CHARLESTON WV METROPOLITAN AREA

The 'Charleston WV metropolitan area' or the 'Charleston Metropolitan Statistical Area' is the largest metro area in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The Census 2004 population estimate has the metro area with a population of 307,763 people in 5 counties. Before the 2000 Census, Kanawha and Putnam were the only 2 counties that made up the Charleston MSA.

Contents

Rankings

Counties

Cities, towns, and other communities

Highways

Interstates

U.S. Highways

WV State Highways

Colleges and universities

External links

Rankings

The population of the Charleston MSA is ranked 148th out of the 361 MSA's.

★ The Charleston-Huntington TV Market is ranked 64th out of 210.

★ The Charleston MSA is ranked 181st out of the 297 Arbitron radio markets.

★ Out of 280 Metropolitan statistical areas ranked by per capita income, the Charleston MSA is ranked 106th. (Census 2000)

★ The MSA is 202 out of 280 ranked by median household income. (Census 2000)

Counties

★ Kanawha County

★ Putnam County

★ Boone County

★ Lincoln County

★ Clay County

Cities, towns, and other communities

Unincorporated communities are in ''italics''.

★ 'Charleston' ★ South Charleston ★ St. Albans ★ ''Cross Lanes'' ★ Nitro ★ Dunbar ★ ''Alum Creek'' ★ ''Institute'' ★ ''Sissonville'' ★ Belle ★ ''Elkview''

★ Buffalo ★ Poca ★ Clay ★ ''Teays Valley'' ★ Hurricane ★ Winfield ★ Madison ★ Hamlin ★ West Hamlin ★ Danville

Highways

Interstates

★ Interstate 77

★ Interstate 79

★ Interstate 64

U.S. Highways

★ U.S. Route 60

★ U.S. Route 35

★ U.S. Route 119
===Appalachian Corridors===

★ Corridor G

WV State Highways

★ West Virginia Route 61 ★ West Virginia Route 62 ★ West Virginia Route 16 ★ West Virginia Route 34 ★ West Virginia Route 3 ★ West Virginia Route 25

★ West Virginia Route 10 ★ West Virginia Route 36 ★ West Virginia Route 114 ★ West Virginia Route 601 ★ West Virginia Route 214 ★ West Virginia Route 501

Colleges and universities

★ University of Charleston

★ West Virginia University Institute of Technology

★ West Virginia State University

★ Marshall University Graduate College

★ WV Junior College

External links

★ The Charleston Area Alliance

★ List of Micropolitan and Metropolitan areas defined by the U.S. Census Bureau