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County · West Virginia
Fayette County
38,600Population
-4.7 %Change since 2020
40Net migration
4.8 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 38,600 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -4.7 %
- Net migration
- 40 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.8 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 40,499 (2020)
- Births
- 370 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.6
- Deaths
- 731 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 18.9
- Natural change, 2023
- -361
- International migration
- 26 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 14 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 1.0
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54019
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.8 % |
| 2024 | 4.3 % |
| 2023 | 4.2 % |
| 2022 | 4.5 % |
| 2021 | 6.1 % |
| 2020 | 9.7 % |
| 2019 | 5.4 % |
| 2018 | 5.9 % |
| 2017 | 6.1 % |
| 2016 | 7.7 % |
| 2015 | 8.3 % |
| 2014 | 8.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 38,600 |
| 2023 | 39,079 |
| 2022 | 39,411 |
| 2021 | 40,059 |
| 2020 | 40,445 |