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