HUNTINGTON — While there is growth in counties that border another state, most of West Virginia is shrinking.

According to population estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau, 50 of West Virginia’s 55 counties lost population between 2017 and 2018.

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Travis Crum is a reporter for the Herald-Dispatch, in Huntington.

Reach him at 304-526-2801.

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