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Highest unemployment, West Virginia counties

West Virginia counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2024 ACS). This list covers the 55 counties in West Virginia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01Pocahontas County, WVWV7,60211.9%+71%

02Clay County, WVWV7,53811.9%−7%

03Mingo County, WVWV21,45511.5%−18%

04Braxton County, WVWV11,8859.4%−24%

05Webster County, WVWV7,7609.2%−22%

06Roane County, WVWV13,3179.1%−10%

07Hampshire County, WVWV24,1059.0%+29%

08Calhoun County, WVWV5,9788.9%−16%

09Boone County, WVWV20,2518.9%−28%

10Lewis County, WVWV16,3948.6%+31%

11Pleasants County, WVWV7,3388.5%+12%

12Logan County, WVWV30,3758.5%−40%

13Barbour County, WVWV15,4148.5%+1%

14Hancock County, WVWV27,7298.4%+3%

15McDowell County, WVWV16,8788.2%−45%

16Taylor County, WVWV16,2877.5%−26%

17Randolph County, WVWV26,8827.4%+4%

18Hardy County, WVWV14,3377.3%+104%

19Tyler County, WVWV7,8817.0%−9%

20Gilmer County, WVWV7,0856.8%−39%

21Mineral County, WVWV26,7926.6%−11%

22Pendleton County, WVWV5,8266.3%+75%

23Brooke County, WVWV21,1426.3%+64%

24Tucker County, WVWV6,5406.1%+19%

25Ohio County, WVWV40,4966.0%+2%

26Lincoln County, WVWV19,1775.9%+3%

27Nicholas County, WVWV23,8485.9%−29%

28Doddridge County, WVWV7,6345.7%+37%

29Upshur County, WVWV23,7585.7%−2%

30Wyoming County, WVWV19,8015.7%−51%

31Kanawha County, WVWV172,3815.6%−2%

32Fayette County, WVWV38,1655.6%−23%

33Wetzel County, WVWV13,7345.4%−33%

34Wood County, WVWV82,3855.4%+6%

35Preston County, WVWV34,0045.3%−42%

36Jackson County, WVWV27,4505.1%+51%

37Cabell County, WVWV91,1835.1%−10%

38Raleigh County, WVWV71,7755.0%−28%

39Wirt County, WVWV4,8794.9%+18%

40Wayne County, WVWV37,3094.9%−1%

41Marion County, WVWV55,5844.8%−15%

42Monroe County, WVWV12,4914.8%−52%

43Berkeley County, WVWV139,5224.7%−21%

44Monongalia County, WVWV107,9914.7%−28%

45Marshall County, WVWV29,1594.3%+17%

46Greenbrier County, WVWV31,5784.2%−30%

47Harrison County, WVWV64,2214.0%−31%

48Morgan County, WVWV18,0273.9%−37%

49Jefferson County, WVWV63,1023.9%−32%

50Mason County, WVWV24,7073.8%+32%

51Grant County, WVWV11,0413.3%−50%

52Putnam County, WVWV56,8853.1%−16%

53Mercer County, WVWV57,5032.7%−58%

54Ritchie County, WVWV8,0342.4%−54%

55Summers County, WVWV11,5322.2%−78%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES