Unemployment Rate in Boone County, WV
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
8.8%
Rank #3,012/3,222 · #47 in WV
7th
Boone 8.8%
WV 5.4% +63.2%
US 5.3% +66.3%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Boone County's unemployment rate of 8.8% 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 Boone County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,009 | Yabucoa Municipio, PR | 8.7% |
| #3,010 | Atlantic County, NJ | 8.7% |
| #3,011 | Bandera County, TX | 8.7% |
| #3,012 | Boone County, WV | 8.8% |
| #3,013 | Juncos Municipio, PR | 8.8% |
| #3,014 | Emanuel County, GA | 8.8% |
| #3,015 | Navajo County, AZ | 8.8% |
About Unemployment Rate
Boone County, West Virginia has a unemployment rate of 8.8%, ranking #3,012 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 66.3% above the national value of 5.3%. Within West Virginia, it ranks #47 of 55. This places it in the 7th 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.