You can sort these tables by percent change or absolute numbers of people and sort positive or negative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territ

You can sort these tables by percent change or absolute numbers of people and sort positive or negative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories... West Virginia is estimated to have lost 3.3% of its population over the last 9 years. Only a few territories are worse. I've driven through many times and it is a beautiful state. I have a friend working on opioid legal cases and there are so many documents about cities wanting to keep their young people in the state but there aren't enough economic opportunities so people leave or turn to drugs.