Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Virginia

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Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Virginia

Unemployment rates, while significantly lower than the alarming pandemic peak of 14.7% experienced in April 2020, remain a subject of concern, notably as bandy around the idea of a by 2023. The last economic recession鈥攖he Great Recession of 2008-2010鈥攕ent rates up to 10% as of October 2009. It was that unemployment finally went down to the same level it sits at now.

As of October of this year, national unemployment is at 3.7%, 0.2% higher than in September. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state demonstrate , ranging from just 2.0% in Minnesota, to 4.5% in Illinois and 4.7% in the District of Columbia. Further breakdown by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows yet another county-based spectrum within each state.

To that end, compiled a list of counties with the highest unemployment rate in Virginia using data from the . Counties are ranked by unemployment rate in September 2022.

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#50. Chesapeake

- Current unemployment rate: 2.7%
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: -0.8%
- Total labor force: 121,113 (3,234 unemployed)

#49. Waynesboro

- Current unemployment rate: 2.7%
--- 1 month change: -0.7%
--- 1 year change: -1.1%
- Total labor force: 10,445 (285 unemployed)

#48. Craig County

- Current unemployment rate: 2.8%
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: +0.1%
- Total labor force: 2,223 (62 unemployed)

#47. Cumberland County

- Current unemployment rate: 2.8%
--- 1 month change: -1.0%
--- 1 year change: -0.8%
- Total labor force: 4,777 (133 unemployed)

#46. Russell County

- Current unemployment rate: 2.8%
--- 1 month change: -0.7%
--- 1 year change: -1.0%
- Total labor force: 11,461 (320 unemployed)
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#45. Westmoreland County

- Current unemployment rate: 2.8%
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: -0.9%
- Total labor force: 9,966 (280 unemployed)

#44. Suffolk

- Current unemployment rate: 2.8%
--- 1 month change: -0.7%
--- 1 year change: -1.1%
- Total labor force: 44,562 (1,243 unemployed)

#43. Amherst County

- Current unemployment rate: 2.9%
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: -0.4%
- Total labor force: 14,614 (418 unemployed)

#42. Mecklenburg County

- Current unemployment rate: 2.9%
--- 1 month change: -0.8%
--- 1 year change: -1.3%
- Total labor force: 13,478 (397 unemployed)

#41. Patrick County

- Current unemployment rate: 2.9%
--- 1 month change: -0.8%
--- 1 year change: -1.1%
- Total labor force: 7,465 (217 unemployed)
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#40. Norton

- Current unemployment rate: 2.9%
--- 1 month change: -1.1%
--- 1 year change: -1.9%
- Total labor force: 1,788 (52 unemployed)

#39. Roanoke

- Current unemployment rate: 2.9%
--- 1 month change: -0.8%
--- 1 year change: -1.4%
- Total labor force: 47,289 (1,383 unemployed)

#38. Caroline County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.0%
--- 1 month change: -0.9%
--- 1 year change: -0.7%
- Total labor force: 14,717 (447 unemployed)

#37. Lee County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.0%
--- 1 month change: -0.7%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 8,786 (260 unemployed)

#36. Northampton County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.0%
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: -1.1%
- Total labor force: 5,581 (168 unemployed)
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#35. Northumberland County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.0%
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: -0.4%
- Total labor force: 5,808 (175 unemployed)

#34. Radford

- Current unemployment rate: 3.0%
--- 1 month change: -0.9%
--- 1 year change: -0.5%
- Total labor force: 9,043 (273 unemployed)

#33. Dinwiddie County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.1%
--- 1 month change: -0.8%
--- 1 year change: -0.5%
- Total labor force: 13,172 (403 unemployed)

#32. Greensville County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.1%
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: -0.8%
- Total labor force: 4,618 (143 unemployed)

#31. Prince Edward County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.1%
--- 1 month change: -0.8%
--- 1 year change: -1.1%
- Total labor force: 11,148 (342 unemployed)
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#30. Wise County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.1%
--- 1 month change: -1.0%
--- 1 year change: -1.5%
- Total labor force: 14,600 (453 unemployed)

#29. Bristol

- Current unemployment rate: 3.1%
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: -0.9%
- Total labor force: 7,362 (225 unemployed)

#28. Fredericksburg

- Current unemployment rate: 3.1%
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: -1.0%
- Total labor force: 13,978 (428 unemployed)

#27. Harrisonburg

- Current unemployment rate: 3.1%
--- 1 month change: -0.8%
--- 1 year change: -0.4%
- Total labor force: 24,318 (745 unemployed)

#26. Essex County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.2%
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: -1.0%
- Total labor force: 5,306 (168 unemployed)
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#25. Halifax County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.2%
--- 1 month change: -0.8%
--- 1 year change: -1.1%
- Total labor force: 16,225 (515 unemployed)

#24. Lunenburg County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.2%
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: 0.0%
- Total labor force: 5,305 (170 unemployed)

#23. Prince George County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.2%
--- 1 month change: -0.8%
--- 1 year change: -0.5%
- Total labor force: 14,770 (475 unemployed)

#22. Tazewell County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.2%
--- 1 month change: -0.9%
--- 1 year change: -1.1%
- Total labor force: 16,236 (525 unemployed)

#21. Colonial Heights

- Current unemployment rate: 3.2%
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: -0.9%
- Total labor force: 8,196 (260 unemployed)
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#20. Dickenson County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.3%
--- 1 month change: -0.7%
--- 1 year change: -1.1%
- Total labor force: 5,238 (175 unemployed)

#19. Richmond

- Current unemployment rate: 3.4%
--- 1 month change: -0.7%
--- 1 year change: -1.5%
- Total labor force: 116,025 (3,952 unemployed)

#18. Buckingham County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.5%
--- 1 month change: -0.8%
--- 1 year change: -0.7%
- Total labor force: 6,279 (218 unemployed)

#17. Lynchburg

- Current unemployment rate: 3.5%
--- 1 month change: -1.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.9%
- Total labor force: 35,228 (1,250 unemployed)

#16. Norfolk

- Current unemployment rate: 3.5%
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: -1.4%
- Total labor force: 107,997 (3,767 unemployed)
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#15. Covington

- Current unemployment rate: 3.6%
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: -1.6%
- Total labor force: 2,428 (87 unemployed)

#14. Lexington

- Current unemployment rate: 3.7%
--- 1 month change: -0.9%
--- 1 year change: -0.6%
- Total labor force: 2,298 (85 unemployed)

#13. Newport News

- Current unemployment rate: 3.7%
--- 1 month change: -0.7%
--- 1 year change: -1.3%
- Total labor force: 86,748 (3,187 unemployed)

#12. Williamsburg

- Current unemployment rate: 3.7%
--- 1 month change: -0.8%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 6,646 (248 unemployed)

#11. Hampton

- Current unemployment rate: 3.8%
--- 1 month change: -0.7%
--- 1 year change: -1.3%
- Total labor force: 63,094 (2,382 unemployed)
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#10. Portsmouth

- Current unemployment rate: 4.0%
--- 1 month change: -0.8%
--- 1 year change: -1.9%
- Total labor force: 43,303 (1,750 unemployed)

#9. Buchanan County

- Current unemployment rate: 4.2%
--- 1 month change: -1.0%
--- 1 year change: -1.4%
- Total labor force: 6,540 (272 unemployed)

#8. Franklin

- Current unemployment rate: 4.2%
--- 1 month change: -1.1%
--- 1 year change: -1.9%
- Total labor force: 3,539 (147 unemployed)

#7. Sussex County

- Current unemployment rate: 4.3%
--- 1 month change: -1.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.9%
- Total labor force: 3,525 (152 unemployed)

#6. Brunswick County

- Current unemployment rate: 4.4%
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: -1.0%
- Total labor force: 6,020 (262 unemployed)
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#5. Danville

- Current unemployment rate: 4.5%
--- 1 month change: -0.8%
--- 1 year change: -1.4%
- Total labor force: 20,006 (900 unemployed)

#4. Emporia

- Current unemployment rate: 4.7%
--- 1 month change: -1.4%
--- 1 year change: -2.1%
- Total labor force: 2,552 (120 unemployed)

#3. Hopewell

- Current unemployment rate: 4.7%
--- 1 month change: -1.1%
--- 1 year change: -1.7%
- Total labor force: 9,301 (435 unemployed)

#2. Martinsville

- Current unemployment rate: 4.7%
--- 1 month change: -0.8%
--- 1 year change: -2.6%
- Total labor force: 5,992 (283 unemployed)

#1. Petersburg

- Current unemployment rate: 6.5%
--- 1 month change: -1.4%
--- 1 year change: -2.3%
- Total labor force: 12,244 (792 unemployed)
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