Virginia Unemployment Rate Report

Virginia Unemployment by County

Virginia Current Unemployment 3.2%

Virginia Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Virginia has ranged from 1.8% in October 2000 to 10.8% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Virginia is 3.2% for August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

VA Highest Unemployment by County

Petersburg city, VA unemployment rate

7.9%

Emporia city, VA unemployment rate

6.1%

Hopewell city, VA unemployment rate

5.8%

Sussex, VA unemployment rate

5.5%

Martinsville city, VA unemployment rate

5.4%

Franklin city, VA unemployment rate

5.2%

Danville city, VA unemployment rate

5.2%

Buchanan, VA unemployment rate

5.2%

Brunswick, VA unemployment rate

5.0%

Portsmouth city, VA unemployment rate

4.8%

VA Unemployment City Links

Virginia Beach, VA Unemployment Report

Norfolk, VA Unemployment Report

Chesapeake, VA Unemployment Report

Richmond, VA Unemployment Report

Arlington, VA Unemployment Report

Newport News, VA Unemployment Report

Hampton, VA Unemployment Report

Alexandria, VA Unemployment Report

Portsmouth, VA Unemployment Report

Roanoke, VA Unemployment Report

VA Unemployment Rate by Month

2012 VA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/2022	3.4%	4.0%
2/2022	2.9%	3.8%
3/2022	2.7%	3.6%
4/2022	2.5%	3.6%
5/2022	3.0%	3.6%
5/2022	3.0%	3.6%
6/2022	3.0%	3.6%
7/2022	2.9%	3.5%
8/2022	3.2%	3.7%

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

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/2020	3.0%	3.6%
2/2020	2.8%	3.5%
3/2020	3.3%	4.4%
4/2020	10.8%	14.7%
5/2020	8.9%	13.3%
6/2020	8.2%	11.1%
7/2020	8.0%	10.2%
8/2020	6.3%	8.4%
9/2020	6.1%	7.9%
10/2020	5.1%	6.9%
11/2020	5.5%	6.7%
12/2020	5.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/2019	3.4%	4.0%
2/2019	3.1%	3.8%
3/2019	3.0%	3.8%
4/2019	2.4%	3.6%
5/2019	2.7%	3.6%
6/2019	2.9%	3.7%
7/2019	3.0%	3.7%
8/2019	2.9%	3.7%
9/2019	2.6%	3.5%
10/2019	2.5%	3.6%
11/2019	2.5%	3.5%
12/2019	2.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/2018	3.6%	4.1%
2/2018	3.4%	4.1%
3/2018	3.2%	4.0%
4/2018	2.8%	3.9%
5/2018	2.8%	3.8%
6/2018	3.3%	4.0%
7/2018	3.1%	3.9%
8/2018	3.2%	3.8%
9/2018	2.8%	3.7%
10/2018	2.8%	3.8%
11/2018	2.7%	3.7%
12/2018	2.8%	3.9%
12/2018	2.8%	3.9%
12/2018	2.8%	3.9%
12/2018	2.8%	3.9%
12/2018	2.8%	3.9%
12/2018	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/2017	4.4%	4.7%
2/2017	4.2%	4.7%
3/2017	3.9%	4.4%
4/2017	3.5%	4.4%
5/2017	3.7%	4.4%
6/2017	3.8%	4.3%
7/2017	3.8%	4.3%
8/2017	3.9%	4.4%
9/2017	3.5%	4.2%
10/2017	3.3%	4.1%
11/2017	3.3%	4.2%
12/2017	3.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/2016	4.3%	4.9%
2/2016	4.2%	4.9%
3/2016	4.1%	5.0%
4/2016	3.7%	5.0%
5/2016	3.9%	4.8%
6/2016	4.3%	4.9%
7/2016	4.3%	4.8%
8/2016	4.4%	4.9%
9/2016	4.2%	5.0%
10/2016	4.0%	4.9%
11/2016	3.9%	4.7%
12/2016	3.8%	4.7%

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

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/2014	5.6%	6.6%
2/2014	5.7%	6.7%
3/2014	5.5%	6.7%
4/2014	4.8%	6.2%
5/2014	5.3%	6.3%
6/2014	5.4%	6.1%
7/2014	5.5%	6.2%
8/2014	5.5%	6.1%
9/2014	5.1%	5.9%
10/2014	4.8%	5.7%
11/2014	4.7%	5.8%
12/2014	4.6%	5.6%

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

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/2012	6.6%	8.3%
2/2012	6.6%	8.3%
3/2012	6.2%	8.2%
4/2012	5.7%	8.2%
5/2012	6.0%	8.2%
6/2012	6.4%	8.2%
7/2012	6.4%	8.2%
8/2012	6.2%	8.1%
9/2012	5.8%	7.8%
10/2012	5.6%	7.8%
11/2012	5.4%	7.7%
12/2012	5.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/2011	7.1%	9.1%
2/2011	6.9%	9.0%
3/2011	6.6%	9.0%
4/2011	6.2%	9.1%
5/2011	6.4%	9.0%
6/2011	6.9%	9.1%
7/2011	6.7%	9.0%
8/2011	6.9%	9.0%
9/2011	6.7%	9.0%
10/2011	6.4%	8.8%
11/2011	6.1%	8.6%
12/2011	6.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/2010	7.9%	9.8%
2/2010	7.9%	9.8%
3/2010	7.7%	9.9%
4/2010	7.0%	9.9%
5/2010	7.1%	9.6%
6/2010	7.2%	9.4%
7/2010	7.1%	9.4%
8/2010	7.1%	9.5%
9/2010	6.8%	9.5%
10/2010	6.6%	9.4%
11/2010	6.7%	9.8%
12/2010	6.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/2009	6.1%	7.8%
2/2009	6.4%	8.3%
3/2009	6.6%	8.7%
4/2009	6.2%	9.0%
5/2009	6.7%	9.4%
6/2009	7.0%	9.5%
7/2009	6.8%	9.5%
8/2009	6.9%	9.6%
9/2009	6.9%	9.8%
10/2009	6.8%	10.0%
11/2009	6.8%	9.9%
12/2009	7.2%	9.9%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/2008	3.7%	5.0%
2/2008	3.6%	4.9%
3/2008	3.6%	5.1%
4/2008	3.2%	5.0%
5/2008	3.7%	5.4%
6/2008	4.0%	5.6%
7/2008	4.1%	5.8%
8/2008	4.2%	6.1%
9/2008	4.0%	6.1%
10/2008	4.0%	6.5%
11/2008	4.3%	6.8%
12/2008	4.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/2007	3.3%	4.6%
2/2007	3.2%	4.5%
3/2007	2.9%	4.4%
4/2007	2.7%	4.5%
5/2007	2.8%	4.4%
6/2007	3.1%	4.6%
7/2007	3.1%	4.7%
8/2007	3.1%	4.6%
9/2007	3.0%	4.7%
10/2007	2.9%	4.7%
11/2007	3.0%	4.7%
12/2007	3.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/2006	3.3%	4.7%
2/2006	3.4%	4.8%
3/2006	3.2%	4.7%
4/2006	2.9%	4.7%
5/2006	3.1%	4.6%
6/2006	3.3%	4.6%
7/2006	3.3%	4.7%
8/2006	3.3%	4.7%
9/2006	3.1%	4.5%
10/2006	2.7%	4.4%
11/2006	2.8%	4.5%
12/2006	2.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/2005	3.9%	5.3%
2/2005	4.0%	5.4%
3/2005	3.8%	5.2%
4/2005	3.5%	5.2%
5/2005	3.6%	5.1%
6/2005	3.8%	5.0%
7/2005	3.6%	5.0%
8/2005	3.5%	4.9%
9/2005	3.5%	5.0%
10/2005	3.2%	5.0%
11/2005	3.3%	5.0%
12/2005	3.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/2004	4.3%	5.7%
2/2004	4.2%	5.6%
3/2004	4.2%	5.8%
4/2004	3.6%	5.6%
5/2004	3.8%	5.6%
6/2004	4.2%	5.6%
7/2004	4.0%	5.5%
8/2004	3.8%	5.4%
9/2004	3.5%	5.4%
10/2004	3.4%	5.5%
11/2004	3.4%	5.4%
12/2004	3.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/2003	4.6%	5.8%
2/2003	4.5%	5.9%
3/2003	4.3%	5.9%
4/2003	3.9%	6.0%
5/2003	4.1%	6.1%
6/2003	4.5%	6.3%
7/2003	4.3%	6.2%
8/2003	4.1%	6.1%
9/2003	4.0%	6.1%
10/2003	3.7%	6.0%
11/2003	3.7%	5.8%
12/2003	3.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/2002	4.6%	5.7%
2/2002	4.5%	5.7%
3/2002	4.4%	5.7%
4/2002	4.2%	5.9%
5/2002	4.2%	5.8%
6/2002	4.4%	5.8%
7/2002	4.3%	5.8%
8/2002	4.3%	5.7%
9/2002	3.9%	5.7%
10/2002	3.8%	5.7%
11/2002	4.0%	5.9%
12/2002	4.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/2001	2.6%	4.2%
2/2001	2.7%	4.2%
3/2001	2.8%	4.3%
4/2001	2.6%	4.4%
5/2001	2.8%	4.3%
6/2001	3.2%	4.5%
7/2001	3.3%	4.6%
8/2001	3.6%	4.9%
9/2001	3.6%	5.0%
10/2001	3.8%	5.3%
11/2001	3.9%	5.5%
12/2001	3.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/2000	2.9%	4.0%
2/2000	2.9%	4.1%
3/2000	2.6%	4.0%
4/2000	2.1%	3.8%
5/2000	2.4%	4.0%
6/2000	2.4%	4.0%
7/2000	2.4%	4.0%
8/2000	2.4%	4.1%
9/2000	2.1%	3.9%
10/2000	1.8%	3.9%
11/2000	1.8%	3.9%
12/2000	1.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/1999	3.0%	4.3%
2/1999	3.0%	4.4%
3/1999	2.8%	4.2%
4/1999	2.6%	4.3%
5/1999	2.7%	4.2%
6/1999	2.9%	4.3%
7/1999	2.9%	4.3%
8/1999	2.9%	4.2%
9/1999	2.8%	4.2%
10/1999	2.5%	4.1%
11/1999	2.5%	4.1%
12/1999	2.4%	4.0%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/1998	3.5%	4.6%
2/1998	3.4%	4.6%
3/1998	3.3%	4.7%
4/1998	2.5%	4.3%
5/1998	2.7%	4.4%
6/1998	3.1%	4.5%
7/1998	3.0%	4.5%
8/1998	3.0%	4.5%
9/1998	2.9%	4.6%
10/1998	2.7%	4.5%
11/1998	2.5%	4.4%
12/1998	2.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/1997	5.0%	5.3%
2/1997	4.8%	5.2%
3/1997	4.6%	5.2%
4/1997	4.0%	5.1%
5/1997	4.0%	4.9%
6/1997	4.2%	5.0%
7/1997	3.8%	4.9%
8/1997	3.7%	4.8%
9/1997	3.4%	4.9%
10/1997	2.9%	4.7%
11/1997	2.7%	4.6%
12/1997	2.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/1996	5.3%	5.6%
2/1996	4.7%	5.5%
3/1996	4.5%	5.5%
4/1996	4.3%	5.6%
5/1996	4.5%	5.6%
6/1996	4.6%	5.3%
7/1996	4.7%	5.5%
8/1996	4.2%	5.1%
9/1996	4.3%	5.2%
10/1996	4.1%	5.2%
11/1996	4.1%	5.4%
12/1996	4.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/1995	5.0%	5.6%
2/1995	4.6%	5.4%
3/1995	4.5%	5.4%
4/1995	4.4%	5.8%
5/1995	4.6%	5.6%
6/1995	4.7%	5.6%
7/1995	4.6%	5.7%
8/1995	4.6%	5.7%
9/1995	4.5%	5.6%
10/1995	4.3%	5.5%
11/1995	4.3%	5.6%
12/1995	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/1994	5.7%	6.6%
2/1994	5.6%	6.6%
3/1994	5.4%	6.5%
4/1994	5.0%	6.4%
5/1994	4.8%	6.1%
6/1994	5.1%	6.1%
7/1994	4.8%	6.1%
8/1994	4.8%	6.0%
9/1994	4.6%	5.9%
10/1994	4.3%	5.8%
11/1994	4.2%	5.6%
12/1994	4.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/1993	6.2%	7.3%
2/1993	6.0%	7.1%
3/1993	5.6%	7.0%
4/1993	5.2%	7.1%
5/1993	5.2%	7.1%
6/1993	5.5%	7.0%
7/1993	5.2%	6.9%
8/1993	5.1%	6.8%
9/1993	4.9%	6.7%
10/1993	4.8%	6.8%
11/1993	4.6%	6.6%
12/1993	4.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/1992	7.1%	7.3%
2/1992	7.3%	7.4%
3/1992	6.9%	7.4%
4/1992	6.0%	7.4%
5/1992	6.4%	7.6%
6/1992	6.7%	7.8%
7/1992	6.2%	7.7%
8/1992	6.1%	7.6%
9/1992	5.9%	7.6%
10/1992	5.6%	7.3%
11/1992	5.6%	7.4%
12/1992	5.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/1991	6.2%	6.4%
2/1991	6.5%	6.6%
3/1991	6.2%	6.8%
4/1991	5.5%	6.7%
5/1991	5.8%	6.9%
6/1991	6.0%	6.9%
7/1991	5.7%	6.8%
8/1991	5.7%	6.9%
9/1991	5.7%	6.9%
10/1991	5.6%	7.0%
11/1991	5.9%	7.0%
12/1991	6.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	VA %	National %
1/1990	4.5%	5.4%
2/1990	4.2%	5.3%
3/1990	3.9%	5.2%
4/1990	3.7%	5.4%
5/1990	4.0%	5.4%
6/1990	4.2%	5.2%
7/1990	4.4%	5.5%
8/1990	4.6%	5.7%
9/1990	4.8%	5.9%
10/1990	4.8%	5.9%
11/1990	5.1%	6.2%
12/1990	5.4%	6.3%