Clarksburg, West Virginia

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The 2000 Census showed that Clarksburg had a population of 16,743 people^<1>. This represents 0.93% of the total population of West Virginia, making it the state's 9th most populous community.

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

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
6	Weirton	N	79 mi [127.1 km]	18,748	8.15% decrease
7	Fairmont	NE	18 mi [28.97 km]	19,024	0.38% decrease
8	Beckley	S	112 mi [180.2 km]	16,832	2.45% decrease
-9-	Clarksburg			16,441	1.8% decrease
10	Martinsburg	E	127 mi [204.4 km]	17,020	13.68% increase
11	South Charleston	SW	96 mi [154.5 km]	12,427	7.19% decrease
12	Saint Albans	SW	99 mi [159.3 km]	10,996	4.94% decrease

Clarksburg had 8,662 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Clarksburg has an area^<4> of 9.52 square miles [24.66 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Clarksburg had a 2000 population density of 1,758 people per square mile [678 people/km²], making it the state's 71st most densely populated area.

Harrison County

The city of Clarksburg is located in Harrison County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 68,564 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 16,743 people, Clarksburg contained 24.42% of the Harrison County total.

In addition, where the community of Clarksburg has a population density of 1,758 people per square mile [678 people/km²], Harrison County averages 164.8 people per square mile [63.6 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

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 Clarksburg.

A Census Quickfact is available for Harrison County (QF-54033).

Miscellaneous Information

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

Clarksburg 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 Clarksburg.

The Commemorative Quarter for West Virginia<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Clarksburg. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

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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