West Virginia
State of the United States of America
Also known as The Mountain State · Almost Heaven · WV · West Virginia, United States · State of West Virginia · W. Va.
- Country
- Located in
- Area
- 62,755 km²
- Elevation
- 455 m
- Population
- 1,793,716(April 1, 2020)
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Sources- 1.Stated in 2020 United States Censusdata.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Populations%20and%20People&g=0100000US,%241600000&y=2020Retrieved 2022-03-20
- , 1,844,128(2015)
- , 1,852,994(April 1, 2010)
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- +10 more
- 1,793,716(April 1, 2020)
- Founded
- June 20, 1863
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
273 statements · 21% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Shares border with
- Ohio statement is subject of: Q3088793 · direction relative to location: northwest
- Pennsylvania statement is subject of: Q2376656 · direction relative to location: northeast
- Q1370 statement is subject of: Q3088994 · direction relative to location: southeast
- Maryland statement is subject of: Q3089126 · direction relative to location: northeast
- Kentucky statement is subject of: Q3089092 · direction relative to location: southwest
- Short name
- WV(since 1963)
- W. Va. used by: Q2928358
- W.Va. used by: Associated Press
- Nickname
- Mountain State
- Motto text
- Montani semper liberi
- Highest point
- Q1815535 elevation: 1,482 m
- Lowest point
- Q179444 elevation: 110 m
- Contains the administrative territorial entity
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- Q494081
- Q504830
- Q504842
- Q494223
- Q494203
- Q493610
- Q504863
- Q370310
- Q504850
- Q504856
- Q490946
- Q501800
- Q495147
- Q495151
- Q495160
- Q504846
- Q504838
- Q501830
- Q501804
- Q501823
- Q510407
- Q494598
- Q488649
- Q488769
- Q490953
- Q283657
- Q847676
- Q490903
- Q377952
- Q501312
- Q495157
- Q501809
- Q501815
- Q501819
- Q501839
- Q501835
- Q501827
- Q511095
- Q118743
- Q511069
- Q495175
- Q495126
- Q495137
- Q501858
- Q501555
- Q501331
- Q501843
- Demonym
- West Virginian
- Okcident-Virginiano
- Water as percent of area
- 0.79%
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- 0.79%
- Coordinates of geographic center
- 38.6409°N, 80.6227°W directions: 4.9 mi (7.9 km) east-southeast of Sutton
- Geoshape
- Data:WestVirginia.map
- Maximum temperature record
- 112°F(July 10, 1936)
- Minimum temperature record
- -37°F(December 30, 1917)
- Coordinates of northernmost point
- 40.6390°N, 80.5190°W location: Q504863
- Marriageable age
- 18 years old applies to part: Q27177113 · criterion used: Q106834069
- Compulsory education (maximum age)
- 17 years old
- Related category
- Q6986323 category contains: Wikimedia list article
- Per capita income
- $27,346(December 31, 2020) statement supported by: 2016–2020 American Community Survey
- Mean age
- 42.7(December 31, 2020) statement supported by: 2016–2020 American Community Survey
- Number of households
- 734,235(December 31, 2020) statement supported by: 2016–2020 American Community Survey
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Sources- 1.Stated in 2016–2020 American Community Surveydata.census.gov/cedsci/table?d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Detailed%20TablesRetrieved 2022-05-05
- 734,235(December 31, 2020) statement supported by: 2016–2020 American Community Survey
- Hashtag
- WestVirginia
- Minimum wage
- 8.75(2023)
- Official name
- State of West Virginia
- Native label
- West Virginia
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On other databases
124 identifiers linking West Virginia across the web's reference databases
- AGROVOC IDc_8360
- AllTrails trail IDus/west-virginia
- ArchINFORM location ID3794
- Babelio subject ID535329
- BabelNet ID00056106n
- Ballotpedia IDWest_Virginia
- BBC News topic IDcwlw3xz01r3t
- BBC Things ID126d52c5-1c8e-4e75-9a92-0c606f992436
- BHL creator ID26956
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID119565806
- Bing entity ID8a47255a-fae3-4faa-aa32-c6f384cb6c1d
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDwest-virginia
- C-SPAN organization ID14363
- CAB ID39133
- Catholic Encyclopedia ID15605a
- CiNii Research ID1140845216723109248
- Comic Vine ID4020-56569
- Curlie IDRegional/North_America/United_States/West_Virginia/
- Data Commons IDgeoId/54
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--754
- Domain namewv.gov
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/West-Virginia
- Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present entry ID1247
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)Fi2Dv
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)560939
- FactGrid item IDQ901326
- FAST ID1205316
- FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)US54
- FIPS 5-2 alpha code (US states)WV
- FIPS 5-2 numeric code (US states)54
- Freebase ID/m/081mh
- GACS ID19711
- GADM IDUSA.49_1
- GCMD keyword ID5f5917c3-7225-47d1-b465-03d7b8338060
- GeoNames ID4826850
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7013961
- GitHub topicwest-virginia
- Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online IDWest Virginia (USA)
- GND ID4119079-8
- GNIS Feature ID1779805
- Golden ID (archived)West_Virginia-99V33
- Google Maps Customer ID13474989338321041987
- Google News topics IDCAAqIQgKIhtDQkFTRGdvSUwyMHZNRGd4YldnU0FtVnVLQUFQAQ
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDvirginia-de-loest
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0071290
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDVest-Virginia
- Harper's tagwest-virginia
- HASCUS.WV
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID66053
- ICPSR Geographic Names Thesaurus ID31055
- IdRef ID027548996
- IMDb keywordwest-virginia
- INaturalist place ID33
- Interlingual Index IDi84747
- ISNI0000000404243173
- ISO 3166-2 codeUS-WV
- J9U entity ID987007561791105171
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID14878
- KBpedia IDWestVirginia-State
- KnowWhereGraph entity IDadministrativeRegion.USA.54
- Larousse IDautre-region/wd/149108
- LC and MARC vocabularies IDcountries/wvu
- Le Figaro tag IDVirginie-Occidentale
- Lex IDWest_Virginia
- Libraries Australia ID35738265
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79059831
- Marine Regions Geographic ID19469
- MeSH concept IDM0022930
- MeSH descriptor IDD014903
- MeSH term IDT043500
- MeSH tree codeZ01.107.567.875.075.900
- MusicBrainz area IDbb32d812-8161-44e1-8a73-7a0d4a6d3f96
- NACSIS-CAT author IDDA04814706
- NALT ID63643
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/B0AB547B-0D3E-4DED-A63C-2ED43FB35673
- National Library of Brazil ID000093244
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000975539
- National Library of Lithuania IDLNB:V*11392;=BC
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX5082457
- Natural Atlas ID1929677
- NE.se IDwest-virginia
- NL CR AUT IDge258103
- NSK (VIAF) ID000379426
- NSK ID981005796410909366
- OBO Gazetteer ID00004414
- OHDSI ID4221938
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning370196
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3996652
- Open Civic Data Division IDocd-division/country:us/state:wv
- OpenAlex IDC3020306683