2024 population: 351,122 ( 8,730 from 2020)
Land area: 2499.9 square miles
Population density: 140.5 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	326,726	93.05%	3.2%
Black:	8,621	2.46%	2.5%
Indian:	902	0.26%	8.4%
Asian:	2,896	0.82%	6.6%
2+ races:	6,401	1.82%	11.4%
Hispanic:	5,576	1.59%	20.2%

Total non-White:	24,396	6.95%	9.2%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	14,465	10.0
Deaths:	23,692	16.5
Net Migration:	-407	-0.3
Net Immigration:	830	0.6

Change in White population:	-10,781	-3.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	2,051	0.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
359,852
337,507	93.79%
8,413	2.34%
832	0.23%
2,717	0.76%
5,745	1.60%
4,638	1.29%
22,345	6.21%

2010
364,908
345,798	94.76%
8,183	2.24%
744	0.20%
2,138	0.59%
4,514	1.24%
3,287	0.90%
19,110	5.24%

2000
362,346
347,570	95.92%
7,200	1.99%
626	0.17%
1,594	0.44%
2,816	0.78%
2,356	0.65%
14,776	4.08%

1990
352,406
342,687	97.24%
6,564	1.86%
556	0.16%
1,350	0.38%
n/a
1,249	0.35%
9,719	2.76%

1980
373,206
363,174	97.31%
7,112	1.91%
333	0.09%
781	0.21%
n/a
1,699	0.46%
10,032	2.69%

1970
333,472
323,815	97.10%
8,051	2.41%
130	0.04%
176	0.05%
n/a
1,176	0.35%
9,657	2.90%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
37,621	10.3
40,906	11.2
-11,905	-3.3
359	0.1

-8,291	-2.3
3,235	0.9

Number	Rate
2000's
40,037	11.0
38,057	10.5
358	0.1
826	0.2

-1,772	-0.5
4,334	1.2

Number	Rate
1990's
43,663	12.4
39,112	11.1
3,000	0.9
545	0.2

4,883	1.4
5,057	1.4

Number	Rate
1980's
47,376	12.7
35,684	9.6
-30,499	-8.2
n/a

-20,487	-5.5
-313	-0.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
15,107	4.5
n/a

39,359	11.8
375	0.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
41.7
75,427	21.5%
275,695	78.5%
70,862	20.2%

141,459
2.48

90,665	64.1%
67,837	74.8%
8,434	9.3%
50,794	35.9%

2010
Number	Percent
40.5
80,051	21.9%
284,857	78.1%
57,887	15.9%

148,766
2.40

100,217	67.4%
75,626	75.5%
8,997	9.0%
48,549	32.6%

2000
Number	Percent
38.0
82,061	22.6%
280,285	77.4%
52,909	14.6%

146,641
2.42

103,720	70.7%
83,359	80.4%
8,863	8.5%
42,921	29.3%

1990
Number	Percent
35.2
87,613	24.9%
264,793	75.1%
49,232	14.0%

134,162
2.58

100,616	75.0%
83,548	83.0%
7,554	7.5%
33,546	25.0%

1980
Number	Percent
30.8
108,455	29.1%
264,751	70.9%
42,484	11.4%

131,199
2.81

103,644	79.0%
89,569	86.4%
5,983	5.8%
27,555	21.0%

2022 Housing Data for Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	9,893	7.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	8,916	6.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	7,799	5.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	6,970	4.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	6,228	4.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	6,957	4.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	6,094	4.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	5,886	4.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	5,739	4.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	11,331	8.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	14,364	10.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	16,731	11.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	12,708	9.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	6,961	4.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	7,662	5.4%
$200,000 or more	7,220	5.1%

Median Household Income	56,121
Per Capita Income	31,224

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	84

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	10,970	7.8%
Public Assistance	4,105	2.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	24,390	17.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	134,265	61.3%
Unemployed	7,921	3.6%
In Armed Forces	690	0.3%

Total Labor Force	142,876	65.2%
Not in Labor Force	76,163	34.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		38.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	53,066	42,296	55.6%
Non-Profit	4,967	10,330	32.5%
Self-Employed	5,501	3,826	59.0%

Local Government	4,325	6,297	40.7%
State Government	4,502	5,687	44.2%
Federal Government	2,932	1,959	59.9%

Total Private + Self	58,567	46,122	55.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	16,726	24,273	40.8%
Total	75,293	70,395	51.7%

Pct. Govt.	17.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	17,611	12.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	31,974	21.9%
Professional, Technical	37,089	25.4%
Service Occupations	25,860	17.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	356	0.2%
All others	33,425	22.9%

White Collar		59.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	30,141	20.7%
Retail trade	18,914	13.0%
Educational services	14,820	10.2%
Manufacturing	12,761	8.7%
Accommodation and food services	10,836	7.4%
Construction	9,629	6.6%
Public administration	7,524	5.2%
Other services	6,332	4.3%
Transportation and warehousing	5,964	4.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	5,807	4.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	5,536	3.8%
Finance and insurance	4,234	2.9%
Wholesale trade	3,473	2.4%
Information	2,555	1.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,166	1.5%
Utilities	1,915	1.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,850	1.3%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	895	0.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	548	0.4%
Management	59	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	2,901	0.81%
Puerto Rican	510	0.14%
Cuban	147	0.04%
Dominican	28	0.01%

Total Central American	329	0.09%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	25	0.01%
Honduran	8	0.00%
Nicaraguan	23	0.01%
Panamanian	4	0.00%
Salvadoran	269	0.07%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	239	0.07%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	23	0.01%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	141	0.04%
Ecuadorian	23	0.01%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	32	0.01%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	20	0.01%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	533	0.15%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	561	0.16%
Filipino	329	0.09%
Korean	319	0.09%
Chinese	271	0.08%
Thai	182	0.05%
Japanese	151	0.04%
Laotian	65	0.02%
Vietnamese	63	0.02%
Hmong	44	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	334,324	98.2%
Spanish	2,553	0.8%
Other Indo-European	663	0.2%
Other Asian	536	0.2%
German, other Germanic	531	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	388	0.1%
Korean	361	0.1%
Arabic	266	0.1%
Chinese	260	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	64,243	17.9%
American	51,410	14.3%
Irish	38,328	10.7%
German	37,395	10.4%
Scottish	7,540	2.1%
Italian	7,384	2.1%
Scotch-Irish	6,093	1.7%
European	5,385	1.5%
French	3,176	0.9%
Welsh	2,969	0.8%
Polish	2,685	0.7%
Dutch	2,290	0.6%
British	1,372	0.4%
Scandinavian	1,024	0.3%
Swedish	865	0.2%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	357,091	99.5%
Not a citizen	1,914	0.5%

Native	354,827	98.8%
Foreign-born	4,178	1.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
8,897	3.6%	18,764	7.5%	89,696	35.8%	75,197	30.0%	32,962	13.2%	24,898	9.9%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	8,897	3.6%
9-12 Years	18,764	7.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	89,696	35.8%
Some College	75,197	30.0%
Bach. Degree	32,962	13.2%
Grad Degree	24,898	9.9%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	308,680	285,894	22,786	7.4%
1991	313,696	283,398	30,298	9.7%
1992	318,052	286,630	31,422	9.9%
1993	317,616	287,254	30,362	9.6%
1994	318,168	292,132	26,036	8.2%
1995	318,900	295,970	22,930	7.2%
1996	320,680	298,642	22,038	6.9%
1997	324,180	302,914	21,266	6.6%
1998	325,644	305,348	20,296	6.2%
1999	328,950	307,636	21,314	6.5%

2000	325,602	306,758	18,844	5.8%
2001	326,074	306,472	19,602	6.0%
2002	329,862	308,760	21,102	6.4%
2003	337,362	315,762	21,600	6.4%
2004	339,830	319,554	20,276	6.0%
2005	341,300	321,820	19,480	5.7%
2006	345,314	327,010	18,304	5.3%
2007	347,634	330,582	17,052	4.9%
2008	347,390	329,444	17,946	5.2%
2009	345,842	317,050	28,792	8.3%

2010	324,396	294,318	30,078	9.3%
2011	319,950	291,674	28,276	8.8%
2012	317,992	292,738	25,254	7.9%
2013	312,292	288,304	23,988	7.7%
2014	308,936	288,344	20,592	6.7%
2015	300,666	281,720	18,946	6.3%
2016	300,002	280,760	19,242	6.4%
2017	299,174	281,692	17,482	5.8%
2018	297,510	280,982	16,528	5.6%
2019	298,670	283,450	15,220	5.1%

2020	298,176	273,654	24,522	8.2%
2021	291,354	276,114	15,240	5.2%
2022	294,466	281,712	12,754	4.3%
2023	293,706	280,656	13,050	4.4%
2024	303,944	289,168	14,776	4.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	166,007
Median Value	$142,187

Occupied	141,459	85.2%
Vacant	24,548	14.8%

Owned	103,328	73.0%
Rented	38,131	27.0%
Median Rent	$850

Single-Family Units	121,062	72.9%
Detached	118,927	71.6%
Attached	2,135	1.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	12,982	7.8%
Mobile Homes	22,799	13.7%

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area