# Counties in West Virginia by unemployment 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: `unemployment_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed civilians aged 16 and over as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over. 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: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 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: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 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/unemployment-rate-acs/west-virginia-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Pocahontas County | 11.9 |
| 2 | Clay County | 11.9 |
| 3 | Mingo County | 11.5 |
| 4 | Braxton County | 9.4 |
| 5 | Webster County | 9.2 |
| 6 | Roane County | 9.1 |
| 7 | Hampshire County | 9 |
| 8 | Calhoun County | 8.9 |
| 9 | Boone County | 8.9 |
| 10 | Lewis County | 8.6 |
| 11 | Pleasants County | 8.6 |
| 12 | Logan County | 8.5 |
| 13 | Barbour County | 8.5 |
| 14 | Hancock County | 8.4 |
| 15 | McDowell County | 8.2 |
| 16 | Taylor County | 7.5 |
| 17 | Randolph County | 7.4 |
| 18 | Hardy County | 7.3 |
| 19 | Tyler County | 7 |
| 20 | Gilmer County | 6.8 |
| 21 | Mineral County | 6.6 |
| 22 | Pendleton County | 6.3 |
| 23 | Brooke County | 6.3 |
| 24 | Tucker County | 6.1 |
| 25 | Ohio County | 6 |
| 26 | Lincoln County | 5.9 |
| 27 | Nicholas County | 5.9 |
| 28 | Doddridge County | 5.7 |
| 29 | Upshur County | 5.7 |
| 30 | Wyoming County | 5.7 |
| 31 | Kanawha County | 5.6 |
| 32 | Fayette County | 5.6 |
| 33 | Wetzel County | 5.4 |
| 34 | Wood County | 5.4 |
| 35 | Preston County | 5.3 |
| 36 | Jackson County | 5.2 |
| 37 | Cabell County | 5.1 |
| 38 | Raleigh County | 5 |
| 39 | Wirt County | 5 |
| 40 | Wayne County | 4.9 |
| 41 | Marion County | 4.8 |
| 42 | Monroe County | 4.8 |
| 43 | Berkeley County | 4.7 |
| 44 | Monongalia County | 4.7 |
| 45 | Marshall County | 4.3 |
| 46 | Greenbrier County | 4.2 |
| 47 | Harrison County | 4 |
| 48 | Morgan County | 3.9 |
| 49 | Jefferson County | 3.9 |
| 50 | Mason County | 3.8 |
| 51 | Grant County | 3.3 |
| 52 | Putnam County | 3.1 |
| 53 | Mercer County | 2.7 |
| 54 | Ritchie County | 2.4 |
| 55 | Summers County | 2.2 |