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County · West Virginia
Wayne County
37,589Population
-3.6 %Change since 2020
-41Net migration
4.5 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 37,589 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -3.6 %
- Net migration
- -41 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.5 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 38,980 (2020)
- Births
- 384 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.2
- Deaths
- 583 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 15.5
- Natural change, 2023
- -199
- International migration
- 18 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -59 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -1.1
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54099
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.5 % |
| 2024 | 4.4 % |
| 2023 | 4.1 % |
| 2022 | 4.1 % |
| 2021 | 5.4 % |
| 2020 | 8.7 % |
| 2019 | 5.6 % |
| 2018 | 6.0 % |
| 2017 | 5.9 % |
| 2016 | 6.8 % |
| 2015 | 6.9 % |
| 2014 | 6.7 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 37,589 |
| 2023 | 37,779 |
| 2022 | 38,025 |
| 2021 | 38,563 |
| 2020 | 38,865 |