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McDowell County
17,147Population
-10.3 %Change since 2020
-111Net migration
9.9 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 17,147 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -10.3 %
- Net migration
- -111 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 9.9 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 19,119 (2020)
- Births
- 148 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.6
- Deaths
- 401 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 23.4
- Natural change, 2023
- -253
- International migration
- 40 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -151 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -6.5
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54047
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.9 % |
| 2024 | 7.9 % |
| 2023 | 6.9 % |
| 2022 | 7.0 % |
| 2021 | 9.3 % |
| 2020 | 13.6 % |
| 2019 | 10.1 % |
| 2018 | 10.1 % |
| 2017 | 9.8 % |
| 2016 | 13.0 % |
| 2015 | 12.4 % |
| 2014 | 12.9 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 17,147 |
| 2023 | 17,425 |
| 2022 | 17,790 |
| 2021 | 18,415 |
| 2020 | 18,939 |