Population

Is population growing or shrinking?

Updated annually
It shrank by 206 between 2023 and 2024. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Wetzel County, WV’s 1.5% annual decrease was primarily driven by people moving to other states.
In the decade between 2014 and 2024, Wetzel County, WV’s population shrank by 13.8%.

-206

population change (2023 to 2024)

-1.5%

percent change in population (2023 to 2024)
Since 2000, Wetzel County, WV’s population increased 1 out of 24 years. The largest increase occurred between 2009 and 2010, when Wetzel County, WV gained 304 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2019 and 2020 when there were 718 fewer residents.

Wetzel County, WV lost 206 residents between 2023 and 2024.

Annual population change

A county’s population is influenced by three factors:
  • Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2023 and 2024 natural population change was negative in Wetzel County, WV, with deaths exceeding births by 97.
  • Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a county: If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Between 2023 to 2024, Wetzel County, WV’s population change from immigration was positive with about 23 more people coming from another country directly to Wetzel County, WV than leaving.
  • Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2023 to 2024, Wetzel County, WV’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about 131 more people moving to any other county in the US.

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Between 2023 and 2024, domestic migration was the primary driver of population decline in Wetzel County, WV.

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