The Parkersburg–Vienna metropolitan area, officially the Parkersburg–Vienna, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area as defined by the

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, is an area consisting of two counties in

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, anchored by the cities of Parkersburg and

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 89,490. Prior to the 2020 census, the metro area included the city of

Marietta, Ohio Marietta is a city in Washington County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is located in Appalachian Ohio, southeastern Ohio at the confluence of the Muskingum River, Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, northeast of Parkersburg, West Virginia ...

and Washington County, which has since been redefined as its own micropolitan area. They now form the Parkersburg–Marietta–Vienna, WV–OH Combined Statistical Area.

Counties

Wirt County, West Virginia Wirt County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,194, making it the least populous county in West Virginia. Its county seat is Elizabeth. The county was created in 1848 by the Virginia Ge ...

Wood County, West Virginia Wood County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 84,296, making it West Virginia's fifth-most populous county. Its county seat is Parkersburg. The county was formed in 1798 from the west ...

Washington County, Ohio Washington County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 59,711. Its county seat is Marietta. The county, the oldest in the state, is named for George Washington. Wa ...

Communities

Places with 10,000 to 30,000 inhabitants

Parkersburg, West Virginia Parkersburg is a city in Wood County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. Located at the confluence of the Ohio River, Ohio and Little Kanawha River, Little Kanawha rivers, it is the state's List of municipalities in West Virginia ...

(Principal city) *

Vienna, West Virginia Vienna () is a city in Wood County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Ohio River. The population was 10,676 at the 2020 census. It is the second-largest city in the Parkersburg–Vienna metropolitan area. History In 1794, Joseph ...

(Principal city)

Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

Belmont, West Virginia Belmont is a town in Pleasants County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Parkersburg–Vienna metropolitan area. The population was 872 at the 2020 census. Belmont was incorporated on April 19, 1946, by the Circuit Court of Pleas ...

Belpre, Ohio Belpre (historically spelled Belpré; pronounced ) is a city in Washington County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River across from Parkersburg, West Virginia. The population was 6,728 at the 2020 census. Its name derives from "Belle Pra ...

Beverly, Ohio Beverly is a village in Washington County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,233 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Marietta micropolitan area. History Beverly was established by the Ohio Company in 1789. A post office called Bev ...

* Blennerhassett, West Virginia (

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) * Boaz, West Virginia (census-designated place) *

Devola, Ohio Devola is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washington County, Ohio, United States, along the Muskingum River. It is part of the Parkersburg- Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,639 at the 2020 census. ...

(census-designated place) * Lubeck, West Virginia (census-designated place) * Mineral Wells, West Virginia (census-designated place) * St. Marys, West Virginia *

Washington, West Virginia Washington is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wood County, West Virginia, Wood County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Ohio River. It is part of the Parkersburg, West Virginia, Parkersburg-Marietta, Ohio, Marietta-Vienna, West ...

(census-designated place) *

Williamstown, West Virginia Williamstown is a city in Wood County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Parkersburg–Vienna metropolitan area. The population was 2,997 at the 2020 census. The now closed Fenton Art Glass Company was loca ...

Places with less than 1,000 inhabitants

Elizabeth, West Virginia Elizabeth is a town in and the county seat of Wirt County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Little Kanawha River. The population was 724 as of the 2020 census. History The site of Elizabeth was first settled by William Beauch ...

Lowell, Ohio Lowell is a village in Washington County, Ohio, United States, along the Muskingum River. The population was 549 at the 2020 census. The village is located about north of Marietta, Ohio. History The first European settlers to the land that w ...

* Lower Salem, Ohio * Macksburg, Ohio *

Matamoras, Ohio Matamoras, also known as New Matamoras, is a village in Washington County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 702 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Marietta micropolitan area. History The Matamoras vicinity was f ...

* North Hills, West Virginia

Unincorporated places

* Barlow, Ohio * Bartlett, Ohio * Burning Springs, West Virginia * Calcutta, West Virginia * Coal Run, Ohio *

Cutler, Ohio Cutler is an unincorporated community in southwestern Fairfield Township, Washington County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 45724. It lies at the intersection of State Route 555 and County Road 59 near Gilbert ...

* Fleming, Ohio * Germantown, Ohio * Hebron, West Virginia *

Little Hocking, Ohio Little Hocking is a census-designated place in southern Belpre Township, Washington County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 45742. The population of the CPD was 244 at the 2020 census. Little Hocking lies along ...

* Newport, Ohio * Palestine, West Virginia * Pine Grove, West Virginia *

Reno, Ohio Reno is a census-designated place in southern Marietta Township, Washington County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 45773. It is located on the Ohio River a short distance south of the county seat of Marietta. ...

* Vincent, Ohio *

Waterford, Ohio Waterford is a census-designated place in central Waterford Township, Washington County, Ohio, United States. It is located on State Route 339 across the Muskingum River from the village of Beverly, slightly below where Wolf Creek meets t ...

* Watertown, Ohio * Whipple, Ohio * Wingett Run, Ohio

Townships (Washington County, Ohio)

* Adams * Aurelius * Barlow * Belpre * Decatur * Dunham * Fairfield * Fearing * Grandview *

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* Lawrence *

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* Marietta * Muskingum * Newport *

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* Salem * Warren *

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* Watertown * Wesley

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 164,624 people, 66,583 households, and 46,390 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 97.41%

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, 0.93%

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, 0.23% Native American, 0.45% Asian, 0.04%

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, 0.13% from other races, and 0.80% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.54% of the population. The median income for a household in the MSA was $32,761, and the median income for a family was $38,427. Males had a median income of $31,772 versus $26,499 for females. The

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for the MSA was $16,769.

References

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