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County · West Virginia
Mason County
24,770Population
-2.7 %Change since 2020
22Net migration
3.8 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 24,770 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -2.7 %
- Net migration
- 22 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.8 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 25,459 (2020)
- Births
- 259 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.5
- Deaths
- 398 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 16.1
- Natural change, 2023
- -139
- International migration
- 0 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 22 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 0.9
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54053
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.8 % |
| 2024 | 4.2 % |
| 2023 | 4.1 % |
| 2022 | 4.1 % |
| 2021 | 5.1 % |
| 2020 | 7.9 % |
| 2019 | 5.5 % |
| 2018 | 6.4 % |
| 2017 | 6.2 % |
| 2016 | 6.5 % |
| 2015 | 8.3 % |
| 2014 | 9.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 24,770 |
| 2023 | 24,815 |
| 2022 | 24,938 |
| 2021 | 25,281 |
| 2020 | 25,413 |