Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Unemployed Persons in West Virginia

Title Unemployed Persons in West Virginia
Series ID LAUST540000000000004
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas) (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Persons
Date Range 1976-01-01 to 2025-05-01
Last Updated 2025-07-02 10:11 AM CDT
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Civilian Labor Force includes all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older classified as either employed or unemployed.

Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

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DATE VALUE
1976-01-01 64010
1976-02-01 61286
1976-03-01 57429
1976-04-01 53537
1976-05-01 48041
1976-06-01 53155
1976-07-01 49286
1976-08-01 46774
1976-09-01 43388
1976-10-01 41460
1976-11-01 45431
1976-12-01 46716
1977-01-01 53399
1977-02-01 71352
1977-03-01 55572
1977-04-01 47342
1977-05-01 42135
1977-06-01 50072
1977-07-01 45760
1977-08-01 47231
1977-09-01 44925
1977-10-01 43614
1977-11-01 46099
1977-12-01 48474
1978-01-01 56738
1978-02-01 58400
1978-03-01 58552
1978-04-01 42517
1978-05-01 38526
1978-06-01 43095
1978-07-01 43677
1978-08-01 44654
1978-09-01 46577
1978-10-01 40156
1978-11-01 44115
1978-12-01 48670
1979-01-01 57122
1979-02-01 60706
1979-03-01 56359
1979-04-01 53154
1979-05-01 49912
1979-06-01 57443
1979-07-01 55329
1979-08-01 54019
1979-09-01 52635
1979-10-01 54251
1979-11-01 56239
1979-12-01 59746
1980-01-01 69923
1980-02-01 72399
1980-03-01 73019
1980-04-01 76604
1980-05-01 75496
1980-06-01 82618
1980-07-01 83632
1980-08-01 82944
1980-09-01 77320
1980-10-01 78058
1980-11-01 79901
1980-12-01 80390
1981-01-01 93597
1981-02-01 93968
1981-03-01 92088
1981-04-01 88882
1981-05-01 89698
1981-06-01 83173
1981-07-01 72338
1981-08-01 70756
1981-09-01 70904
1981-10-01 71692
1981-11-01 75976
1981-12-01 80799
1982-01-01 91404
1982-02-01 95726
1982-03-01 95288
1982-04-01 97473
1982-05-01 98339
1982-06-01 107186
1982-07-01 109155
1982-08-01 109650
1982-09-01 113547
1982-10-01 119961
1982-11-01 127958
1982-12-01 135379
1983-01-01 144097
1983-02-01 147816
1983-03-01 142366
1983-04-01 136427
1983-05-01 131785
1983-06-01 135838
1983-07-01 125876
1983-08-01 126158
1983-09-01 117711
1983-10-01 113849
1983-11-01 111349
1983-12-01 111903
1984-01-01 114693
1984-02-01 112489
1984-03-01 108857
1984-04-01 107278
1984-05-01 103070
1984-06-01 102787
1984-07-01 101974
1984-08-01 100237
1984-09-01 97770
1984-10-01 103548
1984-11-01 103231
1984-12-01 107505
1985-01-01 112444
1985-02-01 111828
1985-03-01 106134
1985-04-01 104786
1985-05-01 97619
1985-06-01 100282
1985-07-01 97592
1985-08-01 90679
1985-09-01 90185
1985-10-01 87403
1985-11-01 87830
1985-12-01 86855
1986-01-01 90024
1986-02-01 98993
1986-03-01 95255
1986-04-01 91717
1986-05-01 90228
1986-06-01 92605
1986-07-01 87555
1986-08-01 84300
1986-09-01 85335
1986-10-01 82745
1986-11-01 83706
1986-12-01 80103
1987-01-01 88111
1987-02-01 91138
1987-03-01 87941
1987-04-01 82826
1987-05-01 80504
1987-06-01 80115
1987-07-01 77595
1987-08-01 76309
1987-09-01 74155
1987-10-01 73644
1987-11-01 73723
1987-12-01 72522
1988-01-01 77971
1988-02-01 82276
1988-03-01 78744
1988-04-01 75046
1988-05-01 74993
1988-06-01 72320
1988-07-01 69582
1988-08-01 70443
1988-09-01 67027
1988-10-01 65033
1988-11-01 65572
1988-12-01 64830
1989-01-01 72309
1989-02-01 73271
1989-03-01 66275
1989-04-01 68426
1989-05-01 66539
1989-06-01 68519
1989-07-01 65377
1989-08-01 62247
1989-09-01 60986
1989-10-01 59794
1989-11-01 60209
1989-12-01 60359
1990-01-01 67051
1990-02-01 67868
1990-03-01 61983
1990-04-01 63097
1990-05-01 61990
1990-06-01 63212
1990-07-01 63748
1990-08-01 66353
1990-09-01 66504
1990-10-01 64989
1990-11-01 71157
1990-12-01 74425
1991-01-01 81007
1991-02-01 86333
1991-03-01 84752
1991-04-01 80948
1991-05-01 82392
1991-06-01 84438
1991-07-01 82373
1991-08-01 82702
1991-09-01 80215
1991-10-01 79391
1991-11-01 81357
1991-12-01 86427
1992-01-01 95623
1992-02-01 98190
1992-03-01 93904
1992-04-01 87997
1992-05-01 86951
1992-06-01 92541
1992-07-01 88081
1992-08-01 86427
1992-09-01 83544
1992-10-01 78938
1992-11-01 81020
1992-12-01 82402
1993-01-01 88208
1993-02-01 91112
1993-03-01 87060
1993-04-01 84090
1993-05-01 81903
1993-06-01 83661
1993-07-01 79797
1993-08-01 78189
1993-09-01 73126
1993-10-01 72596
1993-11-01 70714
1993-12-01 71036
1994-01-01 84870
1994-02-01 85705
1994-03-01 81072
1994-04-01 74326
1994-05-01 68458
1994-06-01 70642
1994-07-01 67551
1994-08-01 66456
1994-09-01 60210
1994-10-01 58622
1994-11-01 57438
1994-12-01 58393
1995-01-01 67862
1995-02-01 68174
1995-03-01 63260
1995-04-01 64678
1995-05-01 62532
1995-06-01 64537
1995-07-01 64394
1995-08-01 62642
1995-09-01 59014
1995-10-01 56527
1995-11-01 60221
1995-12-01 59581
1996-01-01 73864
1996-02-01 71641
1996-03-01 67616
1996-04-01 62989
1996-05-01 60301
1996-06-01 58925
1996-07-01 59050
1996-08-01 55708
1996-09-01 53268
1996-10-01 52936
1996-11-01 55371
1996-12-01 56777
1997-01-01 66578
1997-02-01 67160
1997-03-01 62100
1997-04-01 57216
1997-05-01 52072
1997-06-01 56153
1997-07-01 53520
1997-08-01 52993
1997-09-01 49581
1997-10-01 47367
1997-11-01 48535
1997-12-01 51424
1998-01-01 58643
1998-02-01 60912
1998-03-01 62768
1998-04-01 52134
1998-05-01 50331
1998-06-01 54627
1998-07-01 52795
1998-08-01 51838
1998-09-01 48478
1998-10-01 47491
1998-11-01 46921
1998-12-01 47672
1999-01-01 58092
1999-02-01 59993
1999-03-01 58417
1999-04-01 55166
1999-05-01 50350
1999-06-01 52830
1999-07-01 51519
1999-08-01 51170
1999-09-01 47381
1999-10-01 45174
1999-11-01 45244
1999-12-01 44690
2000-01-01 51578
2000-02-01 55266
2000-03-01 49726
2000-04-01 44069
2000-05-01 44389
2000-06-01 46152
2000-07-01 43705
2000-08-01 43304
2000-09-01 38780
2000-10-01 37284
2000-11-01 39068
2000-12-01 39482
2001-01-01 48043
2001-02-01 48742
2001-03-01 46703
2001-04-01 43345
2001-05-01 38876
2001-06-01 42411
2001-07-01 39950
2001-08-01 41026
2001-09-01 36720
2001-10-01 37384
2001-11-01 40069
2001-12-01 41527
2002-01-01 52777
2002-02-01 54129
2002-03-01 52753
2002-04-01 50613
2002-05-01 48001
2002-06-01 51524
2002-07-01 49018
2002-08-01 47403
2002-09-01 42759
2002-10-01 42164
2002-11-01 45192
2002-12-01 46648
2003-01-01 54763
2003-02-01 57688
2003-03-01 53603
2003-04-01 50918
2003-05-01 47392
2003-06-01 53252
2003-07-01 49740
2003-08-01 48002
2003-09-01 42480
2003-10-01 40896
2003-11-01 41507
2003-12-01 41602
2004-01-01 49659
2004-02-01 51276
2004-03-01 49344
2004-04-01 43901
2004-05-01 40955
2004-06-01 44846
2004-07-01 42395
2004-08-01 40853
2004-09-01 35462
2004-10-01 35808
2004-11-01 36556
2004-12-01 38380
2005-01-01 44982
2005-02-01 48775
2005-03-01 45920
2005-04-01 40364
2005-05-01 37485
2005-06-01 41737
2005-07-01 41514
2005-08-01 40024
2005-09-01 37135
2005-10-01 34718
2005-11-01 36137
2005-12-01 35608
2006-01-01 40719
2006-02-01 44533
2006-03-01 40731
2006-04-01 38546
2006-05-01 37307
2006-06-01 40551
2006-07-01 41162
2006-08-01 40827
2006-09-01 35481
2006-10-01 32937
2006-11-01 34488
2006-12-01 34048
2007-01-01 40741
2007-02-01 44727
2007-03-01 39478
2007-04-01 36297
2007-05-01 33692
2007-06-01 36488
2007-07-01 37185
2007-08-01 36037
2007-09-01 32413
2007-10-01 31270
2007-11-01 31613
2007-12-01 34695
2008-01-01 39820
2008-02-01 41125
2008-03-01 39142
2008-04-01 34321
2008-05-01 34124
2008-06-01 36665
2008-07-01 34861
2008-08-01 34840
2008-09-01 32388
2008-10-01 32639
2008-11-01 35344
2008-12-01 41452
2009-01-01 55820
2009-02-01 63464
2009-03-01 64526
2009-04-01 64787
2009-05-01 65576
2009-06-01 71313
2009-07-01 69809
2009-08-01 68213
2009-09-01 63986
2009-10-01 63525
2009-11-01 62704
2009-12-01 66017
2010-01-01 76767
2010-02-01 80948
2010-03-01 75514
2010-04-01 67256
2010-05-01 64997
2010-06-01 67262
2010-07-01 67547
2010-08-01 67616
2010-09-01 62697
2010-10-01 60914
2010-11-01 63357
2010-12-01 65394
2011-01-01 72891
2011-02-01 72389
2011-03-01 68250
2011-04-01 61645
2011-05-01 60037
2011-06-01 64087
2011-07-01 61810
2011-08-01 62133
2011-09-01 58364
2011-10-01 55534
2011-11-01 54298
2011-12-01 56634
2012-01-01 61467
2012-02-01 63557
2012-03-01 60052
2012-04-01 56091
2012-05-01 57315
2012-06-01 61682
2012-07-01 61670
2012-08-01 59838
2012-09-01 54340
2012-10-01 53467
2012-11-01 53078
2012-12-01 56201
2013-01-01 63961
2013-02-01 62179
2013-03-01 57079
2013-04-01 52015
2013-05-01 50187
2013-06-01 55619
2013-07-01 54139
2013-08-01 52703
2013-09-01 48855
2013-10-01 49330
2013-11-01 48723
2013-12-01 50112
2014-01-01 58701
2014-02-01 62370
2014-03-01 58755
2014-04-01 50117
2014-05-01 50149
2014-06-01 51691
2014-07-01 53467
2014-08-01 52665
2014-09-01 46472
2014-10-01 45304
2014-11-01 46058
2014-12-01 46465
2015-01-01 56433
2015-02-01 58401
2015-03-01 57106
2015-04-01 52548
2015-05-01 52535
2015-06-01 55010
2015-07-01 55323
2015-08-01 51818
2015-09-01 45494
2015-10-01 44372
2015-11-01 45545
2015-12-01 47236
2016-01-01 55592
2016-02-01 57429
2016-03-01 54213
2016-04-01 48313
2016-05-01 45415
2016-06-01 50169
2016-07-01 47666
2016-08-01 47840
2016-09-01 43643
2016-10-01 42209
2016-11-01 39247
2016-12-01 40736
2017-01-01 48761
2017-02-01 48337
2017-03-01 44180
2017-04-01 38926
2017-05-01 35593
2017-06-01 41624
2017-07-01 41100
2017-08-01 42295
2017-09-01 35702
2017-10-01 35061
2017-11-01 38301
2017-12-01 39816
2018-01-01 46697
2018-02-01 50025
2018-03-01 47365
2018-04-01 41565
2018-05-01 37693
2018-06-01 43369
2018-07-01 41197
2018-08-01 38589
2018-09-01 34084
2018-10-01 34503
2018-11-01 34119
2018-12-01 37680
2019-01-01 47115
2019-02-01 46610
2019-03-01 42881
2019-04-01 35485
2019-05-01 35339
2019-06-01 40363
2019-07-01 39545
2019-08-01 38875
2019-09-01 33877
2019-10-01 35573
2019-11-01 36398
2019-12-01 37968
2020-01-01 45310
2020-02-01 46158
2020-03-01 52762
2020-04-01 118159
2020-05-01 98599
2020-06-01 78748
2020-07-01 75459
2020-08-01 62231
2020-09-01 56355
2020-10-01 47426
2020-11-01 45436
2020-12-01 47334
2021-01-01 52603
2021-02-01 52843
2021-03-01 49232
2021-04-01 45034
2021-05-01 41414
2021-06-01 44752
2021-07-01 39895
2021-08-01 38113
2021-09-01 30574
2021-10-01 28093
2021-11-01 27442
2021-12-01 26706
2022-01-01 35922
2022-02-01 36674
2022-03-01 33053
2022-04-01 29027
2022-05-01 27640
2022-06-01 33921
2022-07-01 32409
2022-08-01 33161
2022-09-01 25661
2022-10-01 25742
2022-11-01 25918
2022-12-01 25021
2023-01-01 31304
2023-02-01 32382
2023-03-01 31198
2023-04-01 26947
2023-05-01 27638
2023-06-01 32516
2023-07-01 31171
2023-08-01 34724
2023-09-01 29244
2023-10-01 28820
2023-11-01 28150
2023-12-01 29612
2024-01-01 35910
2024-02-01 37972
2024-03-01 35342
2024-04-01 29838
2024-05-01 29406
2024-06-01 35077
2024-07-01 35471
2024-08-01 34186
2024-09-01 28672
2024-10-01 27271
2024-11-01 27656
2024-12-01 27658
2025-01-01 34738
2025-02-01 32097
2025-03-01 30547
2025-04-01 27753
2025-05-01 27265

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