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County · Pennsylvania
Forest County
6,601Population
-5.4 %Change since 2020
-61Net migration
6.3 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 6,601 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -5.4 %
- Net migration
- -61 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 6.3 % (2025)
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Population base, April 2020
- 6,978 (2020)
- Births
- 20 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 3.0
- Deaths
- 95 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 14.4
- Natural change, 2023
- -75
- International migration
- 3 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -64 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -9.2
- Postal code
- PA
- FIPS code
- 42053
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.3 % |
| 2024 | 5.7 % |
| 2023 | 5.9 % |
| 2022 | 6.4 % |
| 2021 | 8.3 % |
| 2020 | 11.0 % |
| 2019 | 7.1 % |
| 2018 | 6.8 % |
| 2017 | 7.2 % |
| 2016 | 8.4 % |
| 2015 | 8.0 % |
| 2014 | 8.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 6,601 |
| 2023 | 6,486 |
| 2022 | 6,621 |
| 2021 | 6,902 |
| 2020 | 6,964 |