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County · West Virginia
Jackson County
27,718Population
-0.3 %Change since 2020
201Net migration
5.6 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 27,718 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -0.3 %
- Net migration
- 201 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.6 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 27,793 (2020)
- Births
- 276 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.0
- Deaths
- 429 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 15.5
- Natural change, 2023
- -153
- International migration
- 146 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 55 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 7.3
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54035
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.6 % |
| 2024 | 5.3 % |
| 2023 | 4.8 % |
| 2022 | 5.0 % |
| 2021 | 6.8 % |
| 2020 | 10.1 % |
| 2019 | 6.0 % |
| 2018 | 4.8 % |
| 2017 | 6.6 % |
| 2016 | 7.5 % |
| 2015 | 7.0 % |
| 2014 | 6.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 27,718 |
| 2023 | 27,668 |
| 2022 | 27,624 |
| 2021 | 27,789 |
| 2020 | 27,726 |