# Unemployment Rate: Wirt County, WV (U)

Unemployment Rate: Wirt County, WV (U) was 4.5% in September 2026, down 0.8 percentage points from August 2026 and down 0.3 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since November 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.3% (Oct 2024) to 17.5% (Apr 2020), averaging 7.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-WV-54105.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-wirt-county-wv-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 4.5% |
| August 2026 | 5.3% |
| July 2026 | 4.9% |
| June 2026 | 5.3% |
| May 2026 | 4.9% |
| April 2026 | 5.8% |
| March 2026 | 7.0% |
| February 2026 | 9.2% |
| January 2026 | 8.9% |
| December 2025 | 6.8% |
| November 2025 | 5.5% |
| September 2025 | 4.8% |
| August 2025 | 5.5% |
| July 2025 | 5.6% |
| June 2025 | 5.8% |
| May 2025 | 5.0% |
| April 2025 | 6.0% |
| March 2025 | 7.0% |
| February 2025 | 7.7% |
| January 2025 | 7.9% |
| December 2024 | 5.7% |
| November 2024 | 4.5% |
| October 2024 | 4.3% |
| September 2024 | 5.0% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-WV-54105.UNEMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-WV-54105.UNEMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```