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County · West Virginia
Pocahontas County
7,653Population
-2.8 %Change since 2020
38Net migration
4.9 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 7,653 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -2.8 %
- Net migration
- 38 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.9 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 7,873 (2020)
- Births
- 77 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.1
- Deaths
- 151 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 19.7
- Natural change, 2023
- -74
- International migration
- 0 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 38 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 5.0
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54075
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.9 % |
| 2024 | 4.9 % |
| 2023 | 4.9 % |
| 2022 | 4.5 % |
| 2021 | 5.6 % |
| 2020 | 10.1 % |
| 2019 | 6.2 % |
| 2018 | 6.6 % |
| 2017 | 6.6 % |
| 2016 | 7.2 % |
| 2015 | 7.9 % |
| 2014 | 8.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 7,653 |
| 2023 | 7,739 |
| 2022 | 7,776 |
| 2021 | 7,888 |
| 2020 | 7,864 |