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County · West Virginia
Roane County
13,540Population
-3.5 %Change since 2020
7Net migration
7.0 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 13,540 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -3.5 %
- Net migration
- 7 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 7.0 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 14,024 (2020)
- Births
- 108 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.0
- Deaths
- 227 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 16.8
- Natural change, 2023
- -119
- International migration
- 3 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 4 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 0.5
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54087
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.0 % |
| 2024 | 6.6 % |
| 2023 | 6.0 % |
| 2022 | 6.2 % |
| 2021 | 8.5 % |
| 2020 | 12.2 % |
| 2019 | 9.5 % |
| 2018 | 7.6 % |
| 2017 | 8.6 % |
| 2016 | 10.1 % |
| 2015 | 11.2 % |
| 2014 | 9.8 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 13,540 |
| 2023 | 13,678 |
| 2022 | 13,794 |
| 2021 | 13,933 |
| 2020 | 13,984 |