Unemployed people in Wheeling, WV

Unemployed people in Wheeling, WV was 482 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 2.1% from 2024. That is the 5th highest of 5 cities in 2025.

2025, persons482

Change on 2024+2.1%

Rank5th of 5Cities in West Virginia ranked

Series high1,3231992

Series low4632007

Next release: Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 10:00 ET, announced by BLS. Release calendar

Unemployed people in Wheeling, WV, 1990 to 2025

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

Period	persons
2025	482
2024	472
2023	481
2022	496
2021	696
2020	1,171
2019	623
2018	635
2017	665
2016	762
2015	753
2014	752
2013	791
2012	853
2011	944
2010	1,060
2009	1,056
2008	479
2007	463
2006	524
2005	782
2004	823
2003	879
2002	869
2001	758
2000	772
1999	631
1998	704
1997	924
1996	744
1995	806
1994	1,195
1993	1,217
1992	1,323
1991	1,098
1990	859

Rankings

US cities by unemployed people 1706 places
Cities in West Virginia by unemployed people 5 places

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.

How to cite

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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APA 7

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

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Wheeling, 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/wheeling-wv. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Wheeling, 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/wheeling-wv.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Wheeling, 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/wheeling-wv (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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}

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What is the unemployed people in Wheeling, WV?

Unemployed people in Wheeling, WV was 482 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 2.1% from 2024. That is the 5th 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 Wheeling, WV?

1,323 in 1992, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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