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County · West Virginia
Gilmer County
7,116Population
-4.1 %Change since 2020
-13Net migration
4.4 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 7,116 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -4.1 %
- Net migration
- -13 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 7,418 (2020)
- Births
- 43 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 6.0
- Deaths
- 117 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 16.4
- Natural change, 2023
- -74
- International migration
- 27 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -40 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -1.8
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54021
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4 % |
| 2024 | 5.0 % |
| 2023 | 4.3 % |
| 2022 | 4.4 % |
| 2021 | 5.8 % |
| 2020 | 8.6 % |
| 2019 | 5.7 % |
| 2018 | 5.2 % |
| 2017 | 6.0 % |
| 2016 | 6.9 % |
| 2015 | 7.6 % |
| 2014 | 6.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 7,116 |
| 2023 | 7,221 |
| 2022 | 7,309 |
| 2021 | 7,396 |
| 2020 | 7,399 |