West Virginia Average Employment by County
2000 - 2005
County 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Barbour 3,130 2,958 3,175 3,101 3,106 3,139
Berkeley 25,770 26,422 26,585 26,998 28,002 28,733
Boone 7,091 7,462 7,452 7,682 8,236 8,575
Braxton 3,813 3,810 3,941 4,115 4,093 4,159
Brooke 9,113 9,079 8,985 8,596 8,367 8,476
Cabell 51,525 50,764 50,412 50,394 51,458 51,571
Calhoun 1,370 1,351 1,408 1,449 1,444 1,355
Clay 1,885 1,929 1,931 1,827 1,914 1,973
Doddridge 979 1,067 1,174 1,166 1,135 1,141
Fayette 12,059 11,831 12,204 12,082 12,197 12,136
Gilmer 1,755 1,784 1,788 1,886 1,963 2,039
Grant 4,159 4,597 4,035 3,814 3,573 3,683
Greenbrier 12,559 12,761 12,728 12,846 13,071 13,221
Hampshire 3,752 3,783 3,958 3,992 4,033 4,063
Hancock 14,129 13,604 13,879 13,577 12,955 12,603
Hardy 5,834 6,043 6,292 6,334 6,395 6,633
Harrison 31,819 31,723 32,028 32,497 32,764 32,903
Jackson 8,876 8,873 8,711 8,228 8,340 8,394
Jefferson 12,791 12,728 13,070 13,440 13,788 14,356
Kanawha 113,019 111,594 110,243 108,696 107,958 107,272
Lewis 5,776 5,723 5,725 5,662 5,807 5,936
Lincoln 2,611 2,534 2,649 2,695 2,766 3,084
Logan 11,325 11,448 11,426 11,219 11,413 11,481
McDowell 5,005 5,094 5,109 4,896 4,717 4,759
Marion 19,752 19,855 19,471 19,656 19,675 20,536
Marshall 11,160 10,890 10,406 10,376 10,455 10,926
Mason 6,398 6,422 6,357 6,306 6,174 6,302
Mercer 22,537 22,196 22,382 22,119 21,618 21,254
Mineral 6,601 6,847 6,846 6,727 6,945 7,085
Mingo 7,979 8,115 7,760 7,338 7,323 7,609
Monongalia 41,222 42,630 43,399 44,028 45,748 46,939
Monroe 2,011 1,993 1,998 1,961 2,083 2,022
Morgan 2,987 2,977 3,067 3,127 3,122 3,108
Nicholas 8,649 8,518 8,329 8,235 8,420 8,500
Ohio 27,946 27,738 27,906 27,324 27,936 28,612
Pendleton 1,763 1,675 1,680 1,712 1,795 1,772
Pleasants 2,514 2,612 2,644 2,837 3,022 3,046
Pocahontas 3,641 3,655 3,600 3,662 3,599 3,540
Preston 6,676 6,657 6,752 6,596 6,698 6,979
Putnam 17,209 17,442 17,422 17,383 18,012 18,151
Raleigh 29,888 30,840 30,694 29,965 30,707 31,744
Randolph 11,495 11,475 11,466 11,541 11,878 12,197
Ritchie 3,042 3,007 3,014 2,943 3,072 3,264
Roane 3,622 3,330 3,164 3,067 3,132 3,166
Summers 2,268 2,250 2,316 2,259 2,394 2,393
Taylor 3,153 3,045 3,127 3,147 3,214 3,002
Tucker 2,949 2,917 2,891 2,780 2,842 2,796
Tyler 2,314 2,287 2,291 2,204 2,138 2,139
Upshur 7,658 7,788 7,835 7,785 8,109 8,253
Wayne 9,489 9,487 8,974 9,029 8,981 9,125
Webster 2,185 2,129 2,185 2,223 2,437 2,420
Wetzel 4,874 4,679 4,803 4,709 4,783 4,849
Wirt 697 738 719 737 701 677
Wood 42,855 42,078 41,125 40,461 41,129 40,611
Wyoming 5,319 5,501 5,762 5,331 5,302 5,576
Statewide 686,664 685,771 683,194 677,824 686,844 695,300
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