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Amherst County

31,650Population
1.1 %Change since 2020
134Net migration
3.5 %Unemployment rate

Facts

Population
31,650 (2024)
Change since 2020
1.1 %
Net migration
134 (2023)
Unemployment rate
3.5 % (2025)
Population base, April 2020
31,311 (2020)
Births
325 (2023)
Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
10.3
Deaths
407 (2023)
Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
12.9
Natural change, 2023
-82
International migration
39 (2023)
Domestic migration
95 (2023)
Net migration per 1,000, 2023
4.2
Postal code
VA
FIPS code
51009

Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS

Unemployment rate, annual average

199020253.55.1
PeriodValue
20253.5 %
20243.1 %
20232.9 %
20222.8 %
20213.5 %
20205.6 %
20193.0 %
20183.2 %
20173.9 %
20164.2 %
20154.7 %
20145.3 %

Population estimates, 2020–2024

2020202431.6K31.3K
PeriodValue
202431,650
202331,559
202231,512
202131,391
202031,313