Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Unemployed Persons in West Virginia

Title Unemployed Persons in West Virginia
Series ID LASST540000000000004
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas) (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Persons
Date Range 1976-01-01 to 2024-11-01
Last Updated 2025-01-03 10:20 AM CST
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 52965
1976-02-01 52984
1976-03-01 53093
1976-04-01 53171
1976-05-01 52997
1976-06-01 52317
1976-07-01 51304
1976-08-01 49824
1976-09-01 48401
1976-10-01 47898
1976-11-01 48314
1976-12-01 49175
1977-01-01 50051
1977-02-01 50559
1977-03-01 50551
1977-04-01 50136
1977-05-01 49547
1977-06-01 49001
1977-07-01 48760
1977-08-01 49053
1977-09-01 49432
1977-10-01 49577
1977-11-01 49698
1977-12-01 49598
1978-01-01 48977
1978-02-01 47751
1978-03-01 46154
1978-04-01 44741
1978-05-01 43999
1978-06-01 44020
1978-07-01 44721
1978-08-01 45907
1978-09-01 47289
1978-10-01 48391
1978-11-01 48973
1978-12-01 49311
1979-01-01 49651
1979-02-01 50276
1979-03-01 51230
1979-04-01 52328
1979-05-01 53504
1979-06-01 54846
1979-07-01 56182
1979-08-01 57410
1979-09-01 58466
1979-10-01 59283
1979-11-01 60084
1979-12-01 61239
1980-01-01 63006
1980-02-01 65508
1980-03-01 68913
1980-04-01 73020
1980-05-01 77203
1980-06-01 80836
1980-07-01 83383
1980-08-01 84670
1980-09-01 85014
1980-10-01 84989
1980-11-01 84909
1980-12-01 85217
1981-01-01 86233
1981-02-01 87436
1981-03-01 87877
1981-04-01 87039
1981-05-01 84979
1981-06-01 82118
1981-07-01 79299
1981-08-01 77304
1981-09-01 76608
1981-10-01 77381
1981-11-01 79351
1981-12-01 81910
1982-01-01 84596
1982-02-01 87694
1982-03-01 91435
1982-04-01 95760
1982-05-01 100511
1982-06-01 105582
1982-07-01 110964
1982-08-01 116615
1982-09-01 122421
1982-10-01 128149
1982-11-01 133359
1982-12-01 137408
1983-01-01 139975
1983-02-01 140864
1983-03-01 140382
1983-04-01 139134
1983-05-01 137483
1983-06-01 135512
1983-07-01 133095
1983-08-01 130137
1983-09-01 126544
1983-10-01 122324
1983-11-01 117912
1983-12-01 113941
1984-01-01 110665
1984-02-01 108149
1984-03-01 106457
1984-04-01 105308
1984-05-01 104698
1984-06-01 104599
1984-07-01 104943
1984-08-01 105733
1984-09-01 106909
1984-10-01 108101
1984-11-01 108891
1984-12-01 108939
1985-01-01 108152
1985-02-01 106775
1985-03-01 105006
1985-04-01 103201
1985-05-01 101553
1985-06-01 100014
1985-07-01 98520
1985-08-01 96737
1985-09-01 94669
1985-10-01 92724
1985-11-01 91193
1985-12-01 90273
1986-01-01 90152
1986-02-01 90647
1986-03-01 91364
1986-04-01 91989
1986-05-01 92205
1986-06-01 91978
1986-07-01 91308
1986-08-01 90367
1986-09-01 89293
1986-10-01 88184
1986-11-01 87209
1986-12-01 86409
1987-01-01 85651
1987-02-01 84857
1987-03-01 84074
1987-04-01 83231
1987-05-01 82292
1987-06-01 81381
1987-07-01 80650
1987-08-01 80124
1987-09-01 79599
1987-10-01 79018
1987-11-01 78380
1987-12-01 77831
1988-01-01 77405
1988-02-01 76974
1988-03-01 76454
1988-04-01 75837
1988-05-01 75109
1988-06-01 74260
1988-07-01 73334
1988-08-01 72469
1988-09-01 71798
1988-10-01 71097
1988-11-01 70233
1988-12-01 69257
1989-01-01 68336
1989-02-01 67774
1989-03-01 67551
1989-04-01 67476
1989-05-01 67447
1989-06-01 67336
1989-07-01 67016
1989-08-01 66426
1989-09-01 65613
1989-10-01 64697
1989-11-01 63780
1989-12-01 62904
1990-01-01 62115
1990-02-01 61415
1990-03-01 61005
1990-04-01 61180
1990-05-01 61960
1990-06-01 63299
1990-07-01 65208
1990-08-01 67504
1990-09-01 69884
1990-10-01 72208
1990-11-01 74281
1990-12-01 75990
1991-01-01 77473
1991-02-01 78833
1991-03-01 80064
1991-04-01 81143
1991-05-01 82122
1991-06-01 82966
1991-07-01 83611
1991-08-01 84249
1991-09-01 85109
1991-10-01 86249
1991-11-01 87533
1991-12-01 88639
1992-01-01 89338
1992-02-01 89667
1992-03-01 89688
1992-04-01 89560
1992-05-01 89403
1992-06-01 89249
1992-07-01 89111
1992-08-01 88788
1992-09-01 88112
1992-10-01 87069
1992-11-01 85875
1992-12-01 84850
1993-01-01 84108
1993-02-01 83611
1993-03-01 83310
1993-04-01 82997
1993-05-01 82573
1993-06-01 82011
1993-07-01 81089
1993-08-01 79881
1993-09-01 78703
1993-10-01 77828
1993-11-01 77417
1993-12-01 77260
1994-01-01 76995
1994-02-01 76322
1994-03-01 75159
1994-04-01 73554
1994-05-01 71675
1994-06-01 69776
1994-07-01 68176
1994-08-01 66896
1994-09-01 65703
1994-10-01 64305
1994-11-01 62665
1994-12-01 61184
1995-01-01 60245
1995-02-01 60022
1995-03-01 60495
1995-04-01 61480
1995-05-01 62612
1995-06-01 63555
1995-07-01 64092
1995-08-01 64226
1995-09-01 64177
1995-10-01 64184
1995-11-01 64241
1995-12-01 64229
1996-01-01 64051
1996-02-01 63618
1996-03-01 62842
1996-04-01 61758
1996-05-01 60542
1996-06-01 59442
1996-07-01 58676
1996-08-01 58379
1996-09-01 58504
1996-10-01 58903
1996-11-01 59308
1996-12-01 59358
1997-01-01 58889
1997-02-01 57991
1997-03-01 56842
1997-04-01 55767
1997-05-01 54966
1997-06-01 54442
1997-07-01 54174
1997-08-01 54074
1997-09-01 53917
1997-10-01 53785
1997-11-01 53776
1997-12-01 53818
1998-01-01 53863
1998-02-01 53859
1998-03-01 53805
1998-04-01 53667
1998-05-01 53518
1998-06-01 53421
1998-07-01 53285
1998-08-01 53068
1998-09-01 52838
1998-10-01 52478
1998-11-01 52095
1998-12-01 52010
1999-01-01 52176
1999-02-01 52454
1999-03-01 52729
1999-04-01 52898
1999-05-01 52878
1999-06-01 52678
1999-07-01 52375
1999-08-01 51895
1999-09-01 51222
1999-10-01 50398
1999-11-01 49288
1999-12-01 47949
2000-01-01 46691
2000-02-01 45728
2000-03-01 45117
2000-04-01 44822
2000-05-01 44702
2000-06-01 44634
2000-07-01 44551
2000-08-01 44443
2000-09-01 44235
2000-10-01 43859
2000-11-01 43492
2000-12-01 43154
2001-01-01 42758
2001-02-01 42309
2001-03-01 41851
2001-04-01 41475
2001-05-01 41282
2001-06-01 41351
2001-07-01 41677
2001-08-01 42316
2001-09-01 43303
2001-10-01 44568
2001-11-01 45947
2001-12-01 47351
2002-01-01 48759
2002-02-01 50086
2002-03-01 51208
2002-04-01 51976
2002-05-01 52321
2002-06-01 52274
2002-07-01 52024
2002-08-01 51766
2002-09-01 51695
2002-10-01 51905
2002-11-01 52314
2002-12-01 52730
2003-01-01 53064
2003-02-01 53302
2003-03-01 53452
2003-04-01 53530
2003-05-01 53520
2003-06-01 53342
2003-07-01 52865
2003-08-01 52073
2003-09-01 51030
2003-10-01 49942
2003-11-01 49024
2003-12-01 48341
2004-01-01 47864
2004-02-01 47480
2004-03-01 47116
2004-04-01 46635
2004-05-01 46012
2004-06-01 45305
2004-07-01 44657
2004-08-01 44174
2004-09-01 43907
2004-10-01 43900
2004-11-01 44100
2004-12-01 44361
2005-01-01 44449
2005-02-01 44272
2005-03-01 43859
2005-04-01 43386
2005-05-01 43023
2005-06-01 42889
2005-07-01 43044
2005-08-01 43308
2005-09-01 43432
2005-10-01 43149
2005-11-01 42419
2005-12-01 41512
2006-01-01 40720
2006-02-01 40239
2006-03-01 40254
2006-04-01 40813
2006-05-01 41669
2006-06-01 42535
2006-07-01 43126
2006-08-01 43284
2006-09-01 43028
2006-10-01 42435
2006-11-01 41642
2006-12-01 40770
2007-01-01 39919
2007-02-01 39183
2007-03-01 38563
2007-04-01 38086
2007-05-01 37870
2007-06-01 37913
2007-07-01 38200
2007-08-01 38711
2007-09-01 39173
2007-10-01 39327
2007-11-01 39060
2007-12-01 38409
2008-01-01 37624
2008-02-01 36889
2008-03-01 36265
2008-04-01 35825
2008-05-01 35615
2008-06-01 35658
2008-07-01 35924
2008-08-01 36525
2008-09-01 37815
2008-10-01 40042
2008-11-01 43291
2008-12-01 47458
2009-01-01 52267
2009-02-01 57370
2009-03-01 62268
2009-04-01 66370
2009-05-01 69323
2009-06-01 71082
2009-07-01 71793
2009-08-01 71753
2009-09-01 71433
2009-10-01 71334
2009-11-01 71612
2009-12-01 72089
2010-01-01 72369
2010-02-01 72122
2010-03-01 71375
2010-04-01 70369
2010-05-01 69328
2010-06-01 68562
2010-07-01 68385
2010-08-01 68794
2010-09-01 69406
2010-10-01 69787
2010-11-01 69706
2010-12-01 69099
2011-01-01 68088
2011-02-01 66830
2011-03-01 65440
2011-04-01 64186
2011-05-01 63346
2011-06-01 62909
2011-07-01 62701
2011-08-01 62471
2011-09-01 61966
2011-10-01 61052
2011-11-01 59751
2011-12-01 58353
2012-01-01 57238
2012-02-01 56756
2012-03-01 57049
2012-04-01 57878
2012-05-01 58860
2012-06-01 59627
2012-07-01 59926
2012-08-01 59835
2012-09-01 59578
2012-10-01 59184
2012-11-01 58659
2012-12-01 57904
2013-01-01 56898
2013-02-01 55743
2013-03-01 54561
2013-04-01 53520
2013-05-01 52811
2013-06-01 52541
2013-07-01 52612
2013-08-01 52742
2013-09-01 52830
2013-10-01 53029
2013-11-01 53329
2013-12-01 53651
2014-01-01 53817
2014-02-01 53652
2014-03-01 53240
2014-04-01 52704
2014-05-01 52096
2014-06-01 51537
2014-07-01 51142
2014-08-01 50937
2014-09-01 50800
2014-10-01 50599
2014-11-01 50415
2014-12-01 50482
2015-01-01 50936
2015-02-01 51818
2015-03-01 52884
2015-04-01 53799
2015-05-01 54235
2015-06-01 54018
2015-07-01 53242
2015-08-01 52197
2015-09-01 51189
2015-10-01 50476
2015-11-01 50152
2015-12-01 50108
2016-01-01 50166
2016-02-01 50104
2016-03-01 49744
2016-04-01 49189
2016-05-01 48683
2016-06-01 48320
2016-07-01 48007
2016-08-01 47663
2016-09-01 47191
2016-10-01 46437
2016-11-01 45349
2016-12-01 43956
2017-01-01 42346
2017-02-01 40900
2017-03-01 39894
2017-04-01 39434
2017-05-01 39378
2017-06-01 39655
2017-07-01 40249
2017-08-01 40918
2017-09-01 41486
2017-10-01 41921
2017-11-01 42267
2017-12-01 42506
2018-01-01 42473
2018-02-01 42470
2018-03-01 42299
2018-04-01 41896
2018-05-01 41389
2018-06-01 40823
2018-07-01 40208
2018-08-01 39774
2018-09-01 39710
2018-10-01 39934
2018-11-01 40193
2018-12-01 40200
2019-01-01 39739
2019-02-01 39094
2019-03-01 38377
2019-04-01 37819
2019-05-01 37584
2019-06-01 37808
2019-07-01 38487
2019-08-01 39346
2019-09-01 39936
2019-10-01 40347
2019-11-01 40755
2019-12-01 41379
2020-01-01 42060
2020-02-01 42522
2020-03-01 42512
2020-04-01 119883
2020-05-01 96022
2020-06-01 80665
2020-07-01 72557
2020-08-01 62718
2020-09-01 58337
2020-10-01 53133
2020-11-01 50462
2020-12-01 49043
2021-01-01 47125
2021-02-01 46057
2021-03-01 45258
2021-04-01 44287
2021-05-01 42967
2021-06-01 41607
2021-07-01 39679
2021-08-01 37636
2021-09-01 35551
2021-10-01 33834
2021-11-01 32443
2021-12-01 31262
2022-01-01 30414
2022-02-01 29722
2022-03-01 29430
2022-04-01 29508
2022-05-01 29873
2022-06-01 30411
2022-07-01 31008
2022-08-01 31447
2022-09-01 31413
2022-10-01 30880
2022-11-01 29956
2022-12-01 28860
2023-01-01 27900
2023-02-01 27225
2023-03-01 27025
2023-04-01 27444
2023-05-01 28496
2023-06-01 29895
2023-07-01 31400
2023-08-01 32727
2023-09-01 33679
2023-10-01 34189
2023-11-01 34079
2023-12-01 33903
2024-01-01 34031
2024-02-01 34074
2024-03-01 34299
2024-04-01 33590
2024-05-01 33009
2024-06-01 32676
2024-07-01 33079
2024-08-01 32863
2024-09-01 33344
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