# Unemployment Rate: McDowell County, WV (U)

Unemployment Rate: McDowell County, WV (U) was 8.7% in September 2026, down 1.9 percentage points from August 2026 and down 2.0 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since May 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.6% (Sep 2022) to 16.4% (Jul 2020), averaging 9.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-WV-54047.UNEMP.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (440 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/unemployment-rate-mcdowell-county-wv-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 8.7% |
| August 2026 | 10.6% |
| July 2026 | 10.6% |
| June 2026 | 10.9% |
| May 2026 | 9.1% |
| April 2026 | 10.6% |
| March 2026 | 10.2% |
| February 2026 | 12.4% |
| January 2026 | 11.3% |
| December 2025 | 10.5% |
| November 2025 | 10.8% |
| September 2025 | 10.7% |
| August 2025 | 11.6% |
| July 2025 | 11.3% |
| June 2025 | 10.3% |
| May 2025 | 8.6% |
| April 2025 | 8.4% |
| March 2025 | 9.2% |
| February 2025 | 9.6% |
| January 2025 | 8.1% |
| December 2024 | 6.9% |
| November 2024 | 7.2% |
| October 2024 | 7.1% |
| September 2024 | 7.2% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-WV-54047.UNEMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-WV-54047.UNEMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```