------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950-1959: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH SMA 1959-1983: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH SMSA 1983-2003: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA 2003-2006: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area Population History ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boyd County, KY 49,949* 52,163* 52,376* 55,513* 51,150* 49,752* 49,359* Carter County, KY 22,559 20,817 19,850 25,060 24,340* 26,889* 27,253 Greenup County, KY 24,887 29,238 33,192 39,132* 36,742* 36,891* 37,206* Lawrence County, OH 49,115* 55,438* 56,868* 63,849* 61,834* 62,319* 62,946* Cabell County, WV 108,035* 108,202* 106,918* 106,835* 96,827* 96,784* 93,988* Wayne County, WV 38,696* 38,977* 37,581* 46,021* 41,636* 42,903* 41,959* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 245,795 254,780 253,743 311,350 312,529 315,538 285,458 Percent Change - 3.7% -0.4% 22.7% 0.4% 1.0% -9.5% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total (as currently defined) 270,682 284,018 286,935 311,350 288,189 288,649 285,458 Percent Change - 4.9% 1.0% 8.5% -7.4% 0.2% -1.1% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component Change Timeline ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Component | | | | | | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boyd County, KY ********************************************************* Carter County, KY ********* ********** Greenup County, KY ********************************** Lawrence County, OH ********************************************************* Cabell County, WV ********************************************************* Wayne County, WV ********************************************************* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Population History ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- City 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ashland, KY 31,131* 31,283* 29,245* 27,064* 23,622* 21,981* 21,510* Huntington, WV 86,353* 83,627* 74,315* 63,684* 54,844* 51,475* 49,198* Total 117,484 114,910 103,560 90,748 78,466 73,456 70,708 Metro 245,795 254,780 253,743 311,350 312,529 315,538 285,458 Percent 47.8% 45.1% 40.8% 29.1% 25.1% 23.3% 24.8% Principal/Central City Change Timeline ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 City | | | | | | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ashland, KY ********************************************************* Huntington, WV ********************************************************* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component Change History ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 1950 New SMA: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH SMA Boyd County, KY included as original SMA component Lawrence County, OH included as original SMA component Cabell County, WV included as original SMA component Wayne County, WV included as original SMA component Ashland, KY designated as original central city of new SMA Huntington, WV designated as original central city of new SMA Apr 1973 Greenup County, KY added Jun 1983 Carter County, KY added Dec 1992 Carter County, KY deleted, reverted to nonmetro status Jun 1993 Carter County, KY added Jun 2003 Carter County, KY deleted, reverted to nonmetro status -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------