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Data extracted on: October 10, 2023 (10:30:15 AM)

Local Area Unemployment Statistics

Series Id:	LASST540000000000006
Seasonally Adjusted
Area:	West Virginia
Area Type:	Statewide
State/Region/Division:	West Virginia

Year	Period	labor force participation rate	employment-population ratio	labor force	employment	unemployment	unemployment rate
2013	Jan	54.1	50.3	804803	747905	56898	7.1
2013	Feb	54.0	50.2	802827	747084	55743	6.9
2013	Mar	53.9	50.2	801204	746643	54561	6.8
2013	Apr	53.8	50.2	800277	746757	53520	6.7
2013	May	53.8	50.2	799870	747059	52811	6.6
2013	Jun	53.8	50.2	799704	747163	52541	6.6
2013	Jul	53.8	50.2	799498	746886	52612	6.6
2013	Aug	53.7	50.2	798902	746160	52742	6.6
2013	Sep	53.7	50.1	797953	745123	52830	6.6
2013	Oct	53.6	50.0	797136	744107	53029	6.7
2013	Nov	53.6	50.0	796772	743443	53329	6.7
2013	Dec	53.6	50.0	796988	743337	53651	6.7
2014	Jan	53.7	50.0	797557	743740	53817	6.7
2014	Feb	53.7	50.1	797946	744294	53652	6.7
2014	Mar	53.7	50.1	797830	744590	53240	6.7
2014	Apr	53.7	50.1	797081	744377	52704	6.6
2014	May	53.6	50.1	795967	743871	52096	6.5
2014	Jun	53.5	50.1	794976	743439	51537	6.5
2014	Jul	53.5	50.1	794363	743221	51142	6.4
2014	Aug	53.5	50.1	794272	743335	50937	6.4
2014	Sep	53.5	50.1	794534	743734	50800	6.4
2014	Oct	53.5	50.1	794725	744126	50599	6.4
2014	Nov	53.5	50.1	794615	744200	50415	6.3
2014	Dec	53.5	50.1	794247	743765	50482	6.4
2015	Jan	53.5	50.1	793820	742884	50936	6.4
2015	Feb	53.5	50.0	793628	741810	51818	6.5
2015	Mar	53.6	50.0	793761	740877	52884	6.7
2015	Apr	53.6	50.0	794032	740233	53799	6.8
2015	May	53.6	50.0	793992	739757	54235	6.8
2015	Jun	53.6	49.9	793269	739251	54018	6.8
2015	Jul	53.5	49.9	791959	738717	53242	6.7
2015	Aug	53.4	49.9	790409	738212	52197	6.6
2015	Sep	53.3	49.9	789048	737859	51189	6.5
2015	Oct	53.3	49.9	788329	737853	50476	6.4
2015	Nov	53.3	49.9	788344	738192	50152	6.4
2015	Dec	53.4	50.0	788821	738713	50108	6.4
2016	Jan	53.4	50.0	789352	739186	50166	6.4
2016	Feb	53.5	50.1	789436	739332	50104	6.3
2016	Mar	53.4	50.1	788767	739023	49744	6.3
2016	Apr	53.4	50.0	787459	738270	49189	6.2
2016	May	53.3	50.0	785938	737255	48683	6.2
2016	Jun	53.2	49.9	784596	736276	48320	6.2
2016	Jul	53.2	49.9	783598	735591	48007	6.1
2016	Aug	53.1	49.9	782962	735299	47663	6.1
2016	Sep	53.1	49.9	782586	735395	47191	6.0
2016	Oct	53.1	50.0	782275	735838	46437	5.9
2016	Nov	53.2	50.1	782016	736667	45349	5.8
2016	Dec	53.2	50.2	781718	737762	43956	5.6
2017	Jan	53.2	50.3	782265	739919	42346	5.4
2017	Feb	53.2	50.4	781856	740956	40900	5.2
2017	Mar	53.2	50.5	781658	741764	39894	5.1
2017	Apr	53.2	50.5	781942	742508	39434	5.0
2017	May	53.3	50.6	782759	743381	39378	5.0
2017	Jun	53.4	50.7	783929	744274	39655	5.1
2017	Jul	53.5	50.8	785269	745020	40249	5.1
2017	Aug	53.6	50.9	786433	745515	40918	5.2
2017	Sep	53.7	50.9	787155	745669	41486	5.3
2017	Oct	53.7	50.9	787430	745509	41921	5.3
2017	Nov	53.8	50.9	787406	745139	42267	5.4
2017	Dec	53.8	50.9	787528	745022	42506	5.4
2018	Jan	53.9	51.0	788504	746031	42473	5.4
2018	Feb	54.0	51.1	789870	747400	42470	5.4
2018	Mar	54.2	51.3	791737	749438	42299	5.3
2018	Apr	54.3	51.5	793427	751531	41896	5.3
2018	May	54.4	51.6	794520	753131	41389	5.2
2018	Jun	54.5	51.7	794973	754150	40823	5.1
2018	Jul	54.5	51.8	794879	754671	40208	5.1
2018	Aug	54.5	51.8	794631	754857	39774	5.0
2018	Sep	54.5	51.8	794523	754813	39710	5.0
2018	Oct	54.5	51.8	794584	754650	39934	5.0
2018	Nov	54.5	51.8	794677	754484	40193	5.1
2018	Dec	54.6	51.8	794501	754301	40200	5.1
2019	Jan	54.5	51.8	793880	754035	39845	5.0
2019	Feb	54.5	51.8	792962	753819	39143	4.9
2019	Mar	54.5	51.8	792213	753843	38370	4.8
2019	Apr	54.5	51.9	792104	754326	37778	4.8
2019	May	54.6	52.0	792740	755192	37548	4.7
2019	Jun	54.7	52.1	793963	756149	37814	4.8
2019	Jul	54.8	52.1	795445	756881	38564	4.8
2019	Aug	54.9	52.2	796810	757310	39500	5.0
2019	Sep	55.0	52.2	797936	757791	40145	5.0
2019	Oct	55.0	52.2	798819	758284	40535	5.1
2019	Nov	55.1	52.3	799341	758515	40826	5.1
2019	Dec	55.1	52.2	799331	758068	41263	5.2
2020	Jan	55.1	52.2	798553	756806	41747	5.2
2020	Feb	55.0	52.1	796737	754670	42067	5.3
2020	Mar	54.8	51.9	794006	751985	42021	5.3
2020	Apr	52.7	44.4	762225	642446	119779	15.7
2020	May	53.6	47.0	775679	679637	96042	12.4
2020	Jun	53.5	47.8	772832	691613	81219	10.5
2020	Jul	53.7	48.6	775973	702689	73284	9.4
2020	Aug	53.6	49.2	774966	711247	63719	8.2
2020	Sep	53.8	49.7	776931	717974	58957	7.6
2020	Oct	53.7	50.0	775973	722278	53695	6.9
2020	Nov	53.7	50.2	776002	725272	50730	6.5
2020	Dec	53.7	50.3	776433	727336	49097	6.3
2021	Jan	53.7	50.5	775888	728990	46898	6.0
2021	Feb	53.8	50.6	776303	730675	45628	5.9
2021	Mar	53.9	50.8	777498	732775	44723	5.8
2021	Apr	54.0	51.0	778884	735084	43800	5.6
2021	May	54.1	51.1	779972	737307	42665	5.5
2021	Jun	54.1	51.2	780593	739001	41592	5.3
2021	Jul	54.1	51.3	780178	740243	39935	5.1
2021	Aug	54.1	51.4	779587	741465	38122	4.9
2021	Sep	54.0	51.5	779073	742949	36124	4.6
2021	Oct	54.1	51.7	779247	744914	34333	4.4
2021	Nov	54.2	51.9	779943	747271	32672	4.2
2021	Dec	54.3	52.1	781138	750031	31107	4.0
2022	Jan	54.4	52.3	782880	753003	29877	3.8
2022	Feb	54.6	52.6	784581	755664	28917	3.7
2022	Mar	54.7	52.7	785927	757359	28568	3.6
2022	Apr	54.8	52.8	786667	757846	28821	3.7
2022	May	54.8	52.7	786778	757211	29567	3.8
2022	Jun	54.8	52.7	786407	755815	30592	3.9
2022	Jul	54.7	52.5	785694	754091	31603	4.0
2022	Aug	54.7	52.4	784920	752630	32290	4.1
2022	Sep	54.7	52.4	784352	751923	32429	4.1
2022	Oct	54.6	52.4	784125	751868	32257	4.1
2022	Nov	54.6	52.4	784180	752180	32000	4.1
2022	Dec	54.7	52.4	784323	752464	31859	4.1
2023	Jan	54.7	52.5	784041	753125	30916	3.9
2023	Feb	54.6	52.6	782723	753910	28813	3.7
2023	Mar	54.6	52.7	782365	755499	26866	3.4
2023	Apr	54.6	52.8	782182	756217	25965	3.3
2023	May	54.6	52.8	782365	756819	25546	3.3
2023	Jun	54.6	52.8	783112	757286	25826	3.3
2023	Jul	54.7	52.9	784058	757576	26482	3.4
2023	Aug	54.9(P)	52.9(P)	786432(P)	758168(P)	28264(P)	3.6(P)
P : Preliminary.