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The Weirton–Steubenville, WV–OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as the Upper Ohio Valley, is a metropolitan statistical area consisting of two counties in the Northern Panhandle of
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and one in
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, anchored by the cities of Weirton and
Steubenville Steubenville ( ) is a city in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Located along the Ohio River west of Pittsburgh, it had a population of 18,161 at the 2020 census. The Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area has an es ...
. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 116,903. This puts it at 334th largest in the United States. It is also included in the larger Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton, PA–OH–WV Combined Statistical Area. Centered around the
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, the Upper Ohio Valley was historically a manufacturing center of the United States due to its strategic transportation location.


Demographics

As of the
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of 2000, there were 132,008 people, 54,491 households, and 37,250 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 94.50%
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, 3.91%
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, 0.16% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.02%
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, 0.19% from other races, and 0.88% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 0.61% of the population. The median income for a household in the MSA was $32,531, and the median income for a family was $39,825. Males had a median income of $34,998 versus $19,729 for females. The
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for the MSA was $17,110.


Counties

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Brooke County, West Virginia Brooke County is a county in the Northern Panhandle of the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,559. Its county seat is Wellsburg. The county was created in 1797 from part of Ohio County and named in ho ...
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Hancock County, West Virginia Hancock County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,095. Its county seat is New Cumberland and its largest city is Weirton. The county was created from Brooke County in 1848 and named ...
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Jefferson County, Ohio Jefferson County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 65,249. Its county seat is Steubenville, Ohio, Steubenville. The county is List of Ohi ...


Communities

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Steubenville, Ohio Steubenville ( ) is a city in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Located along the Ohio River west of Pittsburgh, it had a population of 18,161 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Weirton–Steubenville m ...
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Weirton, West Virginia Weirton ( ) is a city in Hancock and Brooke counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located along the Ohio River in the state's Northern Panhandle. The population was 19,163 at the 2020 census, making it the seventh-most populous ...
(Principal city) * Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants **
Chester, West Virginia Chester is a city in Hancock County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,214 at the 2020 census. It is located along the Ohio River in the state's northern panhandle and is the northernmost city in West Virginia. Chester is part o ...
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Follansbee, West Virginia Follansbee is a city in Brooke County, West Virginia, United States, located along the Ohio River. The population was 2,853 at the 2020 census, a decrease from 2,986 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. ...
** Hooverson Heights, West Virginia **
Mingo Junction, Ohio Mingo Junction is a village (United States)#Ohio, village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 3,347 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolita ...
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New Cumberland, West Virginia New Cumberland is a city in Hancock County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. Located along the Ohio River, the population was 1,020 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropol ...
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Newell, West Virginia Newell is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hancock County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,203 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area and i ...
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Tiltonsville, Ohio Tiltonsville is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,259 at the 2020 census. It is a part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. History Tiltonsville was laid out in 1806 by Joh ...
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Toronto, Ohio Toronto is a city in eastern Jefferson County, Ohio, located along the Ohio River northeast of Steubenville. The population was 5,303 at the time of the 2020 census, making it the second-largest city in Jefferson County. It is part of the Wei ...
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Wellsburg, West Virginia Wellsburg is a city in and the county seat of Brooke County, West Virginia, United States. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census recorded a population of 2,455. It is a part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. The city's econom ...
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Wintersville, Ohio Wintersville is a village (United States)#Ohio, village in central Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,609 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. The v ...
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Yorkville, Ohio Yorkville is a village in Belmont and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 968 at the 2020 census. Yorkville lies within two Metropolitan Statistical Areas; the Belmont County portion is part of the Wheeling metr ...
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Adena, Ohio Adena ( ) is a village in Jefferson and Harrison counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 664 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. History When the village was being established, Ohio G ...
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Amsterdam, Ohio Amsterdam is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 436 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. History Amsterdam was laid out in 1828. The community was founded by Dutch ...
** Beech Bottom, West Virginia **
Bergholz, Ohio Bergholz ( ) is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 544 at the 2020 census. The village's name is German and translates to "mountain timber". It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. History ...
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Bethany, West Virginia Bethany is a town in southern Brooke County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 756 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. It is best known as the home of Bethany College, a private libe ...
** Dillonvale, Ohio **
Mount Pleasant, Ohio Mount Pleasant is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 394 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. Founded in 1803 by anti-slavery Quakers, the village was an early center ...
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Smithfield, Ohio Smithfield is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 869 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. Formerly an incorporated village, Smithfield voted to dis ...
* Places with fewer than 500 inhabitants **
Bloomingdale, Ohio Bloomingdale is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 145 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. Bloomingdale is the site of a Camaldolese monastic community at Holy Family ...
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Empire, Ohio Empire is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 232 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. History Empire has been known by several names over the y ...
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Irondale, Ohio Irondale is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 326 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. History Irondale was originally known as Pottsdale, for Samuel Potts, who star ...
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New Alexandria, Ohio New Alexandria is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 232 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. History New Alexandria derives its name from the former proprietor, Ale ...
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Rayland, Ohio Rayland is a village (United States)#Ohio, village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 395 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. H ...
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Richmond, Ohio Richmond is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 412 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. History Richmond was laid out in 1815. A post office called Richmond has been ...
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Stratton, Ohio Stratton is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 267 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. History Stratton gained international attention in 200 ...
* Unincorporated places ** Arnold, West Virginia **
Brilliant, Ohio Brilliant is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in eastern Jefferson County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. It was named after the Brilliant Glass factory that once was located in the town. The population wa ...
** Coketown, West Virginia **
Colliers, West Virginia Colliers is an unincorporated community in Brooke County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The ...
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Congo, West Virginia Congo is an unincorporated community on the Ohio River in Hancock County, West Virginia, United States. It lies off West Virginia Route 2. According to the Geographic Names Information System The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) i ...
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East Springfield, Ohio East Springfield is a census-designated place (CDP) in northwestern Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 43925. It lies along State Route 43, northwest of the county seat of Steubenvi ...
** East Steubenville, West Virginia ** Fairhaven, West Virginia **
Fowlerston, West Virginia Fowlerstown is an unincorporated community in Brooke County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. ...
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Greentown, Ohio Greentown is a census-designated place in northern Stark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,382 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Canton–Massillon metropolitan area. History Greentown was platted ...
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Hammondsville, Ohio Hammondsville is an unincorporated community in central Saline Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. It lies along Ohio State Route 213. History Hammondsville was laid out ...
** Hopewell, Ohio ** Kings Creek, West Virginia **
Lawrenceville, West Virginia Lawrenceville is an unincorporated community in northeastern Hancock County, West Virginia, United States. It is directly adjacent to the city of Chester, and has been closely connected to it throughout its history. It is part of the Weirton–St ...
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Lennyville, West Virginia Lennyville is an unincorporated community in Hancock County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. ...
** Moscow, West Virginia **
New Manchester, West Virginia New Manchester (formerly Fairview and Pughtown) is an unincorporated community in Hancock County, West Virginia, United States. It is located along West Virginia Route 8 northeast of New Cumberland near Tomlinson Run State Park. History New M ...
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New Somerset, Ohio New Somerset is an unincorporated community in northern Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. It lies south of Hammondsville along State Route 213. New Somerset is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolita ...
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Piney Fork, Ohio Piney Fork is an unincorporated community in central Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.1063420 The stream of Piney Fork flows southeast past the community; it meets Short Creek in far western Warren Township, and Shor ...
** Rockdale, West Virginia ** Short Creek, West Virginia ** Sun Valley, West Virginia **
Weems, Ohio Weems, also known as Smithfield Station, is a small unincorporated community in northwestern Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The town began with a post office and butcher shop. The town still claims an active community c ...
** Wolf Run, Ohio * Townships (Jefferson County, Ohio) ** Brush Creek ** Cross Creek ** Island Creek ** Knox ** Mount Pleasant **
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Steubenville Steubenville ( ) is a city in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Located along the Ohio River west of Pittsburgh, it had a population of 18,161 at the 2020 census. The Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area has an es ...
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See also

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Greater Pittsburgh Region Greater Pittsburgh is the metropolitan area surrounding the city of Pittsburgh in Western Pennsylvania, United States. The region includes Allegheny County, Pittsburgh's urban core county and economic hub, and seven adjacent Pennsylvania coun ...
* West Virginia census statistical areas *
Ohio census statistical areas The U.S. currently has 55 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 11 combined statistical areas, 15 metropolitan statistical areas, and 29 micropolitan stat ...


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