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County · West Virginia
Lewis County
16,477Population
-3.2 %Change since 2020
-11Net migration
4.8 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 16,477 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -3.2 %
- Net migration
- -11 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.8 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 17,030 (2020)
- Births
- 180 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.9
- Deaths
- 279 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 16.9
- Natural change, 2023
- -99
- International migration
- 0 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -11 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -0.7
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54041
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.8 % |
| 2024 | 4.8 % |
| 2023 | 4.6 % |
| 2022 | 4.8 % |
| 2021 | 6.9 % |
| 2020 | 10.6 % |
| 2019 | 6.2 % |
| 2018 | 5.4 % |
| 2017 | 6.5 % |
| 2016 | 8.2 % |
| 2015 | 8.0 % |
| 2014 | 6.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 16,477 |
| 2023 | 16,605 |
| 2022 | 16,719 |
| 2021 | 16,877 |
| 2020 | 17,020 |