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County · West Virginia
Brooke County
21,285Population
-5.6 %Change since 2020
-88Net migration
4.9 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 21,285 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -5.6 %
- Net migration
- -88 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.9 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 22,558 (2020)
- Births
- 145 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 6.8
- Deaths
- 353 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 16.6
- Natural change, 2023
- -208
- International migration
- 24 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -112 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -4.1
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54009
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.9 % |
| 2024 | 5.3 % |
| 2023 | 4.8 % |
| 2022 | 4.4 % |
| 2021 | 5.9 % |
| 2020 | 8.4 % |
| 2019 | 5.0 % |
| 2018 | 5.7 % |
| 2017 | 5.8 % |
| 2016 | 6.8 % |
| 2015 | 7.1 % |
| 2014 | 7.1 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 21,285 |
| 2023 | 21,438 |
| 2022 | 21,739 |
| 2021 | 22,080 |
| 2020 | 22,484 |