Greenbrier County	Select Characteristics
	Both Sexes			Male			Female
	Total	White	Black	Total	White	Black	Total	White	Black
2000 POPULATION
Total	34,453	32,810	1,048	16,556	15,742	525	17,897	17,068	523
Percent Distribution (1)	100	95.23	3.04	100	95.08	3.17	100	95.37	2.92
2000 POPULATION
16 YEARS AND OVER	27,923	26,644	854	13,147	12,536	411	14,776	14,108	443
Percent Distribution (1)	100	95.42	3.06	100	95.35	3.13	100	95.48	3
2000 NONINSTITUTIONAL POPULATION
16 YEARS AND OVER	27,470	26,220	840	12,940	12,330	400	14,540	13,880	440
Percent Distribution (1)	100	95.42	3.06	100	95.35	3.12	100	95.48	3
2000 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Total	14,744	14,127	425	8,160	7,857	208	6,584	6,270	217
Employment	13,495	12,949	366	7,477	7,215	174	6,018	5,734	192
Unemployment	1,249	1,178	59	683	642	34	566	536	25
Unemployment	8.5	8.3	13.9	8.4	8.2	16.3	8.6	8.5	11.5
Participation Rate	53.7	53.9	50.6	63.1	63.7	51.5	45.3	45.2	49.8
2008 NONINSTITUTIONAL POPULATION
16 YEARS AND OVER	27,560	26,300	840	12,980	12,380	410	14,590	13,930	440
Percent Distribution (1)	100	95.42	3.06	100	95.35	3.13	100	95.48	3
2008 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
16 YEARS AND OVER
Total	15,100	14,470	430	8,360	8,050	210	6,740	6,420	220
Employment	14,290	13,710	390	7,920	7,640	180	6,370	6,070	200
Unemployment	810	760	40	440	420	20	370	350	20
Unemployment	5.4	5.3	8.9	5.3	5.2	10.7	5.4	5.4	7.3
Participation Rate	54.8	55	50.4	64.4	65.1	50.7	46.2	46.1	50.1
Employment Distribution (1)	100	95.95	2.71	100	96.49	2.32	100	95.29	3.19
Unemployment Distribution (1)	100	94.31	4.7	100	93.89	4.98	100	94.81	4.37
Percent Distribution of Select Characteristics (2)
2000 Total Population	100	95.23	3.04	48.05	45.69	1.52	51.95	49.54	1.52
2008 Employment	100	95.95	2.71	55.41	53.46	1.29	44.59	42.49	1.42
2008 Unemployment	100	94.31	4.7	54.7	51.36	2.72	45.3	42.95	1.98
(1) These statistics show the distribution of race in respect to their categories
(2) These statistics show the distribution of each category to the overall total
WorkForce West Virginia:  Research, Information and Analysis								9-Dec-10