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County · West Virginia
Preston County
34,055Population
-0.5 %Change since 2020
18Net migration
4.2 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 34,055 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -0.5 %
- Net migration
- 18 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.2 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 34,215 (2020)
- Births
- 297 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.7
- Deaths
- 451 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 13.2
- Natural change, 2023
- -154
- International migration
- 36 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -18 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 0.5
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54077
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.2 % |
| 2024 | 4.2 % |
| 2023 | 4.2 % |
| 2022 | 4.4 % |
| 2021 | 5.0 % |
| 2020 | 7.8 % |
| 2019 | 4.9 % |
| 2018 | 5.4 % |
| 2017 | 5.3 % |
| 2016 | 6.2 % |
| 2015 | 6.1 % |
| 2014 | 5.9 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 34,055 |
| 2023 | 34,050 |
| 2022 | 34,196 |
| 2021 | 34,309 |
| 2020 | 34,191 |