Labor Market Areas		Civilian Labor Force			Total Employment			Total Unemployment			Unemployment Rate
		Oct-09	Sep-09	Oct-08	Oct-09	Sep-09	Oct-08	Oct-09	Sep-09	Oct-08	Oct-09	Sep-09	Oct-08
UNITED STATES In Thousands
Not Seasonally Adjusted		153,635	153,617	155,012	139,088	139,079	145,543	14,547	14,538	9,469	9.5	9.5	6.1
UNITED STATES In Thousands
Seasonally Adjusted		153,975	154,006	154,878	138,275	138,864	144,657	15,700	15,142	10,221	10.2	9.8	6.6
WEST VIRGINIA
Not Seasonally Adjusted		789,500	791,400	802,200	728,600	727,700	772,300	60,900	63,600	30,000	7.7	8.0	3.7
WEST VIRGINIA
Seasonally Adjusted		789,600	791,600	804,400	722,400	721,400	770,000	67,200	70,200	34,400	8.5	8.9	4.3
CHARLESTON MSA
Boone, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln
and Putnam Counties		136,500	137,100	139,400	127,000	126,900	135,000	9,600	10,100	4,400	7.0	7.4	3.1
HUNTINGTON - ASHLAND MSA
Cabell and Wayne Counties, WV;
Boyd and Greenup Counties, KY;
and Lawrence County, OH		129,700	130,200	132,600	119,700	119,900	126,600	10,100	10,300	6,100	7.8	7.9	4.6
MORGANTOWN MSA
Monongalia and Preston Counties		63,700	62,500	64,600	60,400	59,300	63,000	3,300	3,200	1,700	5.1	5.2	2.6
PARKERSBURG - MARIETTA MSA
Pleasants, Wirt and Wood Counties, WV;
Washington County, OH		79,000	79,300	78,900	72,200	72,000	75,200	6,900	7,300	3,600	8.7	9.2	4.6
WHEELING MSA
Ohio and Marshall Counties, WV,
and Belmont County, OH		68,900	68,800	69,200	63,000	62,900	65,600	6,000	5,900	3,500	8.7	8.6	5.1
BECKLEY - OAK HILL CSA		49,720	50,200	50,650	45,800	46,140	48,930	3,920	4,060	1,720	7.9	8.1	3.4
	Beckley MCSA
	Raleigh County	31,930	31,930	32,430	29,530	29,400	31,360	2,400	2,530	1,070	7.5	7.9	3.3
	Oak Hill MCSA
	Fayette County	17,790	18,280	18,210	16,270	16,740	17,570	1,520	1,540	650	8.5	8.4	3.6
BLUEFIELD MCSA
Mercer County, WV, and
Tazewell County, VA		46,280	45,970	45,860	43,110	42,600	44,100	3,170	3,370	1,760	6.8	7.3	3.8
FAIRMONT - CLARKSBURG CSA		65,840	65,660	66,150	61,460	61,130	63,960	4,370	4,530	2,200	6.6	6.9	3.3
	Fairmont MCSA
	Marion County	25,710	25,530	26,210	24,090	23,900	25,410	1,620	1,640	800	6.3	6.4	3.0
	Clarksburg MCSA
	Doddridge, Harrison and
	Taylor Counties	40,130	40,130	39,950	37,380	37,240	38,540	2,750	2,890	1,400	6.9	7.2	3.5
	Harrison County	30,530	30,460	30,330	28,410	28,310	29,300	2,120	2,150	1,030	6.9	7.1	3.4
	Doddridge-Taylor Counties	9,600	9,680	9,620	8,960	8,930	9,240	630	740	380	6.6	7.7	3.9
POINT PLEASANT MCSA
Mason County, WV, and
Gallia County, OH		24,240	24,380	23,630	21,770	21,800	22,190	2,480	2,580	1,440	10.2	10.6	6.1
The areas listed above are the names of the labor market areas composed of the indicated counties.
Data are for the labor market areas, not the cities proper.
Labor market areas have been redefined in accordance with the 2000 Census data.   March 2008 benchmark.
MSA     Metropolitan Statistical Area
CSA     Combined Statistical Area
MCSA  Micropolitan Statistical Area