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County · West Virginia
Braxton County
12,051Population
-3.2 %Change since 2020
82Net migration
4.6 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 12,051 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -3.2 %
- Net migration
- 82 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.6 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 12,446 (2020)
- Births
- 105 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.7
- Deaths
- 205 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 17.0
- Natural change, 2023
- -100
- International migration
- 0 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 82 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 6.8
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54007
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.6 % |
| 2024 | 5.7 % |
| 2023 | 5.0 % |
| 2022 | 6.1 % |
| 2021 | 7.0 % |
| 2020 | 10.6 % |
| 2019 | 7.6 % |
| 2018 | 7.0 % |
| 2017 | 7.7 % |
| 2016 | 8.8 % |
| 2015 | 8.7 % |
| 2014 | 9.3 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 12,051 |
| 2023 | 12,139 |
| 2022 | 12,158 |
| 2021 | 12,297 |
| 2020 | 12,396 |