Unemployment Rate in Gilmer County, WV
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
6.8%
Rank #2,760/3,222 · #36 in WV
14th
Gilmer 6.8%
WV 5.4% +25.8%
US 5.3% +28.1%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Gilmer County's unemployment rate of 6.8% 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 Gilmer County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,757 | Waller County, TX | 6.8% |
| #2,758 | Edwards County, KS | 6.8% |
| #2,759 | Talladega County, AL | 6.8% |
| #2,760 | Gilmer County, WV | 6.8% |
| #2,761 | Aibonito Municipio, PR | 6.8% |
| #2,762 | DeKalb County, IL | 6.8% |
| #2,763 | Alger County, MI | 6.8% |
About Unemployment Rate
Gilmer County, West Virginia has a unemployment rate of 6.8%, ranking #2,760 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 28.1% above the national value of 5.3%. Within West Virginia, it ranks #36 of 55. This places it in the 14th 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.