High Unemployment Area
Cowen, WV Current Unemployment - 5.1%
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
Cowen, WV Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2022
5.8%
4.4%
4.0%
2 / 2022
5.4%
4.5%
3.8%
3 / 2022
5.3%
4.0%
3.6%
4 / 2022
4.5%
3.6%
3.6%
5 / 2022
3.8%
3.4%
3.6%
6 / 2022
4.9%
4.3%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.1%
4.2%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.1%
4.3%
3.7%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2021
8.0%
7.1%
6.3%
2 / 2021
8.8%
6.9%
6.2%
3 / 2021
7.7%
6.1%
6.0%
4 / 2021
7.4%
5.7%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.7%
5.0%
5.8%
6 / 2021
6.2%
5.1%
5.9%
7 / 2021
5.5%
5.0%
5.4%
8 / 2021
5.1%
4.8%
5.2%
9 / 2021
3.8%
3.8%
4.7%
10 / 2021
3.5%
3.6%
4.6%
11 / 2021
3.1%
3.4%
4.2%
12 / 2021
3.6%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2020
7.7%
5.6%
3.6%
2 / 2020
9.1%
5.8%
3.5%
3 / 2020
9.6%
6.2%
4.4%
4 / 2020
15.0%
15.6%
14.7%
5 / 2020
12.1%
12.3%
13.3%
6 / 2020
11.2%
10.1%
11.1%
7 / 2020
11.5%
9.5%
10.2%
8 / 2020
10.0%
8.3%
8.4%
9 / 2020
9.1%
7.2%
7.9%
10 / 2020
7.1%
6.3%
6.9%
11 / 2020
7.0%
6.5%
6.7%
12 / 2020
7.3%
7.2%
6.7%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2019
7.2%
5.7%
4.0%
2 / 2019
8.9%
5.9%
3.8%
3 / 2019
6.3%
5.2%
3.8%
4 / 2019
5.2%
4.5%
3.6%
5 / 2019
5.0%
4.5%
3.6%
6 / 2019
5.7%
4.9%
3.7%
7 / 2019
5.5%
4.7%
3.7%
8 / 2019
5.6%
4.8%
3.7%
9 / 2019
5.1%
4.3%
3.5%
10 / 2019
5.7%
4.6%
3.6%
11 / 2019
7.1%
4.8%
3.5%
12 / 2019
8.7%
5.0%
3.5%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2018
7.5%
6.1%
4.1%
2 / 2018
8.3%
6.5%
4.1%
3 / 2018
7.2%
6.0%
4.0%
4 / 2018
6.6%
5.3%
3.9%
5 / 2018
5.8%
5.0%
3.8%
6 / 2018
6.3%
5.4%
4.0%
7 / 2018
6.1%
5.1%
3.9%
8 / 2018
6.3%
5.0%
3.8%
9 / 2018
5.5%
4.5%
3.7%
10 / 2018
5.4%
4.5%
3.8%
11 / 2018
5.3%
4.5%
3.7%
12 / 2018
5.3%
4.7%
3.9%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2017
7.8%
6.2%
4.7%
2 / 2017
7.5%
6.2%
4.7%
3 / 2017
6.8%
5.6%
4.4%
4 / 2017
5.9%
4.9%
4.4%
5 / 2017
5.7%
4.7%
4.4%
6 / 2017
6.1%
5.3%
4.3%
7 / 2017
6.0%
5.1%
4.3%
8 / 2017
6.1%
5.3%
4.4%
9 / 2017
5.5%
4.6%
4.2%
10 / 2017
5.4%
4.6%
4.1%
11 / 2017
6.2%
4.9%
4.2%
12 / 2017
6.4%
5.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2016
7.6%
7.3%
4.9%
2 / 2016
8.7%
7.7%
4.9%
3 / 2016
8.1%
6.9%
5.0%
4 / 2016
7.8%
6.2%
5.0%
5 / 2016
9.6%
6.0%
4.8%
6 / 2016
9.4%
6.4%
4.9%
7 / 2016
9.1%
5.9%
4.8%
8 / 2016
8.9%
6.0%
4.9%
9 / 2016
8.2%
5.4%
5.0%
10 / 2016
7.7%
5.3%
4.9%
11 / 2016
7.5%
5.1%
4.7%
12 / 2016
7.7%
5.1%
4.7%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2015
8.5%
7.4%
5.7%
2 / 2015
9.0%
7.8%
5.5%
3 / 2015
8.6%
7.6%
5.4%
4 / 2015
9.1%
6.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
7.1%
6.8%
5.6%
6 / 2015
7.4%
7.2%
5.3%
7 / 2015
8.1%
6.9%
5.2%
8 / 2015
6.8%
6.7%
5.1%
9 / 2015
6.5%
5.9%
5.0%
10 / 2015
6.1%
5.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
7.0%
5.9%
5.1%
12 / 2015
6.8%
6.0%
5.0%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2014
10.9%
7.6%
6.6%
2 / 2014
10.9%
8.1%
6.7%
3 / 2014
10.0%
7.5%
6.7%
4 / 2014
9.4%
6.6%
6.2%
5 / 2014
9.1%
6.5%
6.3%
6 / 2014
8.4%
6.6%
6.1%
7 / 2014
8.1%
6.5%
6.2%
8 / 2014
7.9%
6.6%
6.1%
9 / 2014
7.0%
5.9%
5.9%
10 / 2014
7.0%
5.8%
5.7%
11 / 2014
7.3%
5.9%
5.8%
12 / 2014
7.3%
6.0%
5.6%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2013
11.8%
8.2%
8.0%
2 / 2013
12.0%
8.1%
7.7%
3 / 2013
12.0%
7.3%
7.5%
4 / 2013
10.7%
6.6%
7.6%
5 / 2013
9.6%
6.3%
7.5%
6 / 2013
10.0%
6.7%
7.5%
7 / 2013
9.1%
6.5%
7.3%
8 / 2013
9.6%
6.5%
7.2%
9 / 2013
8.9%
6.0%
7.2%
10 / 2013
9.4%
6.1%
7.2%
11 / 2013
9.9%
6.2%
6.9%
12 / 2013
10.0%
6.4%
6.7%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2012
10.0%
8.1%
8.3%
2 / 2012
11.2%
8.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
11.1%
7.8%
8.2%
4 / 2012
10.7%
7.3%
8.2%
5 / 2012
10.5%
7.4%
8.2%
6 / 2012
10.9%
7.7%
8.2%
7 / 2012
10.7%
7.6%
8.2%
8 / 2012
10.3%
7.6%
8.1%
9 / 2012
10.0%
7.0%
7.8%
10 / 2012
10.3%
6.9%
7.8%
11 / 2012
11.6%
7.0%
7.7%
12 / 2012
11.1%
7.3%
7.9%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2011
10.2%
9.6%
9.1%
2 / 2011
9.9%
9.6%
9.0%
3 / 2011
9.7%
8.9%
9.0%
4 / 2011
9.0%
8.0%
9.1%
5 / 2011
8.9%
7.8%
9.0%
6 / 2011
8.9%
8.1%
9.1%
7 / 2011
8.5%
7.7%
9.0%
8 / 2011
8.8%
7.9%
9.0%
9 / 2011
9.3%
7.5%
9.0%
10 / 2011
10.0%
7.2%
8.8%
11 / 2011
10.1%
7.1%
8.6%
12 / 2011
10.1%
7.3%
8.5%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2010
11.5%
9.4%
9.8%
2 / 2010
12.5%
10.0%
9.8%
3 / 2010
11.0%
9.3%
9.9%
4 / 2010
9.9%
8.4%
9.9%
5 / 2010
9.7%
8.3%
9.6%
6 / 2010
10.1%
8.4%
9.4%
7 / 2010
9.5%
8.3%
9.4%
8 / 2010
9.4%
8.6%
9.5%
9 / 2010
9.1%
8.1%
9.5%
10 / 2010
9.0%
8.0%
9.4%
11 / 2010
9.6%
8.3%
9.8%
12 / 2010
10.3%
8.6%
9.3%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2009
8.3%
6.5%
7.8%
2 / 2009
9.1%
7.5%
8.3%
3 / 2009
9.9%
7.7%
8.7%
4 / 2009
11.9%
7.8%
9.0%
5 / 2009
11.0%
8.0%
9.4%
6 / 2009
11.1%
8.4%
9.5%
7 / 2009
10.3%
8.0%
9.5%
8 / 2009
10.6%
8.0%
9.6%
9 / 2009
10.0%
7.5%
9.8%
10 / 2009
10.8%
7.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
10.8%
7.6%
9.9%
12 / 2009
11.6%
8.1%
9.9%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2008
7.1%
5.1%
5.0%
2 / 2008
6.3%
5.4%
4.9%
3 / 2008
6.6%
5.0%
5.1%
4 / 2008
5.9%
4.4%
5.0%
5 / 2008
6.0%
4.3%
5.4%
6 / 2008
5.3%
4.3%
5.6%
7 / 2008
4.7%
3.9%
5.8%
8 / 2008
5.3%
3.9%
6.1%
9 / 2008
4.5%
3.6%
6.1%
10 / 2008
4.7%
3.7%
6.5%
11 / 2008
4.7%
4.0%
6.8%
12 / 2008
5.4%
4.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2007
5.3%
5.1%
4.6%
2 / 2007
6.2%
5.7%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.9%
5.0%
4.4%
4 / 2007
6.4%
4.6%
4.5%
5 / 2007
5.6%
4.4%
4.4%
6 / 2007
5.6%
4.6%
4.6%
7 / 2007
5.9%
4.5%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.6%
4.6%
4.6%
9 / 2007
4.9%
4.2%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.2%
4.0%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.5%
4.0%
4.7%
12 / 2007
5.5%
4.3%
5.0%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2006
5.6%
5.2%
4.7%
2 / 2006
6.5%
5.7%
4.8%
3 / 2006
5.7%
5.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.8%
4.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
5.9%
5.0%
4.6%
6 / 2006
5.9%
5.3%
4.6%
7 / 2006
6.1%
5.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
6.7%
5.3%
4.7%
9 / 2006
5.5%
4.7%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.3%
4.3%
4.4%
11 / 2006
5.4%
4.3%
4.5%
12 / 2006
4.7%
4.2%
4.4%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2005
5.8%
5.8%
5.3%
2 / 2005
7.6%
6.3%
5.4%
3 / 2005
6.6%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 2005
5.9%
5.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
5.3%
4.9%
5.1%
6 / 2005
6.2%
5.3%
5.0%
7 / 2005
6.1%
5.1%
5.0%
8 / 2005
5.6%
5.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
5.4%
4.7%
5.0%
10 / 2005
5.1%
4.4%
5.0%
11 / 2005
5.6%
4.4%
5.0%
12 / 2005
4.9%
4.3%
4.9%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2004
6.7%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
6.5%
6.7%
5.6%
3 / 2004
6.3%
6.2%
5.8%
4 / 2004
6.5%
5.6%
5.6%
5 / 2004
5.9%
5.3%
5.6%
6 / 2004
6.0%
5.6%
5.6%
7 / 2004
4.9%
5.1%
5.5%
8 / 2004
4.8%
5.1%
5.4%
9 / 2004
4.3%
4.4%
5.4%
10 / 2004
5.1%
4.4%
5.5%
11 / 2004
4.7%
4.5%
5.4%
12 / 2004
5.4%
4.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2003
6.6%
6.8%
5.8%
2 / 2003
7.6%
7.3%
5.9%
3 / 2003
7.3%
6.7%
5.9%
4 / 2003
8.0%
6.4%
6.0%
5 / 2003
7.0%
6.1%
6.1%
6 / 2003
7.1%
6.5%
6.3%
7 / 2003
6.9%
6.1%
6.2%
8 / 2003
6.4%
6.0%
6.1%
9 / 2003
5.3%
5.3%
6.1%
10 / 2003
5.6%
5.1%
6.0%
11 / 2003
6.3%
5.1%
5.8%
12 / 2003
5.3%
5.2%
5.7%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2002
7.7%
6.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
6.8%
6.7%
5.7%
3 / 2002
6.9%
6.4%
5.7%
4 / 2002
6.6%
6.1%
5.9%
5 / 2002
6.0%
6.0%
5.8%
6 / 2002
7.6%
6.2%
5.8%
7 / 2002
7.1%
5.8%
5.8%
8 / 2002
6.4%
5.7%
5.7%
9 / 2002
5.7%
5.3%
5.7%
10 / 2002
6.2%
5.2%
5.7%
11 / 2002
6.9%
5.5%
5.9%
12 / 2002
6.7%
5.7%
6.0%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2001
7.8%
6.1%
4.2%
2 / 2001
7.8%
6.2%
4.2%
3 / 2001
7.5%
5.7%
4.3%
4 / 2001
7.6%
5.2%
4.4%
5 / 2001
6.7%
4.8%
4.3%
6 / 2001
6.8%
5.0%
4.5%
7 / 2001
6.1%
4.6%
4.6%
8 / 2001
6.2%
4.7%
4.9%
9 / 2001
5.2%
4.2%
5.0%
10 / 2001
5.7%
4.2%
5.3%
11 / 2001
6.2%
4.6%
5.5%
12 / 2001
6.7%
4.8%
5.7%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 2000
8.9%
6.5%
4.0%
2 / 2000
9.3%
6.9%
4.1%
3 / 2000
8.0%
6.0%
4.0%
4 / 2000
6.9%
5.4%
3.8%
5 / 2000
6.3%
5.4%
4.0%
6 / 2000
6.7%
5.6%
4.0%
7 / 2000
6.6%
5.1%
4.0%
8 / 2000
6.6%
5.2%
4.1%
9 / 2000
6.5%
4.8%
3.9%
10 / 2000
6.8%
4.8%
3.9%
11 / 2000
7.6%
5.0%
3.9%
12 / 2000
7.5%
5.1%
3.9%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1999
10.0%
7.4%
4.3%
2 / 1999
9.2%
7.6%
4.4%
3 / 1999
10.2%
7.5%
4.2%
4 / 1999
9.7%
6.8%
4.3%
5 / 1999
9.3%
6.4%
4.2%
6 / 1999
10.3%
6.5%
4.3%
7 / 1999
9.1%
6.1%
4.3%
8 / 1999
9.2%
6.3%
4.2%
9 / 1999
9.1%
5.9%
4.2%
10 / 1999
8.3%
5.7%
4.1%
11 / 1999
9.8%
5.7%
4.1%
12 / 1999
9.8%
5.6%
4.0%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1998
9.8%
7.5%
4.6%
2 / 1998
10.5%
7.9%
4.6%
3 / 1998
9.7%
7.8%
4.7%
4 / 1998
9.3%
6.7%
4.3%
5 / 1998
9.1%
6.4%
4.4%
6 / 1998
10.5%
6.8%
4.5%
7 / 1998
8.3%
6.3%
4.5%
8 / 1998
8.1%
6.4%
4.5%
9 / 1998
7.9%
5.9%
4.6%
10 / 1998
7.2%
5.8%
4.5%
11 / 1998
8.0%
5.9%
4.4%
12 / 1998
10.1%
6.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1997
12.5%
8.4%
5.3%
2 / 1997
12.0%
8.6%
5.2%
3 / 1997
9.9%
7.8%
5.2%
4 / 1997
10.6%
7.0%
5.1%
5 / 1997
11.7%
6.5%
4.9%
6 / 1997
11.6%
6.7%
5.0%
7 / 1997
11.8%
6.3%
4.9%
8 / 1997
10.8%
6.4%
4.8%
9 / 1997
9.5%
6.0%
4.9%
10 / 1997
9.2%
5.9%
4.7%
11 / 1997
9.8%
6.2%
4.6%
12 / 1997
9.5%
6.5%
4.7%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1996
13.5%
9.3%
5.6%
2 / 1996
12.6%
9.2%
5.5%
3 / 1996
13.7%
8.4%
5.5%
4 / 1996
11.5%
7.7%
5.6%
5 / 1996
10.3%
7.3%
5.6%
6 / 1996
9.7%
7.2%
5.3%
7 / 1996
8.6%
6.9%
5.5%
8 / 1996
8.1%
6.9%
5.1%
9 / 1996
9.7%
6.6%
5.2%
10 / 1996
9.3%
6.7%
5.2%
11 / 1996
10.6%
6.9%
5.4%
12 / 1996
12.1%
7.1%
5.4%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1995
13.5%
8.6%
5.6%
2 / 1995
13.8%
9.0%
5.4%
3 / 1995
13.2%
8.2%
5.4%
4 / 1995
13.8%
7.9%
5.8%
5 / 1995
13.9%
7.8%
5.6%
6 / 1995
13.9%
8.0%
5.6%
7 / 1995
12.5%
7.7%
5.7%
8 / 1995
13.1%
7.8%
5.7%
9 / 1995
12.5%
7.3%
5.6%
10 / 1995
13.3%
7.1%
5.5%
11 / 1995
13.5%
7.5%
5.6%
12 / 1995
11.3%
7.5%
5.6%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1994
19.2%
11.0%
6.6%
2 / 1994
19.4%
11.2%
6.6%
3 / 1994
20.2%
10.5%
6.5%
4 / 1994
18.8%
9.5%
6.4%
5 / 1994
18.0%
8.8%
6.1%
6 / 1994
17.8%
8.9%
6.1%
7 / 1994
14.7%
8.3%
6.1%
8 / 1994
14.2%
8.2%
6.0%
9 / 1994
13.6%
7.5%
5.9%
10 / 1994
14.3%
7.4%
5.8%
11 / 1994
12.6%
7.3%
5.6%
12 / 1994
11.8%
7.5%
5.5%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1993
16.1%
11.8%
7.3%
2 / 1993
16.1%
12.3%
7.1%
3 / 1993
17.6%
11.8%
7.0%
4 / 1993
18.1%
11.4%
7.1%
5 / 1993
17.7%
11.0%
7.1%
6 / 1993
17.2%
10.9%
7.0%
7 / 1993
19.6%
10.2%
6.9%
8 / 1993
19.8%
10.2%
6.8%
9 / 1993
19.1%
9.7%
6.7%
10 / 1993
17.6%
9.5%
6.8%
11 / 1993
19.2%
9.4%
6.6%
12 / 1993
17.1%
9.4%
6.5%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1992
20.3%
12.6%
7.3%
2 / 1992
18.6%
12.9%
7.4%
3 / 1992
19.3%
12.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
19.3%
11.4%
7.4%
5 / 1992
19.3%
11.0%
7.6%
6 / 1992
22.0%
11.3%
7.8%
7 / 1992
20.6%
10.7%
7.7%
8 / 1992
21.1%
10.9%
7.6%
9 / 1992
19.7%
10.7%
7.6%
10 / 1992
18.5%
10.5%
7.3%
11 / 1992
17.3%
10.7%
7.4%
12 / 1992
14.1%
10.8%
7.4%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1991
18.0%
10.7%
6.4%
2 / 1991
19.0%
11.2%
6.6%
3 / 1991
16.6%
10.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
17.8%
10.3%
6.7%
5 / 1991
16.5%
10.3%
6.9%
6 / 1991
19.2%
10.4%
6.9%
7 / 1991
21.6%
10.2%
6.8%
8 / 1991
21.6%
10.7%
6.9%
9 / 1991
19.4%
10.4%
6.9%
10 / 1991
18.2%
10.5%
7.0%
11 / 1991
20.8%
10.8%
7.0%
12 / 1991
19.6%
11.4%
7.3%
Month/Year
Cowen, WV%
West-Virginia%
National %
1 / 1990
17.4%
8.8%
5.4%
2 / 1990
18.5%
8.9%
5.3%
3 / 1990
17.6%
8.0%
5.2%
4 / 1990
17.1%
7.8%
5.4%
5 / 1990
18.5%
7.7%
5.4%
6 / 1990
17.2%
8.0%
5.2%
7 / 1990
18.1%
7.9%
5.5%
8 / 1990
20.2%
8.4%
5.7%
9 / 1990
22.0%
8.6%
5.9%
10 / 1990
21.8%
8.6%
5.9%
11 / 1990
20.6%
9.2%
6.2%
12 / 1990
19.9%
9.6%
6.3%