Very High Unemployment Area
Pleasants County, 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
Pleasants County, WV Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2022
6.7%
4.4%
4.0%
2 / 2022
7.0%
4.5%
3.8%
3 / 2022
6.0%
4.0%
3.6%
4 / 2022
5.4%
3.6%
3.6%
5 / 2022
5.1%
3.4%
3.6%
6 / 2022
5.9%
4.3%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.4%
4.2%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.9%
4.3%
3.7%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2021
10.5%
7.1%
6.3%
2 / 2021
10.2%
6.9%
6.2%
3 / 2021
9.0%
6.1%
6.0%
4 / 2021
7.9%
5.7%
6.1%
5 / 2021
7.5%
5.0%
5.8%
6 / 2021
7.5%
5.1%
5.9%
7 / 2021
6.3%
5.0%
5.4%
8 / 2021
6.0%
4.8%
5.2%
9 / 2021
5.0%
3.8%
4.7%
10 / 2021
3.8%
3.6%
4.6%
11 / 2021
3.8%
3.4%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.5%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2020
8.6%
5.6%
3.6%
2 / 2020
8.7%
5.8%
3.5%
3 / 2020
9.1%
6.2%
4.4%
4 / 2020
15.6%
15.6%
14.7%
5 / 2020
14.4%
12.3%
13.3%
6 / 2020
12.2%
10.1%
11.1%
7 / 2020
12.6%
9.5%
10.2%
8 / 2020
10.8%
8.3%
8.4%
9 / 2020
9.4%
7.2%
7.9%
10 / 2020
7.9%
6.3%
6.9%
11 / 2020
7.4%
6.5%
6.7%
12 / 2020
7.6%
7.2%
6.7%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2019
7.7%
5.7%
4.0%
2 / 2019
8.3%
5.9%
3.8%
3 / 2019
7.6%
5.2%
3.8%
4 / 2019
6.7%
4.5%
3.6%
5 / 2019
5.8%
4.5%
3.6%
6 / 2019
6.2%
4.9%
3.7%
7 / 2019
5.9%
4.7%
3.7%
8 / 2019
6.2%
4.8%
3.7%
9 / 2019
5.8%
4.3%
3.5%
10 / 2019
6.7%
4.6%
3.6%
11 / 2019
7.3%
4.8%
3.5%
12 / 2019
7.8%
5.0%
3.5%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2018
8.8%
6.1%
4.1%
2 / 2018
8.6%
6.5%
4.1%
3 / 2018
7.0%
6.0%
4.0%
4 / 2018
6.2%
5.3%
3.9%
5 / 2018
6.0%
5.0%
3.8%
6 / 2018
6.5%
5.4%
4.0%
7 / 2018
6.1%
5.1%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.6%
5.0%
3.8%
9 / 2018
4.5%
4.5%
3.7%
10 / 2018
4.7%
4.5%
3.8%
11 / 2018
5.1%
4.5%
3.7%
12 / 2018
5.2%
4.7%
3.9%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2017
8.6%
6.2%
4.7%
2 / 2017
8.2%
6.2%
4.7%
3 / 2017
7.3%
5.6%
4.4%
4 / 2017
7.2%
4.9%
4.4%
5 / 2017
6.4%
4.7%
4.4%
6 / 2017
7.5%
5.3%
4.3%
7 / 2017
6.8%
5.1%
4.3%
8 / 2017
7.3%
5.3%
4.4%
9 / 2017
5.8%
4.6%
4.2%
10 / 2017
5.7%
4.6%
4.1%
11 / 2017
6.3%
4.9%
4.2%
12 / 2017
7.3%
5.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2016
10.0%
7.3%
4.9%
2 / 2016
10.4%
7.7%
4.9%
3 / 2016
9.1%
6.9%
5.0%
4 / 2016
7.8%
6.2%
5.0%
5 / 2016
7.7%
6.0%
4.8%
6 / 2016
9.1%
6.4%
4.9%
7 / 2016
7.8%
5.9%
4.8%
8 / 2016
8.0%
6.0%
4.9%
9 / 2016
7.4%
5.4%
5.0%
10 / 2016
7.0%
5.3%
4.9%
11 / 2016
7.1%
5.1%
4.7%
12 / 2016
7.0%
5.1%
4.7%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2015
9.0%
7.4%
5.7%
2 / 2015
9.9%
7.8%
5.5%
3 / 2015
9.0%
7.6%
5.4%
4 / 2015
8.3%
6.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
8.3%
6.8%
5.6%
6 / 2015
8.9%
7.2%
5.3%
7 / 2015
8.3%
6.9%
5.2%
8 / 2015
8.4%
6.7%
5.1%
9 / 2015
7.9%
5.9%
5.0%
10 / 2015
7.2%
5.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
7.7%
5.9%
5.1%
12 / 2015
9.0%
6.0%
5.0%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2014
8.4%
7.6%
6.6%
2 / 2014
9.0%
8.1%
6.7%
3 / 2014
8.2%
7.5%
6.7%
4 / 2014
6.5%
6.6%
6.2%
5 / 2014
6.9%
6.5%
6.3%
6 / 2014
7.4%
6.6%
6.1%
7 / 2014
7.0%
6.5%
6.2%
8 / 2014
7.3%
6.6%
6.1%
9 / 2014
5.9%
5.9%
5.9%
10 / 2014
5.7%
5.8%
5.7%
11 / 2014
6.2%
5.9%
5.8%
12 / 2014
6.7%
6.0%
5.6%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2013
9.1%
8.2%
8.0%
2 / 2013
9.6%
8.1%
7.7%
3 / 2013
7.8%
7.3%
7.5%
4 / 2013
6.8%
6.6%
7.6%
5 / 2013
6.8%
6.3%
7.5%
6 / 2013
7.4%
6.7%
7.5%
7 / 2013
6.9%
6.5%
7.3%
8 / 2013
7.0%
6.5%
7.2%
9 / 2013
6.1%
6.0%
7.2%
10 / 2013
5.9%
6.1%
7.2%
11 / 2013
6.5%
6.2%
6.9%
12 / 2013
7.2%
6.4%
6.7%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2012
10.7%
8.1%
8.3%
2 / 2012
10.7%
8.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
9.1%
7.8%
8.2%
4 / 2012
7.9%
7.3%
8.2%
5 / 2012
9.1%
7.4%
8.2%
6 / 2012
9.1%
7.7%
8.2%
7 / 2012
8.9%
7.6%
8.2%
8 / 2012
8.9%
7.6%
8.1%
9 / 2012
7.7%
7.0%
7.8%
10 / 2012
7.5%
6.9%
7.8%
11 / 2012
7.4%
7.0%
7.7%
12 / 2012
7.8%
7.3%
7.9%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2011
12.0%
9.6%
9.1%
2 / 2011
12.4%
9.6%
9.0%
3 / 2011
11.0%
8.9%
9.0%
4 / 2011
9.3%
8.0%
9.1%
5 / 2011
9.1%
7.8%
9.0%
6 / 2011
10.4%
8.1%
9.1%
7 / 2011
10.0%
7.7%
9.0%
8 / 2011
9.8%
7.9%
9.0%
9 / 2011
8.3%
7.5%
9.0%
10 / 2011
7.9%
7.2%
8.8%
11 / 2011
8.4%
7.1%
8.6%
12 / 2011
8.5%
7.3%
8.5%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2010
11.8%
9.4%
9.8%
2 / 2010
12.8%
10.0%
9.8%
3 / 2010
10.7%
9.3%
9.9%
4 / 2010
9.8%
8.4%
9.9%
5 / 2010
10.7%
8.3%
9.6%
6 / 2010
10.9%
8.4%
9.4%
7 / 2010
10.6%
8.3%
9.4%
8 / 2010
10.7%
8.6%
9.5%
9 / 2010
9.5%
8.1%
9.5%
10 / 2010
9.3%
8.0%
9.4%
11 / 2010
10.0%
8.3%
9.8%
12 / 2010
9.9%
8.6%
9.3%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2009
8.9%
6.5%
7.8%
2 / 2009
10.7%
7.5%
8.3%
3 / 2009
9.7%
7.7%
8.7%
4 / 2009
10.1%
7.8%
9.0%
5 / 2009
9.2%
8.0%
9.4%
6 / 2009
11.4%
8.4%
9.5%
7 / 2009
12.5%
8.0%
9.5%
8 / 2009
11.0%
8.0%
9.6%
9 / 2009
9.5%
7.5%
9.8%
10 / 2009
8.8%
7.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
9.7%
7.6%
9.9%
12 / 2009
10.6%
8.1%
9.9%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2008
8.3%
5.1%
5.0%
2 / 2008
7.6%
5.4%
4.9%
3 / 2008
6.6%
5.0%
5.1%
4 / 2008
5.2%
4.4%
5.0%
5 / 2008
5.3%
4.3%
5.4%
6 / 2008
5.9%
4.3%
5.6%
7 / 2008
5.4%
3.9%
5.8%
8 / 2008
5.5%
3.9%
6.1%
9 / 2008
5.0%
3.6%
6.1%
10 / 2008
4.4%
3.7%
6.5%
11 / 2008
4.8%
4.0%
6.8%
12 / 2008
6.1%
4.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2007
8.1%
5.1%
4.6%
2 / 2007
7.5%
5.7%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.9%
5.0%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.5%
4.6%
4.5%
5 / 2007
5.1%
4.4%
4.4%
6 / 2007
5.8%
4.6%
4.6%
7 / 2007
5.2%
4.5%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.4%
4.6%
4.6%
9 / 2007
5.0%
4.2%
4.7%
10 / 2007
4.7%
4.0%
4.7%
11 / 2007
4.9%
4.0%
4.7%
12 / 2007
5.6%
4.3%
5.0%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2006
6.4%
5.2%
4.7%
2 / 2006
6.6%
5.7%
4.8%
3 / 2006
5.1%
5.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.0%
4.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
4.7%
5.0%
4.6%
6 / 2006
5.5%
5.3%
4.6%
7 / 2006
5.9%
5.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
5.9%
5.3%
4.7%
9 / 2006
6.5%
4.7%
4.5%
10 / 2006
4.9%
4.3%
4.4%
11 / 2006
5.1%
4.3%
4.5%
12 / 2006
5.7%
4.2%
4.4%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2005
7.8%
5.8%
5.3%
2 / 2005
7.6%
6.3%
5.4%
3 / 2005
7.0%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 2005
6.1%
5.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
6.5%
4.9%
5.1%
6 / 2005
6.6%
5.3%
5.0%
7 / 2005
7.1%
5.1%
5.0%
8 / 2005
6.5%
5.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
6.0%
4.7%
5.0%
10 / 2005
5.2%
4.4%
5.0%
11 / 2005
5.0%
4.4%
5.0%
12 / 2005
4.2%
4.3%
4.9%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2004
7.8%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
7.3%
6.7%
5.6%
3 / 2004
6.3%
6.2%
5.8%
4 / 2004
5.5%
5.6%
5.6%
5 / 2004
5.4%
5.3%
5.6%
6 / 2004
6.7%
5.6%
5.6%
7 / 2004
6.5%
5.1%
5.5%
8 / 2004
7.3%
5.1%
5.4%
9 / 2004
5.6%
4.4%
5.4%
10 / 2004
5.1%
4.4%
5.5%
11 / 2004
4.6%
4.5%
5.4%
12 / 2004
4.8%
4.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2003
8.8%
6.8%
5.8%
2 / 2003
9.5%
7.3%
5.9%
3 / 2003
7.1%
6.7%
5.9%
4 / 2003
7.4%
6.4%
6.0%
5 / 2003
8.2%
6.1%
6.1%
6 / 2003
8.9%
6.5%
6.3%
7 / 2003
8.8%
6.1%
6.2%
8 / 2003
8.8%
6.0%
6.1%
9 / 2003
6.0%
5.3%
6.1%
10 / 2003
5.4%
5.1%
6.0%
11 / 2003
5.7%
5.1%
5.8%
12 / 2003
6.3%
5.2%
5.7%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2002
7.9%
6.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
8.5%
6.7%
5.7%
3 / 2002
7.7%
6.4%
5.7%
4 / 2002
6.3%
6.1%
5.9%
5 / 2002
6.3%
6.0%
5.8%
6 / 2002
7.1%
6.2%
5.8%
7 / 2002
6.9%
5.8%
5.8%
8 / 2002
6.7%
5.7%
5.7%
9 / 2002
6.3%
5.3%
5.7%
10 / 2002
6.2%
5.2%
5.7%
11 / 2002
6.5%
5.5%
5.9%
12 / 2002
7.2%
5.7%
6.0%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2001
8.3%
6.1%
4.2%
2 / 2001
7.7%
6.2%
4.2%
3 / 2001
6.2%
5.7%
4.3%
4 / 2001
6.3%
5.2%
4.4%
5 / 2001
6.2%
4.8%
4.3%
6 / 2001
5.6%
5.0%
4.5%
7 / 2001
4.5%
4.6%
4.6%
8 / 2001
4.7%
4.7%
4.9%
9 / 2001
4.6%
4.2%
5.0%
10 / 2001
4.2%
4.2%
5.3%
11 / 2001
4.6%
4.6%
5.5%
12 / 2001
5.0%
4.8%
5.7%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2000
7.3%
6.5%
4.0%
2 / 2000
7.8%
6.9%
4.1%
3 / 2000
5.9%
6.0%
4.0%
4 / 2000
4.9%
5.4%
3.8%
5 / 2000
5.6%
5.4%
4.0%
6 / 2000
6.0%
5.6%
4.0%
7 / 2000
5.1%
5.1%
4.0%
8 / 2000
5.5%
5.2%
4.1%
9 / 2000
5.6%
4.8%
3.9%
10 / 2000
4.8%
4.8%
3.9%
11 / 2000
5.7%
5.0%
3.9%
12 / 2000
5.3%
5.1%
3.9%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1999
11.7%
7.4%
4.3%
2 / 1999
12.8%
7.6%
4.4%
3 / 1999
10.7%
7.5%
4.2%
4 / 1999
9.0%
6.8%
4.3%
5 / 1999
8.2%
6.4%
4.2%
6 / 1999
10.2%
6.5%
4.3%
7 / 1999
8.8%
6.1%
4.3%
8 / 1999
8.1%
6.3%
4.2%
9 / 1999
6.6%
5.9%
4.2%
10 / 1999
5.1%
5.7%
4.1%
11 / 1999
5.8%
5.7%
4.1%
12 / 1999
6.1%
5.6%
4.0%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1998
11.1%
7.5%
4.6%
2 / 1998
14.4%
7.9%
4.6%
3 / 1998
13.7%
7.8%
4.7%
4 / 1998
12.1%
6.7%
4.3%
5 / 1998
11.9%
6.4%
4.4%
6 / 1998
13.0%
6.8%
4.5%
7 / 1998
11.6%
6.3%
4.5%
8 / 1998
11.8%
6.4%
4.5%
9 / 1998
11.0%
5.9%
4.6%
10 / 1998
6.9%
5.8%
4.5%
11 / 1998
7.4%
5.9%
4.4%
12 / 1998
8.0%
6.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1997
12.0%
8.4%
5.3%
2 / 1997
12.2%
8.6%
5.2%
3 / 1997
8.6%
7.8%
5.2%
4 / 1997
5.9%
7.0%
5.1%
5 / 1997
6.2%
6.5%
4.9%
6 / 1997
6.9%
6.7%
5.0%
7 / 1997
7.8%
6.3%
4.9%
8 / 1997
7.6%
6.4%
4.8%
9 / 1997
5.9%
6.0%
4.9%
10 / 1997
6.4%
5.9%
4.7%
11 / 1997
9.2%
6.2%
4.6%
12 / 1997
9.1%
6.5%
4.7%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1996
10.6%
9.3%
5.6%
2 / 1996
10.6%
9.2%
5.5%
3 / 1996
8.9%
8.4%
5.5%
4 / 1996
9.9%
7.7%
5.6%
5 / 1996
10.2%
7.3%
5.6%
6 / 1996
9.4%
7.2%
5.3%
7 / 1996
9.2%
6.9%
5.5%
8 / 1996
8.5%
6.9%
5.1%
9 / 1996
8.8%
6.6%
5.2%
10 / 1996
8.1%
6.7%
5.2%
11 / 1996
7.8%
6.9%
5.4%
12 / 1996
9.4%
7.1%
5.4%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1995
12.3%
8.6%
5.6%
2 / 1995
13.1%
9.0%
5.4%
3 / 1995
12.2%
8.2%
5.4%
4 / 1995
10.1%
7.9%
5.8%
5 / 1995
10.0%
7.8%
5.6%
6 / 1995
11.2%
8.0%
5.6%
7 / 1995
9.8%
7.7%
5.7%
8 / 1995
10.7%
7.8%
5.7%
9 / 1995
9.6%
7.3%
5.6%
10 / 1995
7.8%
7.1%
5.5%
11 / 1995
9.0%
7.5%
5.6%
12 / 1995
8.7%
7.5%
5.6%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1994
16.2%
11.0%
6.6%
2 / 1994
15.5%
11.2%
6.6%
3 / 1994
14.4%
10.5%
6.5%
4 / 1994
11.9%
9.5%
6.4%
5 / 1994
10.5%
8.8%
6.1%
6 / 1994
9.9%
8.9%
6.1%
7 / 1994
9.4%
8.3%
6.1%
8 / 1994
8.3%
8.2%
6.0%
9 / 1994
7.6%
7.5%
5.9%
10 / 1994
9.6%
7.4%
5.8%
11 / 1994
9.1%
7.3%
5.6%
12 / 1994
9.9%
7.5%
5.5%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1993
14.6%
11.8%
7.3%
2 / 1993
16.4%
12.3%
7.1%
3 / 1993
14.9%
11.8%
7.0%
4 / 1993
12.0%
11.4%
7.1%
5 / 1993
15.1%
11.0%
7.1%
6 / 1993
14.9%
10.9%
7.0%
7 / 1993
13.2%
10.2%
6.9%
8 / 1993
13.2%
10.2%
6.8%
9 / 1993
13.6%
9.7%
6.7%
10 / 1993
15.2%
9.5%
6.8%
11 / 1993
14.7%
9.4%
6.6%
12 / 1993
15.0%
9.4%
6.5%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1992
14.5%
12.6%
7.3%
2 / 1992
14.6%
12.9%
7.4%
3 / 1992
13.6%
12.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
12.1%
11.4%
7.4%
5 / 1992
12.2%
11.0%
7.6%
6 / 1992
13.3%
11.3%
7.8%
7 / 1992
11.7%
10.7%
7.7%
8 / 1992
11.5%
10.9%
7.6%
9 / 1992
11.0%
10.7%
7.6%
10 / 1992
12.2%
10.5%
7.3%
11 / 1992
13.2%
10.7%
7.4%
12 / 1992
12.4%
10.8%
7.4%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1991
16.3%
10.7%
6.4%
2 / 1991
17.8%
11.2%
6.6%
3 / 1991
16.0%
10.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
13.5%
10.3%
6.7%
5 / 1991
13.4%
10.3%
6.9%
6 / 1991
12.8%
10.4%
6.9%
7 / 1991
13.6%
10.2%
6.8%
8 / 1991
13.1%
10.7%
6.9%
9 / 1991
12.0%
10.4%
6.9%
10 / 1991
11.0%
10.5%
7.0%
11 / 1991
13.7%
10.8%
7.0%
12 / 1991
13.2%
11.4%
7.3%
Month/Year
Pleasants County, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1990
10.7%
8.8%
5.4%
2 / 1990
10.9%
8.9%
5.3%
3 / 1990
9.2%
8.0%
5.2%
4 / 1990
8.5%
7.8%
5.4%
5 / 1990
7.1%
7.7%
5.4%
6 / 1990
9.9%
8.0%
5.2%
7 / 1990
10.0%
7.9%
5.5%
8 / 1990
8.8%
8.4%
5.7%
9 / 1990
9.9%
8.6%
5.9%
10 / 1990
11.0%
8.6%
5.9%
11 / 1990
12.8%
9.2%
6.2%
12 / 1990
13.0%
9.6%
6.3%