New Haven, West Virginia

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The 2000 Census showed that New Haven had a population of 1,559 people^<1>. This represents 0.09% of the total population of West Virginia, making it the state's 79th 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
76	Sistersville	NE	65 mi [104.6 km]	1,413	11.02% decrease
77	Benwood	NE	96 mi [154.5 km]	1,431	9.72% decrease
78	Ansted	SE	75 mi [120.7 km]	1,577	---
-79-	New Haven			1,528	1.99% decrease
80	Ronceverte	SE	117 mi [188.3 km]	1,603	2.95% increase
81	Glen Dale	NE	92 mi [148.1 km]	1,396	10.05% decrease
82	Oceana	S	91 mi [146.5 km]	1,411	8.97% decrease

New Haven had 728 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that New Haven has an area^<4> of 1.09 square miles [2.82 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, New Haven had a 2000 population density of 1,432 people per square mile [552 people/km²], making it the state's 98th most densely populated area.

Mason County

The town of New Haven is located in Mason County.

The county had a population of 25,965 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 1,559 people, New Haven contained 6% of the Mason County total.

In addition, where the community of New Haven has a population density of 1,432 people per square mile [552 people/km²], Mason County averages 60.1 people per square mile [23.21 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Mason County (QF-54053).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Mason County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Jackson	QF-54035	E	28,157	0.41% increase
	Putnam	QF-54079	S	55,488	7.26% increase
	Cabell	QF-54011	SW	94,631	2.15% decrease
	Gallia (OH)	QF-39053	W	30,912	0.59% decrease
	Meigs (OH)	QF-39105	N	22,722	1.32% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

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

New Haven 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 New Haven.

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) New Haven. 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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