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 2025-01-01
Last Updated 2025-03-21 1:02 PM 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 52578
1976-02-01 52588
1976-03-01 52703
1976-04-01 52847
1976-05-01 52769
1976-06-01 52208
1976-07-01 51309
1976-08-01 49913
1976-09-01 48544
1976-10-01 48054
1976-11-01 48438
1976-12-01 49225
1977-01-01 50006
1977-02-01 50412
1977-03-01 50311
1977-04-01 49829
1977-05-01 49209
1977-06-01 48686
1977-07-01 48518
1977-08-01 48926
1977-09-01 49446
1977-10-01 49739
1977-11-01 49986
1977-12-01 49986
1978-01-01 49452
1978-02-01 48303
1978-03-01 46763
1978-04-01 45365
1978-05-01 44586
1978-06-01 44529
1978-07-01 45150
1978-08-01 46264
1978-09-01 47585
1978-10-01 48648
1978-11-01 49205
1978-12-01 49520
1979-01-01 49841
1979-02-01 50445
1979-03-01 51379
1979-04-01 52470
1979-05-01 53644
1979-06-01 54974
1979-07-01 56299
1979-08-01 57514
1979-09-01 58565
1979-10-01 59381
1979-11-01 60188
1979-12-01 61340
1980-01-01 63090
1980-02-01 65593
1980-03-01 69028
1980-04-01 73172
1980-05-01 77382
1980-06-01 80990
1980-07-01 83426
1980-08-01 84536
1980-09-01 84682
1980-10-01 84464
1980-11-01 84236
1980-12-01 84458
1981-01-01 85435
1981-02-01 86618
1981-03-01 87055
1981-04-01 86252
1981-05-01 84258
1981-06-01 81500
1981-07-01 78800
1981-08-01 76933
1981-09-01 76361
1981-10-01 77248
1981-11-01 79305
1981-12-01 81885
1982-01-01 84515
1982-02-01 87481
1982-03-01 91044
1982-04-01 95167
1982-05-01 99719
1982-06-01 104621
1982-07-01 109834
1982-08-01 115272
1982-09-01 120793
1982-10-01 126202
1982-11-01 131101
1982-12-01 134908
1983-01-01 137302
1983-02-01 138059
1983-03-01 137449
1983-04-01 136079
1983-05-01 134333
1983-06-01 132310
1983-07-01 129924
1983-08-01 127107
1983-09-01 123728
1983-10-01 119748
1983-11-01 115565
1983-12-01 111795
1984-01-01 108705
1984-02-01 106374
1984-03-01 104835
1984-04-01 103785
1984-05-01 103215
1984-06-01 103103
1984-07-01 103389
1984-08-01 104076
1984-09-01 105134
1984-10-01 106241
1984-11-01 106980
1984-12-01 107020
1985-01-01 106274
1985-02-01 104992
1985-03-01 103372
1985-04-01 101726
1985-05-01 100204
1985-06-01 98744
1985-07-01 97319
1985-08-01 95615
1985-09-01 93632
1985-10-01 91753
1985-11-01 90269
1985-12-01 89352
1986-01-01 89158
1986-02-01 89519
1986-03-01 90074
1986-04-01 90540
1986-05-01 90631
1986-06-01 90325
1986-07-01 89632
1986-08-01 88725
1986-09-01 87724
1986-10-01 86680
1986-11-01 85755
1986-12-01 84989
1987-01-01 84254
1987-02-01 83450
1987-03-01 82624
1987-04-01 81742
1987-05-01 80776
1987-06-01 79832
1987-07-01 79030
1987-08-01 78402
1987-09-01 77785
1987-10-01 77127
1987-11-01 76407
1987-12-01 75782
1988-01-01 75314
1988-02-01 74902
1988-03-01 74460
1988-04-01 73960
1988-05-01 73376
1988-06-01 72680
1988-07-01 71885
1988-08-01 71098
1988-09-01 70425
1988-10-01 69681
1988-11-01 68773
1988-12-01 67767
1989-01-01 66834
1989-02-01 66284
1989-03-01 66102
1989-04-01 66086
1989-05-01 66134
1989-06-01 66126
1989-07-01 65941
1989-08-01 65513
1989-09-01 64888
1989-10-01 64148
1989-11-01 63353
1989-12-01 62538
1990-01-01 61761
1990-02-01 61056
1990-03-01 60651
1990-04-01 60850
1990-05-01 61682
1990-06-01 63079
1990-07-01 65015
1990-08-01 67279
1990-09-01 69589
1990-10-01 71868
1990-11-01 73975
1990-12-01 75785
1991-01-01 77381
1991-02-01 78824
1991-03-01 80088
1991-04-01 81143
1991-05-01 82036
1991-06-01 82760
1991-07-01 83297
1991-08-01 83865
1991-09-01 84683
1991-10-01 85793
1991-11-01 87067
1991-12-01 88204
1992-01-01 88968
1992-02-01 89356
1992-03-01 89388
1992-04-01 89213
1992-05-01 88959
1992-06-01 88692
1992-07-01 88466
1992-08-01 88110
1992-09-01 87448
1992-10-01 86446
1992-11-01 85295
1992-12-01 84302
1993-01-01 83579
1993-02-01 83088
1993-03-01 82800
1993-04-01 82519
1993-05-01 82140
1993-06-01 81621
1993-07-01 80745
1993-08-01 79580
1993-09-01 78433
1993-10-01 77566
1993-11-01 77115
1993-12-01 76889
1994-01-01 76570
1994-02-01 75884
1994-03-01 74753
1994-04-01 73215
1994-05-01 71427
1994-06-01 69616
1994-07-01 68086
1994-08-01 66860
1994-09-01 65727
1994-10-01 64404
1994-11-01 62854
1994-12-01 61451
1995-01-01 60551
1995-02-01 60334
1995-03-01 60788
1995-04-01 61731
1995-05-01 62813
1995-06-01 63713
1995-07-01 64198
1995-08-01 64286
1995-09-01 64223
1995-10-01 64224
1995-11-01 64282
1995-12-01 64277
1996-01-01 64101
1996-02-01 63661
1996-03-01 62881
1996-04-01 61800
1996-05-01 60601
1996-06-01 59532
1996-07-01 58807
1996-08-01 58531
1996-09-01 58642
1996-10-01 59034
1996-11-01 59448
1996-12-01 59526
1997-01-01 59110
1997-02-01 58274
1997-03-01 57172
1997-04-01 56119
1997-05-01 55296
1997-06-01 54708
1997-07-01 54348
1997-08-01 54139
1997-09-01 53867
1997-10-01 53618
1997-11-01 53508
1997-12-01 53472
1998-01-01 53471
1998-02-01 53459
1998-03-01 53440
1998-04-01 53368
1998-05-01 53298
1998-06-01 53273
1998-07-01 53194
1998-08-01 53011
1998-09-01 52777
1998-10-01 52384
1998-11-01 51957
1998-12-01 51826
1999-01-01 51972
1999-02-01 52258
1999-03-01 52557
1999-04-01 52761
1999-05-01 52785
1999-06-01 52627
1999-07-01 52368
1999-08-01 51934
1999-09-01 51315
1999-10-01 50545
1999-11-01 49482
1999-12-01 48171
2000-01-01 46907
2000-02-01 45891
2000-03-01 45202
2000-04-01 44811
2000-05-01 44596
2000-06-01 44436
2000-07-01 44254
2000-08-01 44049
2000-09-01 43765
2000-10-01 43351
2000-11-01 42980
2000-12-01 42673
2001-01-01 42335
2001-02-01 41951
2001-03-01 41529
2001-04-01 41125
2001-05-01 40833
2001-06-01 40749
2001-07-01 40893
2001-08-01 41332
2001-09-01 42096
2001-10-01 43102
2001-11-01 44193
2001-12-01 45289
2002-01-01 46377
2002-02-01 47408
2002-03-01 48289
2002-04-01 48898
2002-05-01 49165
2002-06-01 49097
2002-07-01 48845
2002-08-01 48572
2002-09-01 48457
2002-10-01 48609
2002-11-01 48959
2002-12-01 49325
2003-01-01 49608
2003-02-01 49791
2003-03-01 49882
2003-04-01 49906
2003-05-01 49858
2003-06-01 49679
2003-07-01 49251
2003-08-01 48557
2003-09-01 47640
2003-10-01 46664
2003-11-01 45820
2003-12-01 45171
2004-01-01 44707
2004-02-01 44322
2004-03-01 43958
2004-04-01 43504
2004-05-01 42932
2004-06-01 42290
2004-07-01 41695
2004-08-01 41233
2004-09-01 40944
2004-10-01 40872
2004-11-01 40971
2004-12-01 41129
2005-01-01 41164
2005-02-01 41004
2005-03-01 40674
2005-04-01 40318
2005-05-01 40081
2005-06-01 40044
2005-07-01 40242
2005-08-01 40501
2005-09-01 40598
2005-10-01 40295
2005-11-01 39566
2005-12-01 38658
2006-01-01 37840
2006-02-01 37317
2006-03-01 37266
2006-04-01 37713
2006-05-01 38435
2006-06-01 39189
2006-07-01 39732
2006-08-01 39914
2006-09-01 39742
2006-10-01 39260
2006-11-01 38577
2006-12-01 37797
2007-01-01 37018
2007-02-01 36330
2007-03-01 35761
2007-04-01 35361
2007-05-01 35227
2007-06-01 35339
2007-07-01 35687
2007-08-01 36256
2007-09-01 36779
2007-10-01 37009
2007-11-01 36829
2007-12-01 36273
2008-01-01 35584
2008-02-01 34949
2008-03-01 34450
2008-04-01 34162
2008-05-01 34119
2008-06-01 34314
2008-07-01 34681
2008-08-01 35314
2008-09-01 36560
2008-10-01 38673
2008-11-01 41757
2008-12-01 45735
2009-01-01 50337
2009-02-01 55219
2009-03-01 59890
2009-04-01 63787
2009-05-01 66595
2009-06-01 68289
2009-07-01 69029
2009-08-01 69095
2009-09-01 68935
2009-10-01 69030
2009-11-01 69510
2009-12-01 70169
2010-01-01 70610
2010-02-01 70485
2010-03-01 69799
2010-04-01 68776
2010-05-01 67656
2010-06-01 66774
2010-07-01 66463
2010-08-01 66760
2010-09-01 67320
2010-10-01 67715
2010-11-01 67715
2010-12-01 67248
2011-01-01 66409
2011-02-01 65326
2011-03-01 64106
2011-04-01 63008
2011-05-01 62304
2011-06-01 61989
2011-07-01 61900
2011-08-01 61789
2011-09-01 61402
2011-10-01 60608
2011-11-01 59422
2011-12-01 58115
2012-01-01 57061
2012-02-01 56604
2012-03-01 56889
2012-04-01 57687
2012-05-01 58636
2012-06-01 59383
2012-07-01 59680
2012-08-01 59593
2012-09-01 59335
2012-10-01 58936
2012-11-01 58405
2012-12-01 57654
2013-01-01 56680
2013-02-01 55589
2013-03-01 54500
2013-04-01 53561
2013-05-01 52944
2013-06-01 52738
2013-07-01 52844
2013-08-01 52987
2013-09-01 53069
2013-10-01 53250
2013-11-01 53525
2013-12-01 53811
2014-01-01 53934
2014-02-01 53738
2014-03-01 53320
2014-04-01 52803
2014-05-01 52226
2014-06-01 51686
2014-07-01 51284
2014-08-01 51044
2014-09-01 50858
2014-10-01 50609
2014-11-01 50394
2014-12-01 50449
2015-01-01 50885
2015-02-01 51714
2015-03-01 52685
2015-04-01 53483
2015-05-01 53822
2015-06-01 53560
2015-07-01 52806
2015-08-01 51834
2015-09-01 50920
2015-10-01 50286
2015-11-01 49993
2015-12-01 49926
2016-01-01 49936
2016-02-01 49839
2016-03-01 49471
2016-04-01 48936
2016-05-01 48464
2016-06-01 48136
2016-07-01 47852
2016-08-01 47527
2016-09-01 47073
2016-10-01 46326
2016-11-01 45233
2016-12-01 43837
2017-01-01 42312
2017-02-01 40901
2017-03-01 39911
2017-04-01 39439
2017-05-01 39351
2017-06-01 39582
2017-07-01 40117
2017-08-01 40722
2017-09-01 41230
2017-10-01 41605
2017-11-01 41894
2017-12-01 42076
2018-01-01 42174
2018-02-01 42180
2018-03-01 42032
2018-04-01 41658
2018-05-01 41178
2018-06-01 40627
2018-07-01 40010
2018-08-01 39555
2018-09-01 39458
2018-10-01 39646
2018-11-01 39888
2018-12-01 39912
2019-01-01 39614
2019-02-01 38999
2019-03-01 38311
2019-04-01 37769
2019-05-01 37525
2019-06-01 37714
2019-07-01 38335
2019-08-01 39127
2019-09-01 39650
2019-10-01 39999
2019-11-01 40359
2019-12-01 40964
2020-01-01 41668
2020-02-01 42197
2020-03-01 42286
2020-04-01 120328
2020-05-01 96560
2020-06-01 81248
2020-07-01 73253
2020-08-01 63449
2020-09-01 59082
2020-10-01 53800
2020-11-01 51079
2020-12-01 49576
2021-01-01 47560
2021-02-01 46440
2021-03-01 45570
2021-04-01 44480
2021-05-01 42993
2021-06-01 41479
2021-07-01 39382
2021-08-01 37207
2021-09-01 35040
2021-10-01 33330
2021-11-01 32043
2021-12-01 31058
2022-01-01 30470
2022-02-01 30031
2022-03-01 29898
2022-04-01 29990
2022-05-01 30219
2022-06-01 30505
2022-07-01 30785
2022-08-01 30929
2022-09-01 30693
2022-10-01 30114
2022-11-01 29310
2022-12-01 28493
2023-01-01 27908
2023-02-01 27599
2023-03-01 27626
2023-04-01 28048
2023-05-01 28874
2023-06-01 29885
2023-07-01 30897
2023-08-01 31782
2023-09-01 32444
2023-10-01 32856
2023-11-01 32988
2023-12-01 32843
2024-01-01 32478
2024-02-01 32135
2024-03-01 31962
2024-04-01 31943
2024-05-01 32042
2024-06-01 32194
2024-07-01 32304
2024-08-01 32300
2024-09-01 32173
2024-10-01 31991
2024-11-01 31901
2024-12-01 31898
2025-01-01 31683

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