Unemployment Rate in Pleasants County, WV
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
8.5%
Rank #2,997/3,222 · #45 in WV
7th
Pleasants 8.5%
WV 5.4% +58.3%
US 5.3% +61.2%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Pleasants County's unemployment rate of 8.5% 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 Pleasants County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,994 | Allendale County, SC | 8.5% |
| #2,995 | Logan County, WV | 8.5% |
| #2,996 | Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK | 8.5% |
| #2,997 | Pleasants County, WV | 8.5% |
| #2,998 | Kern County, CA | 8.6% |
| #2,999 | Lewis County, WV | 8.6% |
| #3,000 | Noxubee County, MS | 8.6% |
About Unemployment Rate
Pleasants County, West Virginia has a unemployment rate of 8.5%, ranking #2,997 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 61.2% above the national value of 5.3%. Within West Virginia, it ranks #45 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.