| West Virginia Average Employment by County | ||||||||||
| 1980-1989 | ||||||||||
| County | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
| Barbour | 4,247 | 3,910 | 4,148 | 3,540 | 3,544 | 3,284 | 3,072 | 2,881 | 3,136 | 3,047 |
| Berkeley | 14,452 | 14,438 | 14,187 | 14,305 | 15,100 | 15,491 | 16,069 | 17,024 | 17,872 | 18,357 |
| Boone | 9,193 | 8,515 | 9,618 | 7,993 | 8,041 | 8,140 | 8,132 | 7,729 | 7,132 | 7,068 |
| Braxton | 2,538 | 2,763 | 2,927 | 2,832 | 3,028 | 3,068 | 3,082 | 3,045 | 3,197 | 3,312 |
| Brooke | 8,517 | 8,512 | 7,631 | 8,139 | 7,245 | 6,893 | 7,318 | 7,517 | 7,545 | 8,822 |
| Cabell | 48,531 | 47,695 | 45,080 | 42,407 | 43,368 | 43,684 | 44,243 | 44,486 | 44,747 | 45,435 |
| Calhoun | 1,510 | 1,480 | 1,469 | 1,500 | 1,558 | 1,563 | 1,459 | 1,495 | 1,521 | 1,571 |
| Clay | 1114 | 1,129 | 1,208 | 1,055 | 1,076 | 1,062 | 1,061 | 993 | 1,045 | 1,114 |
| Doddridge | 1026 | 963 | 885 | 855 | 875 | 895 | 836 | 801 | 777 | 761 |
| Fayette | 11,336 | 11,781 | 11,354 | 10,177 | 10,573 | 10,695 | 10,770 | 10,578 | 11,015 | 10,905 |
| Gilmer | 1,825 | 1,980 | 2,033 | 1,983 | 1,948 | 1,962 | 1,904 | 1,806 | 1,665 | 1,624 |
| Grant | 3,962 | 3,859 | 4,071 | 4,282 | 4,294 | 4,273 | 4,120 | 3,973 | 4,115 | 4,272 |
| Greenbrier | 10,358 | 9,952 | 9,978 | 9,740 | 9,679 | 9,619 | 9,826 | 10,240 | 10,636 | 11,118 |
| Hampshire | 2,992 | 3,083 | 2,921 | 2,943 | 2,938 | 3,013 | 3,013 | 3,076 | 3,210 | 3,220 |
| Hancock | 21,033 | 20,883 | 17,333 | 15,103 | 16,621 | 16,776 | 17,046 | 17,284 | 17,397 | 16,409 |
| Hardy | 2,686 | 2,723 | 2,541 | 2,598 | 2,733 | 2,954 | 3,255 | 3,313 | 3,468 | 3,436 |
| Harrison | 26,550 | 26,104 | 25,016 | 24,174 | 24,957 | 24,982 | 24,881 | 25,011 | 24,590 | 24,857 |
| Jackson | 8,264 | 8,265 | 6,536 | 6,279 | 6,809 | 6,736 | 6,791 | 7,058 | 7,292 | 7,444 |
| Jefferson | 7,005 | 7,125 | 7,202 | 7,409 | 7,808 | 8,180 | 8,563 | 9,184 | 9,922 | 10,408 |
| Kanawha | 105,575 | 101,247 | 97,560 | 94,038 | 95,051 | 95,155 | 94,964 | 93,470 | 94,490 | 95,115 |
| Lewis | 5,420 | 5,530 | 5,322 | 5,339 | 5,469 | 5,563 | 5,154 | 5,180 | 5,328 | 5,214 |
| Lincoln | 2,021 | 1,995 | 1,891 | 1,868 | 2,047 | 2,132 | 2,196 | 2,249 | 2,308 | 2,371 |
| Logan | 14,346 | 13,458 | 13,798 | 12,121 | 12,364 | 11,935 | 11,440 | 11,336 | 11,548 | 11,714 |
| McDowell | 13,232 | 11,637 | 10,914 | 9,315 | 9,336 | 9,253 | 8,660 | 6,346 | 6,204 | 6,217 |
| Marion | 21,112 | 20,299 | 20,185 | 19,375 | 19,177 | 18,377 | 17,898 | 17,765 | 17,920 | 17,801 |
| Marshall | 12,925 | 12,596 | 12,110 | 11,530 | 11,318 | 10,931 | 10,358 | 10,539 | 10,883 | 11,272 |
| Mason | 7,106 | 6,188 | 5,428 | 5,243 | 5,365 | 5,584 | 5,668 | 5,668 | 6,048 | 6,287 |
| Mercer | 21,170 | 20,864 | 20,838 | 19,759 | 20,260 | 20,174 | 20,362 | 20,526 | 20,853 | 20,820 |
| Mineral | 5,421 | 5,440 | 5,364 | 5,334 | 5,568 | 5,703 | 5,834 | 5,965 | 6,254 | 6,299 |
| Mingo | 7,877 | 7,983 | 7,783 | 774 | 7,656 | 7,604 | 7,890 | 7,959 | 8,300 | 8,504 |
| Monongalia | 28,116 | 27,800 | 28,498 | 28,140 | 28,836 | 30,069 | 31,038 | 31,139 | 31,543 | 32,744 |
| Monroe | 1,682 | 1,629 | 1,564 | 1,482 | 1,529 | 1,586 | 1,581 | 1,589 | 1,701 | 1,706 |
| Morgan | 2,061 | 2,168 | 2,105 | 2,151 | 2,230 | 2,280 | 2,248 | 2,296 | 2,347 | 2,363 |
| Nicholas | 8,659 | 8,138 | 7,909 | 6,578 | 7,439 | 7,741 | 7,561 | 7,875 | 8,284 | 7,720 |
| Ohio | 27,831 | 27,123 | 25,796 | 24,343 | 24,293 | 23,982 | 23,839 | 24,589 | 25,105 | 25,177 |
| Pendleton | 1,412 | 1,583 | 1,505 | 1,550 | 1,649 | 1,781 | 1,852 | 1,961 | 1,965 | 1,996 |
| Pleasants | 3,919 | 3,469 | 3,186 | 2,909 | 2,915 | 2,920 | 3,022 | 2,975 | 3,007 | 2,876 |
| Pocahontas | 2,440 | 2,469 | 2,597 | 2,667 | 2,766 | 2,600 | 2,768 | 3,022 | 3,224 | 3,274 |
| Preston | 5,775 | 5,951 | 6,173 | 5,806 | 6,129 | 6,101 | 6,121 | 6,299 | 6,329 | 6,266 |
| Putnam | 7,305 | 7,443 | 8,087 | 8,523 | 9,012 | 9,004 | 9,027 | 9,183 | 9,480 | 10,028 |
| Raleigh | 25,297 | 25,175 | 25,013 | 23,478 | 24,254 | 24,122 | 23,134 | 23,047 | 22,518 | 22,942 |
| Randolph | 8,753 | 8,819 | 8,516 | 8,273 | 8,561 | 8,237 | 8,174 | 8,166 | 8,333 | 8,769 |
| Ritchie | 2,365 | 2,530 | 2,345 | 2,488 | 2,638 | 2,718 | 2,709 | 2,684 | 2,754 | 2,811 |
| Roane | 3,729 | 4,193 | 3,493 | 3,412 | 3,563 | 3,585 | 3,571 | 3,438 | 3,619 | 3,410 |
| Summers | 2,304 | 2,292 | 2,078 | 2,112 | 2,396 | 2,411 | 2,156 | 2,215 | 2,137 | 2,065 |
| Taylor | 2,707 | 2,810 | 2,920 | 2,791 | 2,820 | 2,691 | 2,765 | 2,859 | 2,806 | 2,953 |
| Tucker | 2,196 | 2,268 | 2,150 | 2,178 | 2,303 | 2,286 | 2,438 | 2,538 | 2,579 | 2,649 |
| Tyler | 2,339 | 2,309 | 2,115 | 2,037 | 2,169 | 2,226 | 2,117 | 2,129 | 2,213 | 2,240 |
| Upshur | 6,954 | 7,135 | 6,826 | 6,572 | 6,688 | 6,762 | 6,188 | 6,063 | 6,234 | 6,397 |
| Wayne | 7,032 | 7,035 | 6,338 | 6,480 | 6,657 | 6,540 | 6,510 | 6,691 | 6,803 | 7,115 |
| Webster | 1,652 | 1,544 | 1,399 | 1,295 | 1,489 | 1,580 | 1,707 | 1,787 | 1,784 | 1,865 |
| Wetzel | 4,284 | 3,886 | 3,846 | 3,879 | 3,950 | 3,957 | 4,097 | 4,164 | 4,272 | 4,256 |
| Wirt | 611 | 638 | 617 | 631 | 808 | 790 | 707 | 757 | 767 | 745 |
| Wood | 36,041 | 35,905 | 34,567 | 34,387 | 35,391 | 35,766 | 35,799 | 36,944 | 37,416 | 38,021 |
| Wyoming | 5,797 | 8,165 | 8,433 | 6,908 | 6,964 | 6,453 | 6,079 | 6,100 | 5,519 | 5,285 |
| Statewide | 620,438 | 602,060 | 580,839 | 554,861 | 568,495 | 569,599 | 568,996 | 572,352 | 582,031 | 588,532 |