# Counties in West Virginia by labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 55 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `labor_force_participation_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 16 and over in the labor force (employed, unemployed or in the Armed Forces) as a percentage of all people aged 16 and over, including people in group quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/labor-force-participation-rate-acs/west-virginia-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Berkeley County | 66.2 |
| 2 | Jefferson County | 64.3 |
| 3 | Monongalia County | 63.9 |
| 4 | Putnam County | 59.5 |
| 5 | Marion County | 59.1 |
| 6 | Ohio County | 58 |
| 7 | Hancock County | 57.8 |
| 8 | Cabell County | 57.1 |
| 9 | Morgan County | 56.9 |
| 10 | Wood County | 56.2 |
| 11 | Harrison County | 56.2 |
| 12 | Hardy County | 56.1 |
| 13 | Kanawha County | 55.8 |
| 14 | Grant County | 55.1 |
| 15 | Brooke County | 55 |
| 16 | Pleasants County | 54.6 |
| 17 | Mineral County | 54 |
| 18 | Marshall County | 53.9 |
| 19 | Taylor County | 53.6 |
| 20 | Lewis County | 53 |
| 21 | Hampshire County | 51.8 |
| 22 | Pendleton County | 51.3 |
| 23 | Randolph County | 51 |
| 24 | Wayne County | 50.9 |
| 25 | Mercer County | 50.8 |
| 26 | Tucker County | 50.4 |
| 27 | Greenbrier County | 49.8 |
| 28 | Preston County | 49.8 |
| 29 | Upshur County | 49.2 |
| 30 | Jackson County | 48.9 |
| 31 | Monroe County | 48.3 |
| 32 | Barbour County | 48.2 |
| 33 | Fayette County | 48.1 |
| 34 | Raleigh County | 48 |
| 35 | Wetzel County | 47.9 |
| 36 | Ritchie County | 47.7 |
| 37 | Wirt County | 47.5 |
| 38 | Nicholas County | 46.8 |
| 39 | Mason County | 46.4 |
| 40 | Boone County | 46.2 |
| 41 | Tyler County | 45.5 |
| 42 | Logan County | 45.3 |
| 43 | Webster County | 44 |
| 44 | Clay County | 43.7 |
| 45 | Pocahontas County | 43.1 |
| 46 | Braxton County | 42.9 |
| 47 | Roane County | 42.8 |
| 48 | Doddridge County | 41.7 |
| 49 | Calhoun County | 40.8 |
| 50 | Lincoln County | 40.6 |
| 51 | Wyoming County | 39.8 |
| 52 | Mingo County | 35.9 |
| 53 | Summers County | 35.8 |
| 54 | Gilmer County | 35.4 |
| 55 | McDowell County | 27.1 |