Martinsburg, West Virginia

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The 2000 Census showed that Martinsburg had a population of 14,972 people^<1>. This represents 0.83% of the total population of West Virginia, making it the state's 10th 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
7	Fairmont	W	115 mi [185.1 km]	19,024	0.38% decrease
8	Beckley	SW	207 mi [333.1 km]	16,832	2.45% decrease
9	Clarksburg	W	127 mi [204.4 km]	16,441	1.8% decrease
-10-	Martinsburg			17,020	13.68% increase
11	South Charleston	W	214 mi [344.4 km]	12,427	7.19% decrease
12	Saint Albans	W	219 mi [352.4 km]	10,996	4.94% decrease
13	Bluefield	SW	231 mi [371.8 km]	11,093	3.13% decrease

Martinsburg had 7,432 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Martinsburg has an area^<4> of 5.03 square miles [13.02 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Martinsburg had a 2000 population density of 2,977 people per square mile [1,149 people/km²], making it the state's 12th most densely populated area.

Berkeley County

The city of Martinsburg is located in Berkeley County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 76,413 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 14,972 people, Martinsburg contained 19.59% of the Berkeley County total.

In addition, where the community of Martinsburg has a population density of 2,977 people per square mile [1,149 people/km²], Berkeley County averages 237.9 people per square mile [91.9 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Martinsburg and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Martinsburg. 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 Martinsburg.

A Census Quickfact is available for Berkeley County (QF-54003).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Berkeley County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Jefferson	QF-54037	SE	51,615	21.62% increase
	Morgan	QF-54065	NW	16,325	8.75% increase
	Washington (MD)	QF-24043	NE	145,384	10.06% increase
	Frederick (VA)	QF-51069	SW	73,898	24.03% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Martinsburg 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 Martinsburg.

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) Martinsburg. 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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