Morgantown, West Virginia

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The 2000 Census showed that Morgantown had a population of 26,809 people^<1>. This represents 1.48% of the total population of West Virginia, making it the state's 5th 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
2	Huntington	SW	158 mi [254.3 km]	49,185	4.45% decrease
3	Parkersburg	W	88 mi [141.6 km]	31,611	4.5% decrease
4	Wheeling	NW	49 mi [78.9 km]	28,913	7.98% decrease
-5-	Morgantown			29,642	10.57% increase
6	Weirton	NW	62 mi [99.8 km]	18,748	8.15% decrease
7	Fairmont	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	19,024	0.38% decrease
8	Beckley	SW	144 mi [231.7 km]	16,832	2.45% decrease

Morgantown had 11,721 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Morgantown has an area^<4> of 9.8 square miles [25.38 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Morgantown had a 2000 population density of 2,735 people per square mile [1,056 people/km²], making it the state's 20th most densely populated area.

Monongalia County

The city of Morgantown is located in Monongalia County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 81,914 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 26,809 people, Morgantown contained 32.73% of the Monongalia County total.

In addition, where the community of Morgantown has a population density of 2,735 people per square mile [1,056 people/km²], Monongalia County averages 226.8 people per square mile [87.6 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Monongalia County (QF-54061).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Monongalia County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Preston	QF-54077	SE	30,285	3.41% increase
	Taylor	QF-54091	S	16,158	0.48% increase
	Marion	QF-54049	SW	56,496	---
	Wetzel	QF-54103	W	16,329	7.6% decrease
	Greene (PA)	QF-42059	NW	39,344	3.26% decrease
	Fayette (PA)	QF-42051	NE	143,925	3.09% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

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

Morgantown 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 Morgantown.

The Commemorative Quarter for West Virginia<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding 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) Morgantown. 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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