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County · West Virginia
Kanawha County
173,906Population
-3.8 %Change since 2020
-200Net migration
4.1 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 173,906 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -3.8 %
- Net migration
- -200 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.1 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 180,721 (2020)
- Births
- 1,584 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.1
- Deaths
- 2,655 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 15.3
- Natural change, 2023
- -1,071
- International migration
- 246 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -446 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -1.2
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54039
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.1 % |
| 2024 | 3.9 % |
| 2023 | 3.6 % |
| 2022 | 3.8 % |
| 2021 | 5.3 % |
| 2020 | 8.9 % |
| 2019 | 4.7 % |
| 2018 | 5.1 % |
| 2017 | 5.2 % |
| 2016 | 5.7 % |
| 2015 | 5.8 % |
| 2014 | 5.8 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 173,906 |
| 2023 | 174,602 |
| 2022 | 175,899 |
| 2021 | 178,071 |
| 2020 | 180,208 |