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County · West Virginia
Lincoln County
19,377Population
-5.3 %Change since 2020
11Net migration
5.1 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 19,377 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -5.3 %
- Net migration
- 11 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.1 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 20,460 (2020)
- Births
- 187 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.7
- Deaths
- 355 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 18.3
- Natural change, 2023
- -168
- International migration
- 1 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 10 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 0.6
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54043
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.1 % |
| 2024 | 4.8 % |
| 2023 | 4.7 % |
| 2022 | 5.0 % |
| 2021 | 6.5 % |
| 2020 | 9.8 % |
| 2019 | 6.3 % |
| 2018 | 6.7 % |
| 2017 | 6.6 % |
| 2016 | 7.9 % |
| 2015 | 9.5 % |
| 2014 | 9.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 19,377 |
| 2023 | 19,699 |
| 2022 | 19,862 |
| 2021 | 20,197 |
| 2020 | 20,368 |