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County · West Virginia
Mercer County
57,524Population
-3.6 %Change since 2020
-141Net migration
4.4 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 57,524 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -3.6 %
- Net migration
- -141 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 59,654 (2020)
- Births
- 568 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.9
- Deaths
- 1,006 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 17.5
- Natural change, 2023
- -438
- International migration
- 52 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -193 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -2.5
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54055
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4 % |
| 2024 | 4.1 % |
| 2023 | 3.9 % |
| 2022 | 4.0 % |
| 2021 | 5.5 % |
| 2020 | 8.4 % |
| 2019 | 5.2 % |
| 2018 | 5.6 % |
| 2017 | 5.3 % |
| 2016 | 5.9 % |
| 2015 | 7.0 % |
| 2014 | 7.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 57,524 |
| 2023 | 58,008 |
| 2022 | 58,599 |
| 2021 | 59,163 |
| 2020 | 59,519 |