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County · West Virginia
Hardy County
14,335Population
0.3 %Change since 2020
148Net migration
3.6 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 14,335 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 0.3 %
- Net migration
- 148 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.6 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 14,297 (2020)
- Births
- 144 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.0
- Deaths
- 194 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 13.5
- Natural change, 2023
- -50
- International migration
- 13 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 135 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 10.3
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54031
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.6 % |
| 2024 | 3.5 % |
| 2023 | 3.4 % |
| 2022 | 3.2 % |
| 2021 | 3.9 % |
| 2020 | 5.7 % |
| 2019 | 4.1 % |
| 2018 | 4.3 % |
| 2017 | 3.9 % |
| 2016 | 4.4 % |
| 2015 | 7.3 % |
| 2014 | 8.3 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 14,335 |
| 2023 | 14,293 |
| 2022 | 14,196 |
| 2021 | 14,150 |
| 2020 | 14,241 |