# Counties in West Virginia by unemployment rate, August 2026

All 55 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/west-virginia-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/unemployment-rate/west-virginia-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | McDowell County | 10.6 |
| 2 | Mingo County | 7.6 |
| 3 | Wyoming County | 6.4 |
| 4 | Clay County | 6 |
| 4 | Wetzel County | 6 |
| 6 | Logan County | 5.9 |
| 7 | Roane County | 5.5 |
| 8 | Wirt County | 5.3 |
| 9 | Tyler County | 5.2 |
| 10 | Webster County | 5 |
| 11 | Calhoun County | 4.9 |
| 11 | Randolph County | 4.9 |
| 13 | Boone County | 4.8 |
| 13 | Jackson County | 4.8 |
| 15 | Hancock County | 4.7 |
| 15 | Lincoln County | 4.7 |
| 17 | Brooke County | 4.6 |
| 17 | Lewis County | 4.6 |
| 17 | Nicholas County | 4.6 |
| 17 | Ritchie County | 4.6 |
| 21 | Barbour County | 4.5 |
| 21 | Marshall County | 4.5 |
| 21 | Summers County | 4.5 |
| 24 | Wayne County | 4.4 |
| 25 | Fayette County | 4.3 |
| 25 | Mercer County | 4.3 |
| 25 | Upshur County | 4.3 |
| 28 | Grant County | 4.2 |
| 28 | Monroe County | 4.2 |
| 28 | Ohio County | 4.2 |
| 28 | Pocahontas County | 4.2 |
| 28 | Raleigh County | 4.2 |
| 33 | Marion County | 4.1 |
| 33 | Wood County | 4.1 |
| 35 | Greenbrier County | 4 |
| 35 | Kanawha County | 4 |
| 35 | Mineral County | 4 |
| 38 | Pleasants County | 3.9 |
| 38 | Preston County | 3.9 |
| 38 | Taylor County | 3.9 |
| 38 | Tucker County | 3.9 |
| 42 | Cabell County | 3.8 |
| 43 | Gilmer County | 3.7 |
| 43 | Hampshire County | 3.7 |
| 45 | Berkeley County | 3.5 |
| 45 | Harrison County | 3.5 |
| 45 | Mason County | 3.5 |
| 48 | Doddridge County | 3.4 |
| 48 | Morgan County | 3.4 |
| 48 | Putnam County | 3.4 |
| 51 | Braxton County | 3.3 |
| 52 | Hardy County | 3.2 |
| 52 | Monongalia County | 3.2 |
| 54 | Jefferson County | 3.1 |
| 55 | Pendleton County | 2.8 |