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County · West Virginia
Putnam County
57,067Population
-0.6 %Change since 2020
76Net migration
3.5 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 57,067 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -0.6 %
- Net migration
- 76 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 57,436 (2020)
- Births
- 491 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.6
- Deaths
- 685 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.0
- Natural change, 2023
- -194
- International migration
- 84 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -8 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 1.3
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54079
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.5 % |
| 2024 | 3.4 % |
| 2023 | 3.3 % |
| 2022 | 3.3 % |
| 2021 | 4.3 % |
| 2020 | 7.5 % |
| 2019 | 4.5 % |
| 2018 | 4.9 % |
| 2017 | 4.8 % |
| 2016 | 5.0 % |
| 2015 | 5.4 % |
| 2014 | 5.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 57,067 |
| 2023 | 56,942 |
| 2022 | 57,070 |
| 2021 | 57,365 |
| 2020 | 57,443 |