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County · West Virginia
Raleigh County
72,379Population
-3.0 %Change since 2020
192Net migration
4.3 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 72,379 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -3.0 %
- Net migration
- 192 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.3 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 74,592 (2020)
- Births
- 647 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.9
- Deaths
- 1,158 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 16.0
- Natural change, 2023
- -511
- International migration
- 130 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 62 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 2.7
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54081
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.3 % |
| 2024 | 3.8 % |
| 2023 | 3.7 % |
| 2022 | 3.7 % |
| 2021 | 5.4 % |
| 2020 | 8.9 % |
| 2019 | 4.7 % |
| 2018 | 5.1 % |
| 2017 | 5.4 % |
| 2016 | 7.1 % |
| 2015 | 7.2 % |
| 2014 | 7.0 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 72,379 |
| 2023 | 72,526 |
| 2022 | 72,863 |
| 2021 | 73,800 |
| 2020 | 74,407 |