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County · West Virginia
Upshur County
23,650Population
-0.7 %Change since 2020
-65Net migration
4.9 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 23,650 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -0.7 %
- Net migration
- -65 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.9 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 23,818 (2020)
- Births
- 215 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.1
- Deaths
- 297 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.6
- Natural change, 2023
- -82
- International migration
- 35 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -100 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -2.7
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54097
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.9 % |
| 2024 | 4.7 % |
| 2023 | 4.2 % |
| 2022 | 4.4 % |
| 2021 | 5.8 % |
| 2020 | 8.8 % |
| 2019 | 5.5 % |
| 2018 | 5.1 % |
| 2017 | 5.6 % |
| 2016 | 6.8 % |
| 2015 | 7.8 % |
| 2014 | 6.6 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 23,650 |
| 2023 | 23,566 |
| 2022 | 23,715 |
| 2021 | 23,812 |
| 2020 | 23,818 |