Unemployment Rate in Pocahontas County, WV
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Pocahontas County's unemployment rate of 11.8% 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 Pocahontas County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,147 | Clay County, WV | 11.7% |
| #3,148 | Concordia Parish, LA | 11.7% |
| #3,149 | Wilcox County, AL | 11.8% |
| #3,150 | Pocahontas County, WV | 11.8% |
| #3,151 | Yauco Municipio, PR | 11.8% |
| #3,152 | Greene County, MS | 11.9% |
| #3,153 | Highland County, VA | 11.9% |
About Unemployment Rate
Pocahontas County, West Virginia has a unemployment rate of 11.8%, ranking #3,150 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 123.0% above the national value of 5.3%. Within West Virginia, it ranks #55 of 55. This places it in the 2th 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.