Kanawha County
Recent News About Kanawha County
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Women make up majority of population in Kanawha County in 2021
Of the 181,953 people living in Kanawha County, West Virginia in 2021, 51.5% (93,773) were women and 48.5% (88,180) were men, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained by Charleston Leader.
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Census Bureau: More women than men in Kanawha County in 2020
Of the 181,014 people living in Kanawha County in 2020, 51.8 percent (93,841) were women and 48.2 percent (87,173) were men, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained by the Charleston Leader.
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Census Bureau: More women than men in Kanawha County in 2019
Of the 183,279 people living in Kanawha County in 2019, 51.8 percent (94,962) were women and 48.2 percent (88,317) were men, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained by the Charleston Leader.
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Census Bureau reports Kanawha County population was 181,014 in 2020
Kanawha County had a population of 181,014 people in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained by the Charleston Leader.
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43% unemployed in Kanawha County in 2017
43 percent of Kanawha County residents between 16 and 65 years old were unemployed in 2017, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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44.3% unemployed in Kanawha County in 2018
44.3 percent of Kanawha County residents between 16 and 65 years old were unemployed in 2018, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Kanawha county population decreases by 2,117 people between 2017 and 2018
Kanawha county population decreased by 2,117 people between 2017 and 2018, according to American Community Survey.
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Kanawha County ranked fifth in state for resident earnings in 2017
Kanawha County ranked fifth among counties in West Virginia by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.
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31.7 percent of people 25 or older had an associate's degree or higher in Kanawha County
31.7 percent of people 25 years or older had an associate's degree or higher in Kanawha County in 2017, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Kanawha County ranked eighth in West Virginia for resident earnings in 2018
Kanawha County ranked eighth among counties in West Virginia by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Kanawha County ranked eighth in West Virginia for resident earnings in 2019
Kanawha County ranked eighth among counties in West Virginia by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.