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County · West Virginia
Barbour County
15,369Population
-0.6 %Change since 2020
119Net migration
5.2 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 15,369 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -0.6 %
- Net migration
- 119 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.2 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 15,459 (2020)
- Births
- 163 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.6
- Deaths
- 234 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 15.2
- Natural change, 2023
- -71
- International migration
- 23 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 96 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 7.7
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54001
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.2 % |
| 2024 | 5.0 % |
| 2023 | 5.1 % |
| 2022 | 4.7 % |
| 2021 | 5.6 % |
| 2020 | 8.7 % |
| 2019 | 6.2 % |
| 2018 | 6.0 % |
| 2017 | 6.0 % |
| 2016 | 6.9 % |
| 2015 | 7.2 % |
| 2014 | 6.6 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 15,369 |
| 2023 | 15,443 |
| 2022 | 15,397 |
| 2021 | 15,447 |
| 2020 | 15,462 |