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Bluefield, West Virginia

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The 2000 Census showed that Bluefield had a population of 11,451 people ^<1>. This represents 0.63% of the total population of West Virginia, making it the state's 13th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	11,093	-3.13%	+0.42% since 2007
2007	11,047	-3.53%	+0.38% since 2006
2006	11,005	-3.89%	-0.39% since 2005
2005	11,048	-3.52%	-0.85% since 2004
2004	11,143	-2.69%	-0.4% since 2003
2003	11,188	-2.3%	-0.29% since 2002
2002	11,220	-2.02%
2001	11,229	-1.94%	-1.94% since 2000
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2000	11,451	The Last Census

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance ^<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
10	Martinsburg	NE	231 mi [371.8 km]	17,020	13.68% increase
11	South Charleston	N	79 mi [127.1 km]	12,427	7.19% decrease
12	Saint Albans	NW	83 mi [133.6 km]	10,996	4.94% decrease
-13-	Bluefield			11,093	3.13% decrease
14	Vienna	N	142 mi [228.5 km]	10,536	2.99% decrease
15	Moundsville	N	185 mi [297.7 km]	9,109	8.89% decrease
16	Dunbar	N	81 mi [130.4 km]	7,664	6.01% decrease

Bluefield had 5,966 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Bluefield has an area ^<4> of 8.73 square miles [22.62 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Bluefield had a 2000 population density of 1,311 people per square mile [506 people/km²], making it the state's 110th most densely populated area.

Mercer County

The city of Bluefield is located in Mercer County.

The county had a population of 62,927 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 11,451 people, Bluefield contained 18.2% of the Mercer County total.

In addition, where the community of Bluefield has a population density of 1,311 people per square mile [506 people/km²], Mercer County averages 149.7 people per square mile [57.8 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Mercer County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Bluefield and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Bluefield. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	2	16,236	1.77% decrease
10 mi [16 km]	6	23,633	1.77% decrease
15 mi [24 km]	10	25,606	1.87% decrease
20 mi [32 km]	14	31,324	2.36% decrease
25 mi [40 km]	24	49,123	2.02% decrease
30 mi [48 km]	29	63,097	2.52% decrease

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Bluefield.

A Census Quickfact is available for Mercer County (QF-54055).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Mercer County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Raleigh	QF-54081	N	79,357	0.39% increase
Summers	QF-54089	NE	13,017	9.12% decrease
McDowell	QF-54047	W	22,707	16.29% decrease
Wyoming	QF-54109	NW	23,534	8.01% decrease
Giles (VA)	QF-51071	E	17,249	3.16% increase
Bland (VA)	QF-51021	S	6,918	1.01% increase
Tazewell (VA)	QF-51185	SW	43,787	1.44% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Bluefield:

	State Code:	54 (West Virginia)
	County Code:	055 (Mercer County)
	Place Code:	08524 (Bluefield)

	State & County Code:	54055 (West Virginia/Mercer County)

	State & Place Code:	5408524 (West Virginia/Bluefield)

Bluefield is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Bluefield.

The Commemorative
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West Virginia ^<6>

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For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Bluefield and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Bluefield. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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