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Table 13

WEST VIRGINIA

Hate Crime Incidents

per Bias Motivation and Quarter

by Agency, 2012

Agency type Agency name Number of incidents per bias motivation Number of incidents per quarter1 Population2
Race Religion Sexual
orientation 		Ethnicity Disability 1st
quarter 		2nd
quarter 		3rd
quarter 		4th
quarter
Total 20 1 5 0 1
Cities 10 1 3 0 1
Beckley 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 17,675
Clarksburg 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 16,649
Elkins 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7,108
Fairmont 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18,764
Huntington 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 49,254
Martinsburg 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17,487
Morgantown 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 30,294
Weirton 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19,652
Universities and Colleges 2 0 0 0 0
West Liberty University 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2,789
West Virginia Tech 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1,316
Metropolitan Counties 6 0 2 0 0
Brooke 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Fayette 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hancock 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Kanawha 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
Wayne 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nonmetropolitan Counties 2 0 0 0 0
Nicholas 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
  • 1 Agencies published in this table indicated that at least one hate crime incident occurred in their respective jurisdictions during the quarter(s) for which they submitted a report to the Hate Crime Statistics Program.
  • 2 Population figures are published only for the cities. The figures listed for the universities and colleges are student enrollment and were provided by the United States Department of Education for the 2011 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.

Data Declaration

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