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County · West Virginia
Hancock County
28,054Population
-3.6 %Change since 2020
146Net migration
5.4 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 28,054 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -3.6 %
- Net migration
- 146 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.4 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 29,098 (2020)
- Births
- 220 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.8
- Deaths
- 432 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 15.4
- Natural change, 2023
- -212
- International migration
- 16 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 130 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 5.2
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54029
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.4 % |
| 2024 | 5.6 % |
| 2023 | 5.5 % |
| 2022 | 4.7 % |
| 2021 | 6.0 % |
| 2020 | 9.5 % |
| 2019 | 5.0 % |
| 2018 | 5.5 % |
| 2017 | 5.8 % |
| 2016 | 6.7 % |
| 2015 | 7.6 % |
| 2014 | 7.9 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 28,054 |
| 2023 | 28,191 |
| 2022 | 28,265 |
| 2021 | 28,604 |
| 2020 | 29,043 |