West Piedmont Planning District 2000 Labor Force Participation and Unemployment Rates
	Franklin	Henry	Patrick	Pittsylvania	Danville	Martinsville	District
	County	County	County	County	City	City	Total	Virginia
Males 16 and over	18,680	22,407	7,633	23,749	16,841	5,426	94,736	2,675,692
In labor force	13,246	15,061	5,224	16,636	10,530	3,380	64,077	1,964,591
Percent in labor force	70.9%	67.2%	68.4%	70.0%	62.5%	62.3%	67.6%	73.4%
Civilian labor force	13,229	15,021	5,224	16,608	10,503	3,363	63,948	1,853,839
Employed	12,730	14,218	5,010	16,026	9,503	3,068	60,555	1,778,658
Unemployed	499	803	214	582	1,000	295	3,393	75,181
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.3%	4.1%	3.5%	9.5%	8.8%	5.3%	4.1%
Females 16 and over	19,243	24,013	8,024	25,506	21,547	6,925	105,258	2,854,288
In labor force	10,654	13,343	4,175	14,313	11,365	3,302	57,152	1,730,072
Percent in labor force	55.4%	55.6%	52.0%	56.1%	52.7%	47.7%	54.3%	60.6%
Civilian labor force	10,631	13,343	4,175	14,303	11,365	3,302	57,119	1,709,933
Employed	10,214	12,620	4,014	13,567	10,165	3,018	53,598	1,633,989
Unemployed	417	723	161	736	1,200	284	3,521	75,944
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.4%	3.9%	5.1%	10.6%	8.6%	6.2%	4.4%
Persons 16 and over	37,923	46,420	15,657	49,255	38,388	12,351	199,994	5,529,980
In labor force	23,900	28,404	9,399	30,949	21,895	6,682	121,229	3,694,663
Percent in labor force	63.0%	61.2%	60.0%	62.8%	57.0%	54.1%	60.6%	66.8%
Civilian labor force	23,860	28,364	9,399	30,911	21,868	6,665	121,067	3,563,772
Employed	22,944	26,838	9,024	29,593	19,668	6,086	114,153	3,412,647
Unemployed	916	1,526	375	1,318	2,200	579	6,914	151,125
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.4%	4.0%	4.3%	10.1%	8.7%	5.7%	4.2%
Source:  2000 U.S. Census of Population and Housing.