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County · West Virginia
Ritchie County
8,170Population
-3.3 %Change since 2020
-5Net migration
5.4 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 8,170 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -3.3 %
- Net migration
- -5 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.4 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 8,445 (2020)
- Births
- 87 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.6
- Deaths
- 131 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 16.0
- Natural change, 2023
- -44
- International migration
- 7 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -12 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -0.6
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54085
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.4 % |
| 2024 | 5.3 % |
| 2023 | 4.9 % |
| 2022 | 4.9 % |
| 2021 | 6.9 % |
| 2020 | 9.9 % |
| 2019 | 6.7 % |
| 2018 | 6.0 % |
| 2017 | 6.3 % |
| 2016 | 7.4 % |
| 2015 | 6.8 % |
| 2014 | 6.1 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 8,170 |
| 2023 | 8,187 |
| 2022 | 8,239 |
| 2021 | 8,413 |
| 2020 | 8,422 |