Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in West Virginia

Title Civilian Labor Force in West Virginia
Series ID LAUST540000000000006A
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 Annual
Units Persons
Date Range 1976-01-01 to 2023-01-01
Last Updated 2024-03-01 10:23 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 707874
1977-01-01 718951
1978-01-01 735448
1979-01-01 755637
1980-01-01 770365
1981-01-01 776443
1982-01-01 780252
1983-01-01 762562
1984-01-01 758186
1985-01-01 752488
1986-01-01 746870
1987-01-01 741846
1988-01-01 740828
1989-01-01 760691
1990-01-01 769471
1991-01-01 780574
1992-01-01 787489
1993-01-01 784095
1994-01-01 787408
1995-01-01 786498
1996-01-01 790966
1997-01-01 790866
1998-01-01 795033
1999-01-01 799252
2000-01-01 799081
2001-01-01 796596
2002-01-01 798709
2003-01-01 791841
2004-01-01 789527
2005-01-01 794557
2006-01-01 804910
2007-01-01 804305
2008-01-01 806254
2009-01-01 811270
2010-01-01 810101
2011-01-01 806568
2012-01-01 808022
2013-01-01 799481
2014-01-01 795733
2015-01-01 791526
2016-01-01 785104
2017-01-01 784744
2018-01-01 793415
2019-01-01 794874
2020-01-01 777139
2021-01-01 773616
2022-01-01 778705
2023-01-01 785642

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