WEST VIRGINIA LABOR FORCE STATISTICS - Seasonally Adjusted
(In Thousands)
ITEM JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. ANN. AVG.
1976

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
Civilian Labor Force  

 680.1

 680.5

 683.8

 692.3

 710.1

 707.8

 718.4

  

  

 700.1

 700.4

 698.9

 698.0
 Total Employment     

 616.3

 618.7

 627.5

 641.0

 662.3

 657.5

 664.2

 651.9

 657.9

 655.6

 652.3

 647.0

 647.0
 Total Unemployment   

 63.8

 61.8

 56.3

 51.3

 47.8

 50.3

 54.1

 49.8

 44.1

 44.5

 48.2

 52.0

 51.0
Unemployment Rate     

 9.4

 9.1

 8.2

 7.4

 6.7

 7.1

 7.5

 7.1

 6.3

 6.4

 6.9

 7.4

 7.4
1977

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
Civilian Labor Force  

 684.6

 702.6

 689.6

 701.7

 704.9

 712.0

 719.2

 723.8

 715.5

 709.2

 708.9

 723.9

 718.0
 Total Employment     

 620.8

 614.1

 632.8

 652.8

 665.6

 673.2

 674.1

 680.6

 674.4

 670.9

 668.5

 668.2

 671.0
 Total Unemployment   

 63.8

 88.5

 56.8

 48.9

 39.3

 38.8

 45.0

 43.2

 41.1

 38.4

 40.4

 55.7

 48.0
Unemployment Rate     

 9.3

 12.6

 8.2

 7.0

 5.6

 5.5

 6.3

 6.0

 5.7

 5.4

 5.7

 7.7

 6.6
1978                          
Civilian Labor Force   735.4 736.6 741.6 732.5 734.0 735.9 739.3 745.3 750.1 746.9 749.9 752.4 742.0
 Total Employment     685.6 688.0 690.3 692.6 694.8 696.9 698.9 700.8 702.6 704.2 705.7 707.0 697.0
 Total Unemployment    49.7 48.6 51.3 40.0 39.3 39.0 40.4 44.5 47.5 42.6 44.1 45.3 44.0
Unemployment Rate      6.8 6.6 6.9 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.5 6.0 6.3 5.7 5.9 6.0 6.0
1979                          
Civilian Labor Force   755.9 758.0 758.0 760.7 761.8 764.3 765.9 763.8 765.4 767.0 768.8 769.2 763.0
 Total Employment     708.2 709.2 710.1 710.7 711.2 711.5 711.6 711.5 711.2 710.7 709.9 709.0 710.0
 Total Unemployment    47.7 48.8 48.0 50.0 50.6 52.8 54.3 52.3 54.2 56.3 58.9 60.2 53.0
Unemployment Rate      6.3 6.4 6.3 6.6 6.6 6.9 7.1 6.8 7.1 7.3 7.7 7.8 6.9
1980                          
Civilian Labor Force   770.3 770.8 773.3 776.5 774.0 777.2 780.5 780.4 779.0 778.6 778.8 779.8 777.0
 Total Employment      707.9 706.7 705.6 704.4 703.3 702.1 701.1 700.0 699.0 698.1 697.2 696.4 702.0
 Total Unemployment    62.4 64.0 67.7 72.0 70.7 75.0 79.5 80.4 79.9 80.5 81.5 83.4 75.0
Unemployment Rate      8.1 8.3 8.8 9.3 9.1 9.7 10.2 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.5 10.7 9.6
1981                          
Civilian Labor Force   782.4 779.3 780.1 780.4 781.0 770.3 764.2 763.0 762.7 761.4 761.4 762.1 771.0
 Total Employment      695.6 694.7 693.6 692.5 691.2 689.8 688.3 686.7 684.9 682.8 680.7 678.3 688.0
 Total Unemployment    86.8 84.7 86.4 87.9 89.8 80.5 75.8 76.3 77.8 78.6 80.7 83.8 82.0
Unemployment Rate      11.1 10.9 11.1 11.3 11.5 10.4 9.9 10.0 10.2 10.3 10.6 11.0 10.7
1982                          
Civilian Labor Force   766.1 763.1 763.7 765.5 766.8 770.7 772.6 772.5 774.7 778.3 779.6 781.6 771.0
 Total Employment      675.8 673.2 670.5 667.8 665.0 662.2 659.4 656.6 653.9 651.2 648.7 646.3 661.0
 Total Unemployment    90.3 89.9 93.1 97.8 101.9 108.5 113.2 115.9 120.8 127.1 130.9 135.3 110.0
Unemployment Rate      11.8 11.8 12.2 12.8 13.3 14.1 14.7 15.0 15.6 16.3 16.8 17.3 14.3
1983                          
Civilian Labor Force   784.6 784.6 782.9 780.5 778.0 775.8 774.2 773.8 768.4 766.8 765.2 764.4 775.0
 Total Employment      644.0 642.1 640.5 639.3 638.4 637.9 637.8 637.9 638.4 639.1 640.1 641.3 640.0
 Total Unemployment    140.6 142.6 142.5 141.2 139.6 137.8 136.4 135.9 130.0 127.7 125.1 123.1 135.0
Unemployment Rate      17.9 18.2 18.2 18.1 17.9 17.8 17.6 17.6 16.9 16.7 16.3 16.1 17.4
1984                          
Civilian Labor Force 762.5 758.8 759.5 760.0 759.7 757.5 756.5 755.9 755.7 761.5 761.9 761.3 759.0
 Total Employment 642.8 644.2