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Unemployed people in Parkersburg, WV

Unemployed people in Parkersburg, WV was 567 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 4% from 2024. That is the 4th highest of 5 cities in 2025.

2025, persons567
Change on 2024+4%
Rank4th of 5Cities in West Virginia ranked
Series high1,8831992
Series low5152023

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Unemployed people in Parkersburg, WV, 1990 to 2025

5001,0001,5002,00019901996200220082014202020251990: 1,376 persons1991: 1,720 persons1992: 1,883 persons1993: 1,664 persons1994: 1,432 persons1995: 1,487 persons1996: 1,220 persons1997: 1,091 persons1998: 1,278 persons1999: 1,046 persons2000: 829 persons2001: 885 persons2002: 1,043 persons2003: 1,105 persons2004: 976 persons2005: 960 persons2006: 698 persons2007: 678 persons2008: 734 persons2009: 1,457 persons2010: 1,311 persons2011: 1,188 persons2012: 1,065 persons2013: 930 persons2014: 863 persons2015: 872 persons2016: 791 persons2017: 736 persons2018: 707 persons2019: 655 persons2020: 1,228 persons2021: 697 persons2022: 532 persons2023: 515 persons2024: 545 persons2025: 567 persons5001,0001,5002,00019902002201420251990: 1,376 persons1991: 1,720 persons1992: 1,883 persons1993: 1,664 persons1994: 1,432 persons1995: 1,487 persons1996: 1,220 persons1997: 1,091 persons1998: 1,278 persons1999: 1,046 persons2000: 829 persons2001: 885 persons2002: 1,043 persons2003: 1,105 persons2004: 976 persons2005: 960 persons2006: 698 persons2007: 678 persons2008: 734 persons2009: 1,457 persons2010: 1,311 persons2011: 1,188 persons2012: 1,065 persons2013: 930 persons2014: 863 persons2015: 872 persons2016: 791 persons2017: 736 persons2018: 707 persons2019: 655 persons2020: 1,228 persons2021: 697 persons2022: 532 persons2023: 515 persons2024: 545 persons2025: 567 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
2025567
2024545
2023515
2022532
2021697
20201,228
2019655
2018707
2017736
2016791
2015872
2014863
2013930
20121,065
20111,188
20101,311
20091,457
2008734
2007678
2006698
2005960
2004976
20031,105
20021,043
2001885
2000829
19991,046
19981,278
19971,091
19961,220
19951,487
19941,432
19931,664
19921,883
19911,720
19901,376

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Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, Parkersburg, WV, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Parkersburg, WV, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/parkersburg-wv. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Parkersburg, WV, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/parkersburg-wv.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Parkersburg, WV, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/parkersburg-wv (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the unemployed people in Parkersburg, WV?

Unemployed people in Parkersburg, WV was 567 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 4% from 2024. That is the 4th highest of 5 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Parkersburg, WV?

1,883 in 1992, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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