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County · West Virginia
Clay County
7,689Population
-4.5 %Change since 2020
-1Net migration
7.7 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 7,689 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -4.5 %
- Net migration
- -1 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 7.7 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 8,055 (2020)
- Births
- 71 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.2
- Deaths
- 147 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 19.1
- Natural change, 2023
- -76
- International migration
- 0 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -1 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -0.1
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54015
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.7 % |
| 2024 | 7.4 % |
| 2023 | 6.5 % |
| 2022 | 6.7 % |
| 2021 | 8.8 % |
| 2020 | 14.2 % |
| 2019 | 9.7 % |
| 2018 | 9.4 % |
| 2017 | 9.8 % |
| 2016 | 12.0 % |
| 2015 | 10.9 % |
| 2014 | 10.7 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 7,689 |
| 2023 | 7,740 |
| 2022 | 7,819 |
| 2021 | 7,914 |
| 2020 | 8,013 |