Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH

1959‑1983:		Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV SMSA
1983‑2003:		Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV MSA
2003‑2006:		Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Jefferson County, OH	96,495	99,201	96,193	91,564	80,298	73,894	70,631

Brooke County, WV	26,904	28,940	29,685	31,117	26,992	25,447	24,474

Hancock County, WV	34,388	39,615	39,749	40,418	35,233	32,667	31,191



Total	-	167,756	165,627	163,099	142,523	132,008	126,296
Percent Change	-	-	-1.3%	-1.5%	-12.6%	-7.4%	-4.3%



Total (as currently defined)	157,787	167,756	165,627	163,099	142,523	132,008	126,296
Percent Change	-	6.3%	-1.3%	-1.5%	-12.6%	-7.4%	-4.3%

Timeline

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Component

Jefferson County, OH

Brooke County, WV

Hancock County, WV

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950	1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


Steubenville, OH	35,872	32,495	*	30,771	*	26,400	*	22,125	*	19,015	*	19,314	*

Weirton, WV	24,005	28,201	*	27,131	*	24,736	*	22,124	*	20,411	*	19,544	*



Total	0	60,696		57,902		51,136		44,249		39,426		38,858
Metro	0	167,756		165,627		163,099		142,523		132,008		126,296
Percent		36.2%		35.0%		31.4%		31.0%		29.9%		30.8%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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1960

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1990

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City

Steubenville, OH

Weirton, WV

Urban/Rural Population



1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			98,694	58.8%
		UA Population		81,613	48.6%
	Rural Population			69,062	41.2%

	Inside Central Cities			60,696	36.2%
	Outside Central Cities			107,060	63.8%

	Total Metro Area Population			167,756	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV		81,613	81,613	100.0%

	Total			81,613


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			96,811	58.5%
		UA Population		85,492	51.6%
	Rural Population			68,816	41.5%

	Inside Central Cities			57,902	35.0%
	Outside Central Cities			107,725	65.0%

	Total Metro Area Population			165,627	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV		85,492	85,492	100.0%

	Total			85,492


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			91,373	56.0%
		UA Population		77,179	47.3%
	Rural Population			71,726	44.0%

	Inside Central Cities			51,136	31.4%
	Outside Central Cities			111,963	68.6%

	Total Metro Area Population			163,099	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV-PA		77,651	77,179	99.4%

	Total			77,179


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			81,143	56.9%
		UA Population		68,726	48.2%
	Rural Population			61,380	43.1%

	Inside Central Cities			44,249	31.0%
	Outside Central Cities			98,274	69.0%

	Total Metro Area Population			142,523	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV-PA		69,118	68,726	99.4%

	Total			68,726


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			80,648	61.1%
		UA Population		75,996	57.6%
	Rural Population			51,360	38.9%

	Inside Principal Cities			39,426	29.9%
	Outside Principal Cities			92,582	70.1%

	Total Metro Area Population			132,008	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Weirton, WV-Steubenville, OH-PA		73,710	73,368	99.5%
	Wheeling, WV-OH		87,613	2,628	3.0%

	Total			75,996


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		Jefferson County, OH included as original component of Wheeling-Steubenville, WV-OH SMA
-		Brooke County, WV included as original component of Wheeling-Steubenville, WV-OH SMA
-		Hancock County, WV included as original component of Wheeling-Steubenville, WV-OH SMA
-		Steubenville, OH designated as original central city of new Wheeling-Steubenville, WV-OH SMA


Jun 1959



-		New SMSA: Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV SMSA
-		Jefferson County, OH included as original SMSA component, transferred from Wheeling-Steubenville, WV-OH SMA
-		Brooke County, WV included as original SMSA component, transferred from Wheeling-Steubenville, WV-OH SMA
-		Hancock County, WV included as original SMSA component, transferred from Wheeling-Steubenville, WV-OH SMA
-		Steubenville, OH designated as original central city of new SMSA, transferred from Wheeling-Steubenville, WV-OH SMA
-		Weirton, WV designated as original central city of new SMSA


Jun 2003



-		Title of Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV MSA changed to Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area

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