its residents than any other state in the nation. From 2010 to 2020, the population dropped ...

West Virginia has seen a higher percentage of residents depart than any other state in the past decade ...