The land area of West Virginia was 24,038 in 2018.

Land Area

Water Area

Land area is a measurement providing the size, in square miles, of the land portions of geographic entities for which the Census Bureau tabulates and disseminates data. Area is calculated from the specific boundary recorded for each entity in the Census Bureau's geographic database. Land area is based on current information in the TIGER® data base, calculated for use with Census 2010.

Water Area figures include inland, coastal, Great Lakes, and territorial sea water. Inland water consists of any lake, reservoir, pond, or similar body of water that is recorded in the Census Bureau's geographic database. It also includes any river, creek, canal, stream, or similar feature that is recorded in that database as a two- dimensional feature (rather than as a single line). The portions of the oceans and related large embayments (such as Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound), the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea that belong to the United States and its territories are classified as coastal and territorial waters; the Great Lakes are treated as a separate water entity. Rivers and bays that empty into these bodies of water are treated as inland water from the point beyond which they are narrower than 1 nautical mile across. Identification of land and inland, coastal, territorial, and Great Lakes waters is for data presentation purposes only and does not necessarily reflect their legal definitions.

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Geographic and Area Datasets Involving West Virginia

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    FY 2021_NCVAS Facilities Data For State Including PR

    www.datahub.va.gov | Last Updated 2023-08-25T19:44:55.000Z

    FY2021 VA facilities data provided by the National Center for Veterans Statistics and Analysis, published in 2023 includes PR

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    Enterprise Zones

    data.richmondgov.com | Last Updated 2024-04-10T19:12:33.000Z

    Enterprise Zones. Zone III originated in 1995 with a 20-year time-span. This zone primarily covered areas in the Downtown area and commercial and industrial properties north of the James River and west of I-95. At that time a portion of residential parcels was included. Eight (8) years later, Henrico County and the City of Richmond applied for a Joint Zone (connecting at Broad Street and Brook Road). At that time, the original 20-year zone time was retained. The Joint Zone (Zone III/formerly North Zone) had a sunset date of December 31, 2014. In 2012, Henrico County contacted the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) requesting that they be allowed 20 years for Zone III as a joint zone resulting in a sunset date of December 31, 2022. At the end of 2014, both the City and Henrico County applied for a Redesignation of Zone III from DHCD; the Redesignation application was approved in January of 2015 by the Virginia Commonwealth resulting in an extension of Zone III for both the City and Henrico County. The official sunset date was set at December 31, 2022. Contentwise, the Redesignated Zone III encompasses the commercial and industrial areas north of the James River including and west of I-95. Also, commercial corridors north of the James River and east of I-95 are included as well as Shockoe Bottom. Lastly, the Hull Street and Hull Street Road Corridors, Belt Boulevard between Hull Street Road and Midlothian Turnpike and Midlothian Turnpike corridor between the City line and Belt Boulevard are incorporated.

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    LEHD LODES 7 Origin-Destination Matrix VA 2013 (MAIN)

    celebratingcities.data.socrata.com | Last Updated 2016-02-27T14:34:26.000Z

    LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) used by OnTheMap are available for download below. Version 7 of LODES was enumerated by 2010 census blocks. Previous versions of LODES were enumerated with 2000 census blocks. Data files are state-based and organized into three types: Origin-Destination (OD), Residence Area Characteristics (RAC), and Workplace Area Characteristics (WAC), all at census block geographic detail. Data is available for most states for the years 2002–2013. To browse the LODES data files in their directory structure or to access them with a FTP program (must be able to access HTTP), go to http://lehd.ces.census.gov/data/lodes/. Check out the data dictionary at http://celebratingcities.github.io/docs.html

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    FY 2021_NCVAS Facilities Data For State Summaries

    www.datahub.va.gov | Last Updated 2023-08-25T19:48:40.000Z

    FY2021 VA facilities data provided by the National Center for Veterans Statistics and Analysis, published in 2023.

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    FY2021 NCVAS Facilities Data Summary Including Territories for 2023 State Summaries

    www.datahub.va.gov | Last Updated 2023-08-25T19:45:24.000Z

    FY 2021 VA facilities data used to populate the NCVAS State summaries created in FY2023.

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    Special Protection Area Review Data

    data.montgomerycountymd.gov | Last Updated 2024-04-26T09:40:13.000Z

    A Special Protection Area (SPA) is a geographic area designated by the County Council which has high quality or unusually sensitive water resources and environmental features that would be threatened by proposed land development if special water quality protection measures were not applied. This dataset tracks reviews for development in all SPAs. Update Frequency : Daily.

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    LEHD LODES 7 Origin-Destination Matrix VA 2013 (AUX)

    celebratingcities.data.socrata.com | Last Updated 2016-02-27T14:32:59.000Z

    LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) used by OnTheMap are available for download below. Version 7 of LODES was enumerated by 2010 census blocks. Previous versions of LODES were enumerated with 2000 census blocks. Data files are state-based and organized into three types: Origin-Destination (OD), Residence Area Characteristics (RAC), and Workplace Area Characteristics (WAC), all at census block geographic detail. Data is available for most states for the years 2002–2013. To browse the LODES data files in their directory structure or to access them with a FTP program (must be able to access HTTP), go to http://lehd.ces.census.gov/data/lodes/. Check out the data dictionary at http://celebratingcities.github.io/docs.html

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    Hudson River Valley Greenway Water Trail Designated Sites

    data.ny.gov | Last Updated 2019-06-10T18:01:48.000Z

    A listing of sites designated as part of the Hudson River Greenway Water Trail— National Water Trail

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    LEHD LODES 7 Residence Area Characteristic VA 2013

    celebratingcities.data.socrata.com | Last Updated 2016-02-27T14:34:58.000Z

    LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) used by OnTheMap are available for download below. Version 7 of LODES was enumerated by 2010 census blocks. Previous versions of LODES were enumerated with 2000 census blocks. Data files are state-based and organized into three types: Origin-Destination (OD), Residence Area Characteristics (RAC), and Workplace Area Characteristics (WAC), all at census block geographic detail. Data is available for most states for the years 2002–2013. To browse the LODES data files in their directory structure or to access them with a FTP program (must be able to access HTTP), go to http://lehd.ces.census.gov/data/lodes/. Check out the data dictionary at http://celebratingcities.github.io/docs.html

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    Iowa Unemployment Insurance Initial Claims by County (Monthly)

    mydata.iowa.gov | Last Updated 2024-04-10T17:07:31.000Z

    This dataset contains Iowa unemployment insurance initial claims by county. County data is based on the claimant’s place of residence. (2011 to date)