James City County, VA Unemployment Rate Report

James City County, VA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in James City County, Virginia has ranged from 1.4% in April 1998 to 13.7% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for James City County is 3.1% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

James City County, VA Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

James City County, VA Current Unemployment - 3.1%

James City County, VA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2022	3.6%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.0%	2.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.8%	2.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.6%	2.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.1%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.0%	3.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.9%	2.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.1%	3.2%	3.7%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2021	5.9%	5.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.4%	5.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	5.2%	5.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	3.9%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	4.1%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	4.6%	4.5%	5.9%
7 / 2021	4.2%	4.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	3.9%	4.0%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.5%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.1%	3.1%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.8%	2.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.6%	2.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2020	3.1%	3.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	2.7%	2.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.2%	3.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	13.7%	10.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	10.7%	8.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	9.5%	8.2%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.7%	8.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.7%	6.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.5%	6.1%	7.9%
10 / 2020	5.0%	5.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.4%	5.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.6%	5.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2019	3.3%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.1%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	2.9%	3.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.3%	2.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.6%	2.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.8%	2.9%	3.7%
7 / 2019	2.8%	3.0%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.8%	2.9%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.4%	2.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.4%	2.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.3%	2.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.2%	2.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2018	3.6%	3.6%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.5%	3.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.1%	3.2%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.6%	2.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.8%	2.8%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.2%	3.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.0%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.0%	3.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.7%	2.8%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.7%	2.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.6%	2.7%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.6%	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2017	4.3%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.0%	4.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.6%	3.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.1%	3.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.5%	3.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.6%	3.8%	4.3%
7 / 2017	3.6%	3.8%	4.3%
8 / 2017	3.7%	3.9%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.4%	3.5%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.2%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.2%	3.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.0%	3.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2016	4.5%	4.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.2%	4.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.0%	4.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.4%	3.7%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.7%	3.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.0%	4.3%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.1%	4.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.0%	4.4%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.0%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2016	3.9%	4.0%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.6%	3.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.5%	3.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2015	5.2%	5.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.0%	5.0%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.8%	4.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.1%	4.3%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.5%	4.7%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.5%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 2015	4.3%	4.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	4.1%	4.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.0%	4.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	3.9%	4.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	3.8%	3.9%	5.1%
12 / 2015	3.7%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2014	5.7%	5.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	5.5%	5.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	5.2%	5.5%	6.7%
4 / 2014	4.4%	4.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.0%	5.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	5.1%	5.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	5.1%	5.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	5.1%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2014	4.7%	5.1%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.4%	4.8%	5.7%
11 / 2014	4.4%	4.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.3%	4.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2013	6.3%	6.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	5.7%	6.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	5.3%	5.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	4.8%	5.3%	7.6%
5 / 2013	5.3%	5.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	5.7%	6.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	5.5%	5.9%	7.3%
8 / 2013	5.3%	5.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	5.3%	5.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.1%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	4.8%	5.2%	6.9%
12 / 2013	4.7%	5.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2012	6.9%	6.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	6.6%	6.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	6.1%	6.2%	8.2%
4 / 2012	5.3%	5.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	5.6%	6.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	6.0%	6.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	5.8%	6.4%	8.2%
8 / 2012	5.6%	6.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	5.3%	5.8%	7.8%
10 / 2012	5.1%	5.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	4.9%	5.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	5.3%	5.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2011	7.0%	7.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	6.7%	6.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	6.3%	6.6%	9.0%
4 / 2011	5.5%	6.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	5.7%	6.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	6.3%	6.9%	9.1%
7 / 2011	6.1%	6.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	6.1%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	6.2%	6.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	5.8%	6.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	5.7%	6.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	5.9%	6.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2010	7.8%	7.9%	9.8%
2 / 2010	7.5%	7.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	7.1%	7.7%	9.9%
4 / 2010	5.9%	7.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	6.1%	7.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	6.2%	7.2%	9.4%
7 / 2010	6.1%	7.1%	9.4%
8 / 2010	6.0%	7.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	5.7%	6.8%	9.5%
10 / 2010	5.7%	6.6%	9.4%
11 / 2010	5.9%	6.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	5.9%	6.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2009	5.8%	6.1%	7.8%
2 / 2009	6.0%	6.4%	8.3%
3 / 2009	5.5%	6.6%	8.7%
4 / 2009	4.8%	6.2%	9.0%
5 / 2009	5.2%	6.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	5.6%	7.0%	9.5%
7 / 2009	5.2%	6.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	5.1%	6.9%	9.6%
9 / 2009	5.0%	6.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	5.3%	6.8%	10.0%
11 / 2009	5.1%	6.8%	9.9%
12 / 2009	5.7%	7.2%	9.9%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2008	3.5%	3.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	3.2%	3.6%	4.9%
3 / 2008	2.8%	3.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	2.4%	3.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	2.9%	3.7%	5.4%
6 / 2008	3.1%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	3.3%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	3.2%	4.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	3.1%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	3.3%	4.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	3.4%	4.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	3.8%	4.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2007	3.4%	3.3%	4.6%
2 / 2007	3.0%	3.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	2.6%	2.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	2.2%	2.7%	4.5%
5 / 2007	2.2%	2.8%	4.4%
6 / 2007	2.5%	3.1%	4.6%
7 / 2007	2.4%	3.1%	4.7%
8 / 2007	2.3%	3.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	2.1%	3.0%	4.7%
10 / 2007	2.0%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 2007	2.2%	3.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	2.5%	3.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2006	3.6%	3.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	3.4%	3.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	2.9%	3.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	2.5%	2.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	2.5%	3.1%	4.6%
6 / 2006	2.8%	3.3%	4.6%
7 / 2006	2.7%	3.3%	4.7%
8 / 2006	2.7%	3.3%	4.7%
9 / 2006	2.4%	3.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	2.1%	2.7%	4.4%
11 / 2006	2.3%	2.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	2.2%	2.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2005	4.2%	3.9%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.2%	4.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	3.7%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	2.9%	3.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.1%	3.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	3.3%	3.8%	5.0%
7 / 2005	3.0%	3.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.0%	3.5%	4.9%
9 / 2005	2.9%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	2.6%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2005	2.7%	3.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	2.5%	3.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2004	4.8%	4.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	4.3%	4.2%	5.6%
3 / 2004	4.1%	4.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	3.1%	3.6%	5.6%
5 / 2004	3.3%	3.8%	5.6%
6 / 2004	3.8%	4.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	3.3%	4.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	3.3%	3.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	2.8%	3.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	2.7%	3.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	2.8%	3.4%	5.4%
12 / 2004	2.8%	3.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2003	4.2%	4.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	3.9%	4.5%	5.9%
3 / 2003	3.7%	4.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	3.1%	3.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	3.2%	4.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	3.6%	4.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	3.2%	4.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	3.3%	4.1%	6.1%
9 / 2003	3.1%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2003	2.8%	3.7%	6.0%
11 / 2003	2.9%	3.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	3.0%	3.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2002	4.3%	4.6%	5.7%
2 / 2002	3.9%	4.5%	5.7%
3 / 2002	3.4%	4.4%	5.7%
4 / 2002	3.0%	4.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	3.3%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	3.5%	4.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	3.1%	4.3%	5.8%
8 / 2002	3.3%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 2002	2.9%	3.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	2.8%	3.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	3.1%	4.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	3.1%	4.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2001	2.9%	2.6%	4.2%
2 / 2001	2.5%	2.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	2.3%	2.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	2.0%	2.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	2.1%	2.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	2.4%	3.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	2.1%	3.3%	4.6%
8 / 2001	2.8%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2001	2.5%	3.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	2.6%	3.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	3.1%	3.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	3.0%	3.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2000	2.8%	2.9%	4.0%
2 / 2000	2.7%	2.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	2.2%	2.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	1.7%	2.1%	3.8%
5 / 2000	2.1%	2.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	2.1%	2.4%	4.0%
7 / 2000	1.9%	2.4%	4.0%
8 / 2000	2.0%	2.4%	4.1%
9 / 2000	1.7%	2.1%	3.9%
10 / 2000	1.4%	1.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	1.5%	1.8%	3.9%
12 / 2000	1.5%	1.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1999	3.7%	3.0%	4.3%
2 / 1999	3.0%	3.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	2.2%	2.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	1.5%	2.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	1.5%	2.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	1.9%	2.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	1.5%	2.9%	4.3%
8 / 1999	1.6%	2.9%	4.2%
9 / 1999	1.6%	2.8%	4.2%
10 / 1999	1.6%	2.5%	4.1%
11 / 1999	1.7%	2.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	1.5%	2.4%	4.0%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1998	3.5%	3.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	2.9%	3.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	2.4%	3.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	1.4%	2.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	1.6%	2.7%	4.4%
6 / 1998	1.8%	3.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	1.8%	3.0%	4.5%
8 / 1998	1.8%	3.0%	4.5%
9 / 1998	1.7%	2.9%	4.6%
10 / 1998	1.7%	2.7%	4.5%
11 / 1998	1.8%	2.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	1.6%	2.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1997	5.2%	5.0%	5.3%
2 / 1997	4.3%	4.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	3.4%	4.6%	5.2%
4 / 1997	2.8%	4.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	2.7%	4.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	3.0%	4.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	2.5%	3.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	2.4%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	2.0%	3.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	1.8%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 1997	1.9%	2.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	2.0%	2.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1996	5.1%	5.3%	5.6%
2 / 1996	4.3%	4.7%	5.5%
3 / 1996	3.2%	4.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	2.3%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	2.7%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	2.7%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 1996	2.8%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	2.5%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	2.5%	4.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	2.5%	4.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	2.5%	4.1%	5.4%
12 / 1996	2.8%	4.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1995	4.5%	5.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	3.6%	4.6%	5.4%
3 / 1995	3.0%	4.5%	5.4%
4 / 1995	2.4%	4.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	2.3%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	2.7%	4.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	2.6%	4.6%	5.7%
8 / 1995	2.9%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	2.8%	4.5%	5.6%
10 / 1995	2.7%	4.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	2.7%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	2.6%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1994	5.1%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	4.3%	5.6%	6.6%
3 / 1994	4.7%	5.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	3.2%	5.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	3.0%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 1994	2.5%	5.1%	6.1%
7 / 1994	2.4%	4.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	2.4%	4.8%	6.0%
9 / 1994	2.2%	4.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	2.1%	4.3%	5.8%
11 / 1994	2.4%	4.2%	5.6%
12 / 1994	2.3%	4.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1993	4.7%	6.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	3.9%	6.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	3.6%	5.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	2.7%	5.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	2.7%	5.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	2.5%	5.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	2.6%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	2.7%	5.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	2.2%	4.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	2.0%	4.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	2.3%	4.6%	6.6%
12 / 1993	2.7%	4.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1992	5.3%	7.1%	7.3%
2 / 1992	4.5%	7.3%	7.4%
3 / 1992	4.1%	6.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	2.8%	6.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	2.9%	6.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	2.7%	6.7%	7.8%
7 / 1992	2.7%	6.2%	7.7%
8 / 1992	2.7%	6.1%	7.6%
9 / 1992	2.8%	5.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	2.6%	5.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	2.7%	5.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	2.6%	5.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1991	5.8%	6.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	5.2%	6.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	4.7%	6.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	3.0%	5.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	3.3%	5.8%	6.9%
6 / 1991	3.0%	6.0%	6.9%
7 / 1991	2.3%	5.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	2.8%	5.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	2.5%	5.7%	6.9%
10 / 1991	2.4%	5.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	2.8%	5.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	2.9%	6.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	James City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1990	4.6%	4.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	3.8%	4.2%	5.3%
3 / 1990	2.7%	3.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	2.3%	3.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	2.3%	4.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	2.7%	4.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	2.3%	4.4%	5.5%
8 / 1990	2.6%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1990	3.1%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	2.8%	4.8%	5.9%
11 / 1990	3.5%	5.1%	6.2%
12 / 1990	3.6%	5.4%	6.3%