WEST VIRGINIA LABOR FORCE STATISTICS - Seasonally Adjusted
(In Thousands)
ITEM JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. ANN. AVG.
1976







  







  







  







  







  







  







  







  







  







  







  







  







  
Civilian Labor Force  







 680.1







 680.5







 683.8







 692.3







 710.1







 707.8







 718.4







  







  







 700.1







 700.4







 698.9







 698.0
 Total Employment     







 616.3







 618.7







 627.5







 641.0







 662.3







 657.5







 664.2







 651.9







 657.9







 655.6







 652.3







 647.0







 647.0
 Total Unemployment   







 63.8







 61.8







 56.3







 51.3







 47.8







 50.3







 54.1







 49.8







 44.1







 44.5







 48.2







 52.0







 51.0
Unemployment Rate     







 9.4







 9.1







 8.2







 7.4







 6.7







 7.1







 7.5







 7.1







 6.3







 6.4







 6.9







 7.4







 7.4
1977







  







  







  







  







  







  







  







  







  







  







  







  







  
Civilian Labor Force  







 684.6







 702.6







 689.6







 701.7







 704.9







 712.0







 719.2







 723.8







 715.5







 709.2







 708.9







 723.9







 718.0
 Total Employment     







 620.8







 614.1







 632.8







 652.8







 665.6







 673.2







 674.1







 680.6







 674.4







 670.9







 668.5







 668.2







 671.0
 Total Unemployment   







 63.8







 88.5







 56.8







 48.9







 39.3







 38.8







 45.0







 43.2







 41.1







 38.4







 40.4







 55.7







 48.0
Unemployment Rate     







 9.3







 12.6







 8.2







 7.0







 5.6







 5.5







 6.3







 6.0







 5.7







 5.4







 5.7







 7.7







 6.6
1978                          
Civilian Labor Force   735.4 736.6 741.6 732.5 734.0 735.9 739.3 745.3 750.1 746.9 749.9 752.4 742.0
 Total Employment     685.6 688.0 690.3 692.6 694.8 696.9 698.9 700.8 702.6 704.2 705.7 707.0 697.0
 Total Unemployment    49.7 48.6 51.3 40.0 39.3 39.0 40.4 44.5 47.5 42.6 44.1 45.3 44.0
Unemployment Rate      6.8 6.6 6.9 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.5 6.0 6.3 5.7 5.9 6.0 6.0
1979                          
Civilian Labor Force   755.9 758.0 758.0 760.7 761.8 764.3 765.9 763.8 765.4 767.0 768.8 769.2 763.0
 Total Employment     708.2 709.2 710.1 710.7 711.2 711.5 711.6 711.5 711.2 710.7 709.9 709.0 710.0
 Total Unemployment    47.7 48.8 48.0 50.0 50.6 52.8 54.3 52.3 54.2 56.3 58.9 60.2 53.0
Unemployment Rate      6.3 6.4 6.3 6.6 6.6 6.9 7.1 6.8 7.1 7.3 7.7 7.8 6.9
1980                          
Civilian Labor Force   770.3 770.8 773.3 776.5 774.0 777.2 780.5 780.4 779.0 778.6 778.8 779.8 777.0
 Total Employment      707.9 706.7 705.6 704.4 703.3 702.1 701.1 700.0 699.0 698.1 697.2 696.4 702.0
 Total Unemployment    62.4 64.0 67.7 72.0 70.7 75.0 79.5 80.4 79.9 80.5 81.5 83.4 75.0
Unemployment Rate      8.1 8.3 8.8 9.3 9.1 9.7 10.2 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.5 10.7 9.6
1981                          
Civilian Labor Force   782.4 779.3 780.1 780.4 781.0 770.3 764.2 763.0 762.7 761.4 761.4 762.1 771.0
 Total Employment      695.6 694.7 693.6 692.5 691.2 689.8 688.3 686.7 684.9 682.8 680.7 678.3 688.0
 Total Unemployment    86.8 84.7 86.4 87.9 89.8 80.5 75.8 76.3 77.8 78.6 80.7 83.8 82.0
Unemployment Rate      11.1 10.9 11.1 11.3 11.5 10.4 9.9 10.0 10.2 10.3 10.6 11.0 10.7
1982                          
Civilian Labor Force   766.1 763.1 763.7 765.5 766.8 770.7 772.6 772.5 774.7 778.3 779.6 781.6 771.0
 Total Employment      675.8 673.2 670.5 667.8 665.0 662.2 659.4 656.6 653.9 651.2 648.7 646.3 661.0
 Total Unemployment    90.3 89.9 93.1 97.8 101.9 108.5 113.2 115.9 120.8 127.1 130.9 135.3 110.0
Unemployment Rate      11.8 11.8 12.2 12.8 13.3 14.1 14.7 15.0 15.6 16.3 16.8 17.3 14.3
1983                          
Civilian Labor Force   784.6 784.6 782.9 780.5 778.0 775.8 774.2 773.8 768.4 766.8 765.2 764.4 775.0
 Total Employment      644.0 642.1 640.5 639.3 638.4 637.9 637.8 637.9 638.4 639.1 640.1 641.3 640.0
 Total Unemployment    140.6 142.6 142.5 141.2 139.6 137.8 136.4 135.9 130.0 127.7 125.1 123.1 135.0
Unemployment Rate      17.9 18.2 18.2 18.1 17.9 17.8 17.6 17.6 16.9 16.7 16.3 16.1 17.4
1984                          
Civilian Labor Force 762.5 758.8 759.5 760.0 759.7 757.5 756.5 755.9 755.7 761.5 761.9 761.3 759.0
 Total Employment 642.8 644.2 645.4 646.5 647.5 648.3 648.9 649.4 649.6 649.7 649.5 649.3 648.0
 Total Unemployment 119.7 114.6 114.1 113.5 112.2 109.2 107.6 106.6 106.1 111.8 112.4 112.0 112.0
Unemployment Rate 15.7 15.1 15.0 14.9 14.8 14.4 14.2 14.1 14.0 14.7 14.8 14.7 14.7
1985                          
Civilian Labor Force 757.7 756.0 753.3 752.7 749.5 748.7 749.0 745.7 746.0 745.5 746.6 743.4 750.0
 Total Employment 648.8 648.5 648.2 648.1 648.1 648.2 648.3 648.6 648.9 649.3 649.9 650.5 649.0
 Total Unemployment 108.9 107.5 105.1 104.6 101.4 100.6 100.6 97.2 97.1 96.2 96.7 92.9 101.0
Unemployment Rate 14.4 14.2 13.9 13.9 13.5 13.4 13.4 13.0 13.0 12.9 13.0 12.5 13.4
1986                          
Civilian Labor Force   742.5 743.7 744.9 744.9 745.0 745.4 744.9 744.7 745.0 744.0 743.9 742.6 744.0
 Total Employment      651.2 651.9 652.6 653.3 654.0 654.7 655.3 656.0 656.6 657.3 657.9 658.6 655.0
 Total Unemployment    91.2 91.8 92.2 91.6 91.0 90.8 89.6 88.7 88.4 86.8 86.0 84.0 89.0
Unemployment Rate      12.3 12.3 12.4 12.3 12.2 12.2 12.0 11.9 11.9 11.7 11.6 11.3 12.0
1987                          
Civilian Labor Force  741.9 742.4 743.5 744.1 743.6 744.4 744.0 744.5 745.0 744.8 744.8 743.9 744.0
 Total Employment      659.3 660.0 660.7 661.4 662.1 662.9 663.7 664.5 665.4 666.3 667.2 668.1 663.0
 Total Unemployment    82.7 82.4 82.8 82.7 81.5 81.5 80.3 80.0 79.6 78.5 77.7 75.8 80.0
Unemployment Rate      11.1 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.0 11.0 10.8 10.7 10.7 10.5 10.4 10.2 10.8
1988                          
Civilian Labor Force   743.1 744.6 745.9 746.4 747.3 747.2 746.6 747.7 747.8 748.0 747.2 746.3 747.0
 Total Employment      669.0 669.9 670.9 671.8 672.8 673.7 674.6 675.5 676.4 677.3 678.2 679.1 674.0
 Total Unemployment    74.1 74.6 75.0 74.6 74.5 73.6 72.0 72.2 71.4 70.7 68.9 67.2 72.0
Unemployment Rate      10.0 10.0 10.1 10.0 10.0 9.8 9.6 9.7 9.5 9.4 9.2 9.0 9.7
1989                          
Civilian Labor Force   745.4 746.2 746.2 748.3 750.1 750.1 751.5 750.8 751.3 751.7 750.8 750.9 749.0
 Total Employment      680.0 680.9 681.7 682.5 683.3 684.1 684.9 685.7 686.5 687.3 688.1 688.9 684.0
 Total Unemployment    65.4 65.4 64.5 65.8 66.8 66.0 66.7 65.1 64.8 64.4 62.6 62.0 65.0
Unemployment Rate      8.8 8.8 8.6 8.8 8.9 8.8 8.9 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.3 8.3 8.7
1990                          
Civilian Labor Force   751.2 749.9 749.9 752.6 754.5 755.6 756.4 758.0 760.1 761.1 762.7 763.8 756.0
 Total Employment      689.7 690.4 690.9 691.3 691.6 691.8 691.9 691.8 691.6 691.4 691.1 690.7 691.0
 Total Unemployment    61.5 59.5 59.0 61.3 62.8 63.8 64.5 66.2 68.4 69.7 71.6 73.1 65.0
Unemployment Rate      8.2 7.9 7.9 8.1 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.7 9.0 9.2 9.4 9.6 8.6
1991                          
Civilian Labor Force   762.8 764.5 766.6 767.6 768.1 768.4 770.0 771.1 771.7 772.2 772.9 775.5 769.0
 Total Employment      690.2 689.7 689.3 688.9 688.5 688.3 688.0 687.9 687.8 687.8 687.8 687.9 689.0
 Total Unemployment    72.7 74.8 77.4 78.7 79.5 80.1 81.9 83.3 83.9 84.4 85.1 87.6 81.0
Unemployment Rate      9.5 9.8 10.1 10.3 10.4 10.4 10.6 10.8 10.9 10.9 11.0 11.3 10.5
1992                          
Civilian Labor Force   775.2 774.9 777.2 776.9 777.3 778.6 777.8 778.5 779.2 778.5 777.5 777.6 777.0
 Total Employment      688.1 688.4 688.6 688.8 689.1 689.4 689.6 690.0 690.3 690.7 691.1 691.5 690.0
 Total Unemployment    87.1 86.5 88.6 88.1 88.2 89.2 88.2 88.5 88.9 87.9 86.4 86.0 88.0
Unemployment Rate      11.2 11.2 11.4 11.3 11.3 11.5 11.3 11.4 11.4 11.3 11.1 11.1 11.3
1993                          
Civilian Labor Force   774.5 775.1 777.1 778.7 779.2 778.4 778.0 779.2 779.2 779.2 779.0 778.7 778.0
 Total Employment      692.0 692.5 693.1 693.9 694.7 695.7 696.7 697.9 699.1 700.5 701.9 703.5 697.0
 Total Unemployment    82.5 82.6 83.9 84.8 84.5 82.8 81.3 81.3 80.0 78.7 77.0 75.2 81.0
Unemployment Rate      10.7 10.7 10.8 10.9 10.8 10.6 10.4 10.4 10.3 10.1 9.9 9.7 10.4
1994                          
Civilian Labor Force   780.4 780.8 781.2 780.0 780.5 781.4 781.0 781.4 780.4 780.8 779.8 781.5 781.0
 Total Employment      705.1 706.7 708.2 709.7 711.2 712.5 713.8 715.0 716.1 717.0 717.9 718.7 713.0
 Total Unemployment    75.3 74.2 73.0 70.2 69.3 68.9 67.2 66.4 64.4 63.8 61.8 62.8 68.0
Unemployment Rate      9.7 9.5 9.3 9.0 8.9 8.8 8.6 8.5 8.2 8.2 7.9 8.0 8.7
1995                          
Civilian Labor Force   780.0 782.5 780.7 782.2 784.8 786.0 787.2 787.8 787.6 788.0 790.6 789.7 786.0
 Total Employment      719.4 720.1 720.9 721.7 722.4 723.3 724.2 725.1 726.0 726.9 727.9 728.9 724.0
 Total Unemployment    60.6 62.3 59.8 60.6 62.4 62.7 63.0 62.7 61.6 61.1 62.6 60.7 62.0
Unemployment Rate      7.8 8.0 7.7 7.7 7.9 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.8 7.7 7.9 7.7 7.9
1996                          
Civilian Labor Force   795.9 792.7 792.1 792.7 792.3 792.9 793.4 795.0 795.7 796.9 797.4 798.1 795.0
 Total Employment      730.0 731.1 732.1 733.2 734.3 735.3 736.3 737.3 738.3 739.3 740.2 741.1 736.0
 Total Unemployment    65.9 61.6 60.0 59.5 58.0 57.6 57.0 57.7 57.4 57.7 57.2 57.0 59.0
Unemployment Rate      8.3 7.8 7.6 7.5 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.4
1997                          
Civilian Labor Force   798.7 798.9 797.9 798.9 798.4 800.2 801.2 801.8 802.1 802.8 803.6 804.2 801.0
 Total Employment      742.1 742.9 743.8 744.6 745.4 746.2 747.0 747.7 748.4 749.1 749.7 750.4 746.0
 Total Unemployment    56.6 55.9 54.1 54.2 53.0 54.0 54.2 54.1 53.7 53.7 53.9 53.9 54.0
Unemployment Rate      7.1 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.8
1998                          
Civilian Labor Force   802.5 803.7 806.7 805.3 805.7 807.3 807.9 808.7 809.0 809.2 809.2 809.8 807.0
 Total Employment      751.0 751.6 752.2 752.9 753.5 754.2 754.9 755.6 756.3 757.0 757.8 758.5 755.0
 Total Unemployment    51.5 52.1 54.5 52.5 52.2 53.1 53.0 53.1 52.7 52.2 51.4 51.3 52.0
Unemployment Rate      6.4 6.5 6.8 6.5 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.5
1999                          
Civilian Labor Force   811.6 810.0 814.2 813.2 813.7 814.2 814.0 815.0 814.7 814.5 813.4 812.1 813.0
 Total Employment      759.3 760.0 760.6 761.3 761.9 762.4 762.9 763.4 763.8 764.1 764.4 764.6 762.0
 Total Unemployment    52.3 50.0 53.6 51.9 51.9 51.7 51.1 51.6 51.0 50.3 48.9 47.4 51.0
Unemployment Rate      6.4 6.2 6.6 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.0 5.8 6.3
2000                          
Civilian Labor Force   809.6 810.7 807.8 808.5 809.4 810.2 809.4 808.6 809.2 808.4 808.1 806.4 809.0
 Total Employment      764.2 764.6 764.9 765.1 765.3 765.3 765.2 765.0 764.7 764.3 763.9 763.3 765.0
 Total Unemployment    45.4 46.1 42.9 43.4 44.2 45.0 44.2 43.7 44.5 44.1 44.2 43.1 44.0
Unemployment Rate      5.6 5.7 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.5
2001                          
Civilian Labor Force   804.5 803.2 802.3 802.2 802.0 801.4 800.9 799.5 798.8 798.2 797.9 796.5 801.0
 Total Employment      762.7 762.0 761.4 760.7 760.0 759.3 758.6 757.9 757.2 756.5 755.8 755.1 759.0
 Total Unemployment    41.9 41.2 40.9 41.5 42.1 42.2 42.3 41.7 41.7 41.7 42.2 41.4 42.0
Unemployment Rate      5.2 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.2
2002                          
Civilian Labor Force   797.5 796.0 796.5 797.5 798.6 798.1 797.5 795.7 795.5 794.7 794.2 793.2 796.0
 Total Employment      753.1 752.4 751.7 750.9 750.2 749.4 748.7 748.0 747.3 746.7 746.1 745.5 749.0
 Total Unemployment    44.4 43.6 44.8 46.6 48.4 48.7 48.8 47.7 48.1 48.0 48.1 47.7 47.0
Unemployment Rate      5.6 5.5 5.6 5.8 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.0 6.1 6.0 6.1 6.0 5.9
2003                          
Civilian Labor Force   791.4 791.8 791.0 791.6 790.2 790.5 790.9 789.6 788.3 787.6 786.1 785.8 790.0
 Total Employment      744.2 743.7 743.2 742.8 742.5 742.2 742.0 741.8 741.7 741.6 741.6 741.7 742.0
 Total Unemployment    47.2 48.1 47.7 48.8 47.7 48.4 49.0 47.8 46.6 46.0 44.4 44.1 47.0
Unemployment Rate      6.0 6.1 6.0 6.2 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.6 6.0
2004                          
Civilian Labor Force   786.8 787.1 786.7 787.4 787.4 788.1 788.8 789.4 789.1 789.9 789.4 789.9 788.0
 Total Employment      744.2 744.4 744.7 745.1 745.6 746.1 746.8 747.4 748.2 749.0 749.9 750.8 747.0
 Total Unemployment    42.6 42.7 42.0 42.3 41.8 42.0 42.0 42.0 40.9 40.9 39.6 39.0 41.0
Unemployment Rate      5.4 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.0 4.9 5.3
2005                          
Civilian Labor Force   789.9 790.5 793.6 793.3 794.9 797.5 800.2 801.6 802.8 803.1 803.4 803.4 798.0
 Total Employment      751.8 752.9 754.0 755.2 756.4 757.7 759.0 760.3 761.6 763.0 764.4 765.9 759.0
 Total Unemployment    38.1 37.5 39.5 38.0 38.5 39.8 41.2 41.3 41.2 40.1 39.0 37.6 39.0
Unemployment Rate      4.8 4.7 5.0 4.8 4.8 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.9
2006                          
Civilian Labor Force   803.2 804.1 805.5 807.6 809.9 811.3 812.9 814.8 815.0 814.7 813.9 812.4 810.0
 Total Employment      767.3 768.6 769.9 771.1 772.1 773.1 774.0 774.9 775.6 776.3 777.0 777.5 773.0
 Total Unemployment    35.9 35.5 35.6 36.5 37.8 38.2 38.9 39.9 39.3 38.4 36.9 34.9 37.0
Unemployment Rate      4.5 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.3 4.6
2007                          
Civilian Labor Force   811.1 813.6 812.5 813.3 813.8 813.4 814.3 814.7 814.3 813.8 812.2 811.1 813.0
 Total Employment      777.9 778.3 778.5 778.7 778.7 778.7 778.5 778.2 777.8 777.4 776.8 776.0 778.0
 Total Unemployment    33.2 35.4 34.0 34.7 35.1 34.8 35.9 36.5 36.5 36.5 35.5 35.0 35.0
Unemployment Rate      4.1 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.3
2008                          
Civilian Labor Force   808.3 808.1 807.8 808.0 807.3 806.4 804.8 804.2 804.8 804.4 804.3 805.5 806.0
 Total Employment      775.2 774.4 773.6 772.9 772.3 771.7 771.2 770.7 770.4 770.0 769.8 769.6 772.0
 Total Unemployment    33.1 33.7 34.2 35.1 35.1 34.7 33.6 33.4 34.5 34.4 34.6 35.9 34.0
Unemployment Rate      4.1 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.3
2009                          
Civilian Labor Force   798.5 794.1  792.7  795.0  793.4  790.3  788.7  788.0  791.6  789.6      
 Total Employment      756.8 746.5  739.1  734.0  726.4  718.6  718.8  718.1  721.4 722.4
      
 Total Unemployment    41.8 47.6  53.5  61.0  67.0  71.6  69.9  69.9  70.2  67.2      
Unemployment Rate      5.2 6.0  6.8 7.7 8.4 9.1
  8.9  8.9 8.9   8.5      
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED    March 2008 Benchmark.