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County · West Virginia
Jefferson County
61,264Population
6.2 %Change since 2020
821Net migration
3.1 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 61,264 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 6.2 %
- Net migration
- 821 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.1 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 57,703 (2020)
- Births
- 581 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.5
- Deaths
- 626 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.2
- Natural change, 2023
- -45
- International migration
- 137 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 684 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 13.4
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54037
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.1 % |
| 2024 | 2.7 % |
| 2023 | 2.7 % |
| 2022 | 2.5 % |
| 2021 | 3.2 % |
| 2020 | 5.9 % |
| 2019 | 3.2 % |
| 2018 | 3.3 % |
| 2017 | 3.2 % |
| 2016 | 3.4 % |
| 2015 | 4.0 % |
| 2014 | 4.6 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 61,264 |
| 2023 | 59,744 |
| 2022 | 58,957 |
| 2021 | 58,550 |
| 2020 | 57,785 |