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County · Pennsylvania
Fayette County
123,941Population
-3.8 %Change since 2020
87Net migration
5.5 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 123,941 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -3.8 %
- Net migration
- 87 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.5 % (2025)
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Population base, April 2020
- 128,823 (2020)
- Births
- 972 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.8
- Deaths
- 1,954 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 15.8
- Natural change, 2023
- -982
- International migration
- 229 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -142 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 0.7
- Postal code
- PA
- FIPS code
- 42051
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.5 % |
| 2024 | 4.9 % |
| 2023 | 4.9 % |
| 2022 | 5.8 % |
| 2021 | 8.1 % |
| 2020 | 11.4 % |
| 2019 | 5.8 % |
| 2018 | 6.0 % |
| 2017 | 7.0 % |
| 2016 | 7.9 % |
| 2015 | 7.7 % |
| 2014 | 8.0 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 123,941 |
| 2023 | 124,699 |
| 2022 | 125,622 |
| 2021 | 127,136 |
| 2020 | 128,585 |