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County · West Virginia
Berkeley County
136,287Population
11.6 %Change since 2020
2,928Net migration
3.6 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 136,287 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 11.6 %
- Net migration
- 2,928 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.6 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 122,070 (2020)
- Births
- 1,656 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.2
- Deaths
- 1,320 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.7
- Natural change, 2023
- 336
- International migration
- 187 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 2,741 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 21.5
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54003
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.6 % |
| 2024 | 3.2 % |
| 2023 | 3.1 % |
| 2022 | 2.8 % |
| 2021 | 3.5 % |
| 2020 | 5.8 % |
| 2019 | 3.4 % |
| 2018 | 3.8 % |
| 2017 | 3.4 % |
| 2016 | 3.7 % |
| 2015 | 4.8 % |
| 2014 | 5.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 136,287 |
| 2023 | 132,851 |
| 2022 | 129,538 |
| 2021 | 126,194 |
| 2020 | 122,699 |