Very High Unemployment Area
Roanoke, WV Current Unemployment - 5.9%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Roanoke, WV Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2022
6.3%
4.4%
4.0%
2 / 2022
6.5%
4.5%
3.8%
3 / 2022
5.6%
4.0%
3.6%
4 / 2022
5.1%
3.6%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.6%
3.4%
3.6%
6 / 2022
5.4%
4.3%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.6%
4.2%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.9%
4.3%
3.7%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2021
10.5%
7.1%
6.3%
2 / 2021
10.1%
6.9%
6.2%
3 / 2021
8.9%
6.1%
6.0%
4 / 2021
8.2%
5.7%
6.1%
5 / 2021
6.7%
5.0%
5.8%
6 / 2021
7.1%
5.1%
5.9%
7 / 2021
6.1%
5.0%
5.4%
8 / 2021
5.9%
4.8%
5.2%
9 / 2021
4.5%
3.8%
4.7%
10 / 2021
4.0%
3.6%
4.6%
11 / 2021
3.6%
3.4%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.2%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2020
7.6%
5.6%
3.6%
2 / 2020
8.0%
5.8%
3.5%
3 / 2020
8.6%
6.2%
4.4%
4 / 2020
18.3%
15.6%
14.7%
5 / 2020
14.8%
12.3%
13.3%
6 / 2020
13.2%
10.1%
11.1%
7 / 2020
12.0%
9.5%
10.2%
8 / 2020
11.4%
8.3%
8.4%
9 / 2020
10.7%
7.2%
7.9%
10 / 2020
8.1%
6.3%
6.9%
11 / 2020
8.4%
6.5%
6.7%
12 / 2020
8.3%
7.2%
6.7%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2019
6.0%
5.7%
4.0%
2 / 2019
6.7%
5.9%
3.8%
3 / 2019
5.9%
5.2%
3.8%
4 / 2019
5.7%
4.5%
3.6%
5 / 2019
5.3%
4.5%
3.6%
6 / 2019
5.7%
4.9%
3.7%
7 / 2019
5.7%
4.7%
3.7%
8 / 2019
5.8%
4.8%
3.7%
9 / 2019
5.7%
4.3%
3.5%
10 / 2019
6.7%
4.6%
3.6%
11 / 2019
7.3%
4.8%
3.5%
12 / 2019
7.7%
5.0%
3.5%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2018
7.6%
6.1%
4.1%
2 / 2018
7.6%
6.5%
4.1%
3 / 2018
6.9%
6.0%
4.0%
4 / 2018
5.9%
5.3%
3.9%
5 / 2018
5.5%
5.0%
3.8%
6 / 2018
5.6%
5.4%
4.0%
7 / 2018
5.3%
5.1%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.0%
5.0%
3.8%
9 / 2018
4.4%
4.5%
3.7%
10 / 2018
4.3%
4.5%
3.8%
11 / 2018
4.1%
4.5%
3.7%
12 / 2018
4.8%
4.7%
3.9%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2017
8.2%
6.2%
4.7%
2 / 2017
8.5%
6.2%
4.7%
3 / 2017
7.6%
5.6%
4.4%
4 / 2017
6.8%
4.9%
4.4%
5 / 2017
6.0%
4.7%
4.4%
6 / 2017
6.1%
5.3%
4.3%
7 / 2017
6.1%
5.1%
4.3%
8 / 2017
6.2%
5.3%
4.4%
9 / 2017
5.5%
4.6%
4.2%
10 / 2017
5.7%
4.6%
4.1%
11 / 2017
6.0%
4.9%
4.2%
12 / 2017
6.5%
5.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2016
10.6%
7.3%
4.9%
2 / 2016
10.9%
7.7%
4.9%
3 / 2016
10.4%
6.9%
5.0%
4 / 2016
9.1%
6.2%
5.0%
5 / 2016
8.9%
6.0%
4.8%
6 / 2016
8.6%
6.4%
4.9%
7 / 2016
7.8%
5.9%
4.8%
8 / 2016
7.5%
6.0%
4.9%
9 / 2016
7.2%
5.4%
5.0%
10 / 2016
7.0%
5.3%
4.9%
11 / 2016
7.0%
5.1%
4.7%
12 / 2016
7.1%
5.1%
4.7%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2015
7.8%
7.4%
5.7%
2 / 2015
8.8%
7.8%
5.5%
3 / 2015
9.3%
7.6%
5.4%
4 / 2015
8.5%
6.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
8.1%
6.8%
5.6%
6 / 2015
8.4%
7.2%
5.3%
7 / 2015
8.0%
6.9%
5.2%
8 / 2015
7.9%
6.7%
5.1%
9 / 2015
7.4%
5.9%
5.0%
10 / 2015
7.6%
5.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
8.3%
5.9%
5.1%
12 / 2015
8.8%
6.0%
5.0%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2014
7.9%
7.6%
6.6%
2 / 2014
8.3%
8.1%
6.7%
3 / 2014
7.7%
7.5%
6.7%
4 / 2014
6.3%
6.6%
6.2%
5 / 2014
6.1%
6.5%
6.3%
6 / 2014
6.0%
6.6%
6.1%
7 / 2014
5.7%
6.5%
6.2%
8 / 2014
5.8%
6.6%
6.1%
9 / 2014
5.7%
5.9%
5.9%
10 / 2014
5.6%
5.8%
5.7%
11 / 2014
5.3%
5.9%
5.8%
12 / 2014
5.8%
6.0%
5.6%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2013
8.3%
8.2%
8.0%
2 / 2013
8.4%
8.1%
7.7%
3 / 2013
7.4%
7.3%
7.5%
4 / 2013
6.1%
6.6%
7.6%
5 / 2013
5.6%
6.3%
7.5%
6 / 2013
6.1%
6.7%
7.5%
7 / 2013
5.9%
6.5%
7.3%
8 / 2013
5.7%
6.5%
7.2%
9 / 2013
5.5%
6.0%
7.2%
10 / 2013
5.7%
6.1%
7.2%
11 / 2013
5.9%
6.2%
6.9%
12 / 2013
6.4%
6.4%
6.7%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2012
7.2%
8.1%
8.3%
2 / 2012
8.0%
8.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
7.6%
7.8%
8.2%
4 / 2012
6.8%
7.3%
8.2%
5 / 2012
7.0%
7.4%
8.2%
6 / 2012
7.1%
7.7%
8.2%
7 / 2012
6.9%
7.6%
8.2%
8 / 2012
7.2%
7.6%
8.1%
9 / 2012
6.6%
7.0%
7.8%
10 / 2012
6.5%
6.9%
7.8%
11 / 2012
6.8%
7.0%
7.7%
12 / 2012
7.1%
7.3%
7.9%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2011
10.0%
9.6%
9.1%
2 / 2011
9.9%
9.6%
9.0%
3 / 2011
8.9%
8.9%
9.0%
4 / 2011
7.2%
8.0%
9.1%
5 / 2011
6.9%
7.8%
9.0%
6 / 2011
7.0%
8.1%
9.1%
7 / 2011
6.5%
7.7%
9.0%
8 / 2011
6.8%
7.9%
9.0%
9 / 2011
6.7%
7.5%
9.0%
10 / 2011
6.6%
7.2%
8.8%
11 / 2011
6.4%
7.1%
8.6%
12 / 2011
6.9%
7.3%
8.5%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2010
10.9%
9.4%
9.8%
2 / 2010
11.5%
10.0%
9.8%
3 / 2010
10.1%
9.3%
9.9%
4 / 2010
8.4%
8.4%
9.9%
5 / 2010
8.0%
8.3%
9.6%
6 / 2010
8.0%
8.4%
9.4%
7 / 2010
7.9%
8.3%
9.4%
8 / 2010
8.0%
8.6%
9.5%
9 / 2010
7.9%
8.1%
9.5%
10 / 2010
7.8%
8.0%
9.4%
11 / 2010
8.4%
8.3%
9.8%
12 / 2010
8.8%
8.6%
9.3%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2009
6.5%
6.5%
7.8%
2 / 2009
7.8%
7.5%
8.3%
3 / 2009
7.7%
7.7%
8.7%
4 / 2009
6.7%
7.8%
9.0%
5 / 2009
7.5%
8.0%
9.4%
6 / 2009
7.7%
8.4%
9.5%
7 / 2009
6.8%
8.0%
9.5%
8 / 2009
7.7%
8.0%
9.6%
9 / 2009
7.0%
7.5%
9.8%
10 / 2009
7.2%
7.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
7.3%
7.6%
9.9%
12 / 2009
7.8%
8.1%
9.9%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2008
5.3%
5.1%
5.0%
2 / 2008
6.0%
5.4%
4.9%
3 / 2008
5.3%
5.0%
5.1%
4 / 2008
4.1%
4.4%
5.0%
5 / 2008
4.0%
4.3%
5.4%
6 / 2008
4.0%
4.3%
5.6%
7 / 2008
3.5%
3.9%
5.8%
8 / 2008
3.6%
3.9%
6.1%
9 / 2008
3.4%
3.6%
6.1%
10 / 2008
3.2%
3.7%
6.5%
11 / 2008
3.6%
4.0%
6.8%
12 / 2008
4.6%
4.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2007
6.3%
5.1%
4.6%
2 / 2007
7.0%
5.7%
4.5%
3 / 2007
6.0%
5.0%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.4%
4.6%
4.5%
5 / 2007
5.0%
4.4%
4.4%
6 / 2007
5.0%
4.6%
4.6%
7 / 2007
4.8%
4.5%
4.7%
8 / 2007
4.8%
4.6%
4.6%
9 / 2007
4.3%
4.2%
4.7%
10 / 2007
4.3%
4.0%
4.7%
11 / 2007
3.9%
4.0%
4.7%
12 / 2007
4.6%
4.3%
5.0%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2006
5.0%
5.2%
4.7%
2 / 2006
5.7%
5.7%
4.8%
3 / 2006
5.5%
5.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.0%
4.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
5.0%
5.0%
4.6%
6 / 2006
5.2%
5.3%
4.6%
7 / 2006
5.2%
5.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
5.6%
5.3%
4.7%
9 / 2006
5.1%
4.7%
4.5%
10 / 2006
4.8%
4.3%
4.4%
11 / 2006
4.9%
4.3%
4.5%
12 / 2006
4.7%
4.2%
4.4%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2005
6.6%
5.8%
5.3%
2 / 2005
7.3%
6.3%
5.4%
3 / 2005
6.8%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 2005
4.9%
5.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
4.5%
4.9%
5.1%
6 / 2005
4.7%
5.3%
5.0%
7 / 2005
4.4%
5.1%
5.0%
8 / 2005
4.4%
5.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
4.2%
4.7%
5.0%
10 / 2005
4.0%
4.4%
5.0%
11 / 2005
4.0%
4.4%
5.0%
12 / 2005
4.4%
4.3%
4.9%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2004
7.0%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
7.1%
6.7%
5.6%
3 / 2004
6.2%
6.2%
5.8%
4 / 2004
5.6%
5.6%
5.6%
5 / 2004
5.2%
5.3%
5.6%
6 / 2004
5.4%
5.6%
5.6%
7 / 2004
4.5%
5.1%
5.5%
8 / 2004
4.6%
5.1%
5.4%
9 / 2004
4.1%
4.4%
5.4%
10 / 2004
4.2%
4.4%
5.5%
11 / 2004
4.5%
4.5%
5.4%
12 / 2004
5.3%
4.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2003
9.1%
6.8%
5.8%
2 / 2003
9.9%
7.3%
5.9%
3 / 2003
9.3%
6.7%
5.9%
4 / 2003
8.0%
6.4%
6.0%
5 / 2003
7.2%
6.1%
6.1%
6 / 2003
7.5%
6.5%
6.3%
7 / 2003
6.9%
6.1%
6.2%
8 / 2003
6.3%
6.0%
6.1%
9 / 2003
5.3%
5.3%
6.1%
10 / 2003
5.3%
5.1%
6.0%
11 / 2003
5.2%
5.1%
5.8%
12 / 2003
5.4%
5.2%
5.7%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2002
8.1%
6.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
8.7%
6.7%
5.7%
3 / 2002
7.8%
6.4%
5.7%
4 / 2002
7.1%
6.1%
5.9%
5 / 2002
6.1%
6.0%
5.8%
6 / 2002
6.2%
6.2%
5.8%
7 / 2002
5.4%
5.8%
5.8%
8 / 2002
5.7%
5.7%
5.7%
9 / 2002
5.1%
5.3%
5.7%
10 / 2002
4.9%
5.2%
5.7%
11 / 2002
7.0%
5.5%
5.9%
12 / 2002
7.8%
5.7%
6.0%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2001
7.3%
6.1%
4.2%
2 / 2001
7.4%
6.2%
4.2%
3 / 2001
6.6%
5.7%
4.3%
4 / 2001
5.3%
5.2%
4.4%
5 / 2001
5.0%
4.8%
4.3%
6 / 2001
5.2%
5.0%
4.5%
7 / 2001
4.8%
4.6%
4.6%
8 / 2001
4.9%
4.7%
4.9%
9 / 2001
4.0%
4.2%
5.0%
10 / 2001
4.1%
4.2%
5.3%
11 / 2001
4.7%
4.6%
5.5%
12 / 2001
5.5%
4.8%
5.7%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2000
7.5%
6.5%
4.0%
2 / 2000
8.2%
6.9%
4.1%
3 / 2000
7.0%
6.0%
4.0%
4 / 2000
5.8%
5.4%
3.8%
5 / 2000
5.2%
5.4%
4.0%
6 / 2000
5.4%
5.6%
4.0%
7 / 2000
5.0%
5.1%
4.0%
8 / 2000
4.9%
5.2%
4.1%
9 / 2000
4.7%
4.8%
3.9%
10 / 2000
5.0%
4.8%
3.9%
11 / 2000
5.7%
5.0%
3.9%
12 / 2000
5.7%
5.1%
3.9%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1999
9.7%
7.4%
4.3%
2 / 1999
11.2%
7.6%
4.4%
3 / 1999
11.0%
7.5%
4.2%
4 / 1999
9.7%
6.8%
4.3%
5 / 1999
8.5%
6.4%
4.2%
6 / 1999
7.9%
6.5%
4.3%
7 / 1999
7.0%
6.1%
4.3%
8 / 1999
6.4%
6.3%
4.2%
9 / 1999
6.4%
5.9%
4.2%
10 / 1999
6.2%
5.7%
4.1%
11 / 1999
6.4%
5.7%
4.1%
12 / 1999
6.5%
5.6%
4.0%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1998
10.7%
7.5%
4.6%
2 / 1998
12.4%
7.9%
4.6%
3 / 1998
11.7%
7.8%
4.7%
4 / 1998
9.1%
6.7%
4.3%
5 / 1998
8.6%
6.4%
4.4%
6 / 1998
7.8%
6.8%
4.5%
7 / 1998
6.4%
6.3%
4.5%
8 / 1998
6.5%
6.4%
4.5%
9 / 1998
5.7%
5.9%
4.6%
10 / 1998
7.1%
5.8%
4.5%
11 / 1998
7.2%
5.9%
4.4%
12 / 1998
7.7%
6.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1997
11.3%
8.4%
5.3%
2 / 1997
12.4%
8.6%
5.2%
3 / 1997
10.2%
7.8%
5.2%
4 / 1997
9.4%
7.0%
5.1%
5 / 1997
8.9%
6.5%
4.9%
6 / 1997
7.8%
6.7%
5.0%
7 / 1997
7.9%
6.3%
4.9%
8 / 1997
7.2%
6.4%
4.8%
9 / 1997
7.1%
6.0%
4.9%
10 / 1997
6.7%
5.9%
4.7%
11 / 1997
8.3%
6.2%
4.6%
12 / 1997
9.1%
6.5%
4.7%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1996
14.4%
9.3%
5.6%
2 / 1996
12.9%
9.2%
5.5%
3 / 1996
12.3%
8.4%
5.5%
4 / 1996
11.1%
7.7%
5.6%
5 / 1996
9.6%
7.3%
5.6%
6 / 1996
8.3%
7.2%
5.3%
7 / 1996
8.4%
6.9%
5.5%
8 / 1996
7.8%
6.9%
5.1%
9 / 1996
7.1%
6.6%
5.2%
10 / 1996
7.1%
6.7%
5.2%
11 / 1996
8.1%
6.9%
5.4%
12 / 1996
9.0%
7.1%
5.4%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1995
13.1%
8.6%
5.6%
2 / 1995
13.9%
9.0%
5.4%
3 / 1995
12.6%
8.2%
5.4%
4 / 1995
12.6%
7.9%
5.8%
5 / 1995
11.7%
7.8%
5.6%
6 / 1995
11.2%
8.0%
5.6%
7 / 1995
11.9%
7.7%
5.7%
8 / 1995
10.9%
7.8%
5.7%
9 / 1995
10.3%
7.3%
5.6%
10 / 1995
9.2%
7.1%
5.5%
11 / 1995
10.6%
7.5%
5.6%
12 / 1995
10.6%
7.5%
5.6%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1994
14.9%
11.0%
6.6%
2 / 1994
15.3%
11.2%
6.6%
3 / 1994
15.2%
10.5%
6.5%
4 / 1994
12.0%
9.5%
6.4%
5 / 1994
10.4%
8.8%
6.1%
6 / 1994
11.6%
8.9%
6.1%
7 / 1994
12.5%
8.3%
6.1%
8 / 1994
10.6%
8.2%
6.0%
9 / 1994
9.7%
7.5%
5.9%
10 / 1994
10.0%
7.4%
5.8%
11 / 1994
9.8%
7.3%
5.6%
12 / 1994
10.1%
7.5%
5.5%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1993
12.6%
11.8%
7.3%
2 / 1993
13.4%
12.3%
7.1%
3 / 1993
20.3%
11.8%
7.0%
4 / 1993
19.0%
11.4%
7.1%
5 / 1993
13.1%
11.0%
7.1%
6 / 1993
11.8%
10.9%
7.0%
7 / 1993
11.4%
10.2%
6.9%
8 / 1993
10.0%
10.2%
6.8%
9 / 1993
9.7%
9.7%
6.7%
10 / 1993
10.9%
9.5%
6.8%
11 / 1993
10.7%
9.4%
6.6%
12 / 1993
11.4%
9.4%
6.5%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1992
16.3%
12.6%
7.3%
2 / 1992
17.6%
12.9%
7.4%
3 / 1992
16.7%
12.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
14.9%
11.4%
7.4%
5 / 1992
13.2%
11.0%
7.6%
6 / 1992
13.3%
11.3%
7.8%
7 / 1992
11.6%
10.7%
7.7%
8 / 1992
11.4%
10.9%
7.6%
9 / 1992
11.5%
10.7%
7.6%
10 / 1992
11.0%
10.5%
7.3%
11 / 1992
11.0%
10.7%
7.4%
12 / 1992
12.0%
10.8%
7.4%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1991
15.2%
10.7%
6.4%
2 / 1991
14.3%
11.2%
6.6%
3 / 1991
13.6%
10.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
12.6%
10.3%
6.7%
5 / 1991
10.6%
10.3%
6.9%
6 / 1991
11.6%
10.4%
6.9%
7 / 1991
12.0%
10.2%
6.8%
8 / 1991
10.5%
10.7%
6.9%
9 / 1991
10.6%
10.4%
6.9%
10 / 1991
10.7%
10.5%
7.0%
11 / 1991
14.4%
10.8%
7.0%
12 / 1991
19.2%
11.4%
7.3%
Month/Year
Roanoke, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1990
10.4%
8.8%
5.4%
2 / 1990
12.1%
8.9%
5.3%
3 / 1990
10.5%
8.0%
5.2%
4 / 1990
9.5%
7.8%
5.4%
5 / 1990
10.0%
7.7%
5.4%
6 / 1990
9.2%
8.0%
5.2%
7 / 1990
9.3%
7.9%
5.5%
8 / 1990
12.7%
8.4%
5.7%
9 / 1990
12.7%
8.6%
5.9%
10 / 1990
10.0%
8.6%
5.9%
11 / 1990
11.9%
9.2%
6.2%
12 / 1990
13.3%
9.6%
6.3%