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County · West Virginia
Nicholas County
24,017Population
-2.4 %Change since 2020
57Net migration
5.3 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 24,017 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -2.4 %
- Net migration
- 57 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.3 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 24,607 (2020)
- Births
- 199 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.3
- Deaths
- 412 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 17.2
- Natural change, 2023
- -213
- International migration
- 52 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 5 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 2.4
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54067
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.3 % |
| 2024 | 4.8 % |
| 2023 | 4.4 % |
| 2022 | 4.3 % |
| 2021 | 5.7 % |
| 2020 | 9.8 % |
| 2019 | 5.9 % |
| 2018 | 5.9 % |
| 2017 | 6.7 % |
| 2016 | 8.2 % |
| 2015 | 8.8 % |
| 2014 | 8.9 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 24,017 |
| 2023 | 24,104 |
| 2022 | 24,266 |
| 2021 | 24,438 |
| 2020 | 24,562 |