CHARLESTON, W.Va. — There are fewer West Virginia counties with double-digit unemployment.
WorkForce West Virginia reported Friday only two counties, Pocahontas and Webster, currently have jobless rates at more than 10 percent.
Three counties, Pendleton, Jefferson and Monongalia, are below four percent.
The state’s unemployment rate for May dropped by four tenths of a percent to 6.2 percent, which is the lowest jobless rate in the state since 2008.