<page_title> Wheeling, West Virginia metropolitan area </page_title> <section_title> Demographics </section_title> <table> <cell> 2000 <col_header> Historical population </col_header> <col_header> Census </col_header> </cell> <cell> 153,172 <col_header> Historical population </col_header> <col_header> Pop. </col_header> </cell> </table>
In the 2000 census, the population of Wheeling was 153,172.