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County · West Virginia
Boone County
20,496Population
-6.0 %Change since 2020
-156Net migration
5.2 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 20,496 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -6.0 %
- Net migration
- -156 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.2 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 21,810 (2020)
- Births
- 198 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.7
- Deaths
- 369 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 18.0
- Natural change, 2023
- -171
- International migration
- 9 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -165 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -7.6
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54005
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.2 % |
| 2024 | 4.6 % |
| 2023 | 4.1 % |
| 2022 | 4.4 % |
| 2021 | 6.0 % |
| 2020 | 10.1 % |
| 2019 | 5.4 % |
| 2018 | 5.9 % |
| 2017 | 6.3 % |
| 2016 | 9.1 % |
| 2015 | 9.5 % |
| 2014 | 9.1 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 20,496 |
| 2023 | 20,600 |
| 2022 | 20,925 |
| 2021 | 21,361 |
| 2020 | 21,746 |