Unemployment Rate in Berkeley County, WV
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.7%
Rank #1,807/3,222 · #13 in WV
44th
Berkeley 4.7%
WV 5.4% -12.8%
US 5.3% -11.1%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Berkeley County's unemployment rate of 4.7% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Berkeley County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,804 | Sumter County, GA | 4.7% |
| #1,805 | Bartow County, GA | 4.7% |
| #1,806 | Crawford County, OH | 4.7% |
| #1,807 | Berkeley County, WV | 4.7% |
| #1,808 | St. Tammany Parish, LA | 4.7% |
| #1,809 | Brazos County, TX | 4.7% |
| #1,810 | Jefferson County, AL | 4.7% |
About Unemployment Rate
Berkeley County, West Virginia has a unemployment rate of 4.7%, ranking #1,807 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 11.1% below the national value of 5.3%. Within West Virginia, it ranks #13 of 55. This places it in the 44th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.