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County · West Virginia
Webster County
7,947Population
-5.1 %Change since 2020
-28Net migration
6.0 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 7,947 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -5.1 %
- Net migration
- -28 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 6.0 % (2025)
- State
- West Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 8,375 (2020)
- Births
- 61 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.7
- Deaths
- 132 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 16.6
- Natural change, 2023
- -71
- International migration
- 0 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -28 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -3.5
- Postal code
- WV
- FIPS code
- 54101
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.0 % |
| 2024 | 5.9 % |
| 2023 | 4.9 % |
| 2022 | 4.3 % |
| 2021 | 6.0 % |
| 2020 | 9.1 % |
| 2019 | 6.2 % |
| 2018 | 6.2 % |
| 2017 | 6.3 % |
| 2016 | 8.4 % |
| 2015 | 7.3 % |
| 2014 | 8.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 7,947 |
| 2023 | 8,025 |
| 2022 | 8,125 |
| 2021 | 8,270 |
| 2020 | 8,352 |