Charlottesville City County, VA Unemployment Rate Report

Charlottesville City County, VA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Charlottesville City County, Virginia has ranged from 1.1% in April 1999 to 11.5% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Charlottesville City County is 3.0% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Charlottesville City County, VA Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Charlottesville City County, VA Current Unemployment - 3.0%

Charlottesville City County, VA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2022	3.2%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	2.6%	2.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.4%	2.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.3%	2.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.8%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.8%	3.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.8%	2.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.0%	3.2%	3.7%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2021	5.6%	5.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.0%	5.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	4.7%	5.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	3.6%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	3.9%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	4.4%	4.5%	5.9%
7 / 2021	4.0%	4.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	3.7%	4.0%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.1%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	2.9%	3.1%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.5%	2.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.3%	2.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2020	2.5%	3.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	2.1%	2.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	2.7%	3.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	11.5%	10.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	9.1%	8.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	9.0%	8.2%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.7%	8.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.5%	6.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.1%	6.1%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.7%	5.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.1%	5.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.2%	5.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2019	3.0%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2019	2.6%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	2.5%	3.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.0%	2.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.5%	2.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.7%	2.9%	3.7%
7 / 2019	2.6%	3.0%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.7%	2.9%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.0%	2.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.0%	2.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.0%	2.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	1.8%	2.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2018	3.2%	3.6%	4.1%
2 / 2018	2.7%	3.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	2.6%	3.2%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.2%	2.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.4%	2.8%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.1%	3.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	2.9%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.0%	3.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.3%	2.8%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.3%	2.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.2%	2.7%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.2%	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2017	3.7%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	3.3%	4.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.1%	3.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	2.7%	3.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.1%	3.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.5%	3.8%	4.3%
7 / 2017	3.6%	3.8%	4.3%
8 / 2017	3.6%	3.9%	4.4%
9 / 2017	2.8%	3.5%	4.2%
10 / 2017	2.6%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	2.6%	3.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	2.4%	3.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2016	3.9%	4.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	3.4%	4.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	3.4%	4.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	2.8%	3.7%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.2%	3.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	3.7%	4.3%	4.9%
7 / 2016	3.8%	4.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	3.8%	4.4%	4.9%
9 / 2016	3.5%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2016	3.4%	4.0%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.1%	3.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.0%	3.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2015	4.2%	5.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	4.0%	5.0%	5.5%
3 / 2015	3.9%	4.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	3.4%	4.3%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.0%	4.7%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.2%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 2015	4.0%	4.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	3.9%	4.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	3.4%	4.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	3.2%	4.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	3.1%	3.9%	5.1%
12 / 2015	3.0%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2014	4.4%	5.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	4.4%	5.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	4.4%	5.5%	6.7%
4 / 2014	3.6%	4.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	4.6%	5.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	4.8%	5.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	4.9%	5.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	5.1%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2014	4.2%	5.1%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.0%	4.8%	5.7%
11 / 2014	3.8%	4.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	3.7%	4.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2013	5.4%	6.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	4.8%	6.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	4.6%	5.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	4.1%	5.3%	7.6%
5 / 2013	5.0%	5.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	5.4%	6.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	5.1%	5.9%	7.3%
8 / 2013	5.0%	5.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	4.4%	5.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	4.4%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	3.9%	5.2%	6.9%
12 / 2013	3.9%	5.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2012	6.1%	6.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	5.6%	6.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	5.3%	6.2%	8.2%
4 / 2012	4.7%	5.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	5.0%	6.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	5.8%	6.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	5.7%	6.4%	8.2%
8 / 2012	5.5%	6.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	4.7%	5.8%	7.8%
10 / 2012	4.5%	5.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	4.2%	5.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	4.5%	5.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2011	6.3%	7.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	5.5%	6.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	5.4%	6.6%	9.0%
4 / 2011	5.0%	6.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	5.3%	6.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	6.3%	6.9%	9.1%
7 / 2011	6.2%	6.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	6.4%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	5.6%	6.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	5.2%	6.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	4.9%	6.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	5.1%	6.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2010	7.4%	7.9%	9.8%
2 / 2010	6.6%	7.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	6.5%	7.7%	9.9%
4 / 2010	5.6%	7.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	5.9%	7.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	6.6%	7.2%	9.4%
7 / 2010	6.5%	7.1%	9.4%
8 / 2010	6.4%	7.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	5.6%	6.8%	9.5%
10 / 2010	5.4%	6.6%	9.4%
11 / 2010	5.3%	6.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	5.3%	6.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2009	5.7%	6.1%	7.8%
2 / 2009	5.9%	6.4%	8.3%
3 / 2009	6.0%	6.6%	8.7%
4 / 2009	5.9%	6.2%	9.0%
5 / 2009	6.7%	6.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	7.3%	7.0%	9.5%
7 / 2009	7.1%	6.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	7.4%	6.9%	9.6%
9 / 2009	6.6%	6.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	6.4%	6.8%	10.0%
11 / 2009	6.0%	6.8%	9.9%
12 / 2009	6.4%	7.2%	9.9%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2008	4.1%	3.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	3.3%	3.6%	4.9%
3 / 2008	3.3%	3.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	2.9%	3.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.0%	3.7%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.3%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.4%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.7%	4.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	3.9%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	3.8%	4.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	3.9%	4.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	4.3%	4.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2007	3.6%	3.3%	4.6%
2 / 2007	3.0%	3.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	2.8%	2.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	2.5%	2.7%	4.5%
5 / 2007	2.8%	2.8%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.7%	3.1%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.4%	3.1%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.6%	3.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	2.8%	3.0%	4.7%
10 / 2007	2.8%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 2007	2.7%	3.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	3.0%	3.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2006	4.3%	3.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	3.5%	3.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.3%	3.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.0%	2.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.1%	3.1%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.8%	3.3%	4.6%
7 / 2006	3.7%	3.3%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.8%	3.3%	4.7%
9 / 2006	2.9%	3.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	2.6%	2.7%	4.4%
11 / 2006	2.6%	2.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	2.5%	2.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2005	4.6%	3.9%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.3%	4.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	3.9%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	3.4%	3.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.8%	3.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.5%	3.8%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.2%	3.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	4.3%	3.5%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.6%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.3%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2005	3.2%	3.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	2.9%	3.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2004	4.5%	4.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	4.3%	4.2%	5.6%
3 / 2004	4.5%	4.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	3.8%	3.6%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.4%	3.8%	5.6%
6 / 2004	5.0%	4.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.5%	4.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.5%	3.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	3.6%	3.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	3.5%	3.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	3.6%	3.4%	5.4%
12 / 2004	3.7%	3.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2003	4.3%	4.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	4.2%	4.5%	5.9%
3 / 2003	4.1%	4.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	3.9%	3.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	4.4%	4.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	5.0%	4.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	4.4%	4.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	4.6%	4.1%	6.1%
9 / 2003	3.9%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2003	3.6%	3.7%	6.0%
11 / 2003	3.8%	3.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	3.8%	3.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2002	3.9%	4.6%	5.7%
2 / 2002	3.9%	4.5%	5.7%
3 / 2002	4.1%	4.4%	5.7%
4 / 2002	3.7%	4.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.1%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.6%	4.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.3%	4.3%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.5%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 2002	3.4%	3.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.2%	3.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	3.5%	4.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	3.5%	4.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2001	3.0%	2.6%	4.2%
2 / 2001	3.1%	2.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	3.3%	2.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	2.9%	2.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.4%	2.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	4.0%	3.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	3.6%	3.3%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.6%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.9%	3.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.7%	3.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	3.9%	3.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	3.8%	3.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2000	3.5%	2.9%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.3%	2.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.5%	2.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.4%	2.1%	3.8%
5 / 2000	2.8%	2.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.4%	2.4%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.0%	2.4%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.6%	2.4%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.9%	2.1%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.5%	1.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	2.5%	1.8%	3.9%
12 / 2000	2.2%	1.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1999	2.7%	3.0%	4.3%
2 / 1999	1.7%	3.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	1.5%	2.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	1.1%	2.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	1.3%	2.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	2.1%	2.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	1.9%	2.9%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.1%	2.9%	4.2%
9 / 1999	1.5%	2.8%	4.2%
10 / 1999	1.8%	2.5%	4.1%
11 / 1999	1.8%	2.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	1.5%	2.4%	4.0%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1998	2.0%	3.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	1.8%	3.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	1.7%	3.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	1.2%	2.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	1.7%	2.7%	4.4%
6 / 1998	2.1%	3.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	1.9%	3.0%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.2%	3.0%	4.5%
9 / 1998	1.7%	2.9%	4.6%
10 / 1998	1.5%	2.7%	4.5%
11 / 1998	1.4%	2.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	1.4%	2.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1997	3.5%	5.0%	5.3%
2 / 1997	3.5%	4.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	3.5%	4.6%	5.2%
4 / 1997	2.1%	4.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	2.8%	4.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	2.8%	4.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	2.4%	3.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	2.9%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	2.6%	3.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	1.8%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 1997	1.4%	2.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	1.5%	2.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1996	4.8%	5.3%	5.6%
2 / 1996	2.9%	4.7%	5.5%
3 / 1996	3.3%	4.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	2.6%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	3.2%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	3.8%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 1996	3.4%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	3.0%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	2.6%	4.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	2.7%	4.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	3.1%	4.1%	5.4%
12 / 1996	2.8%	4.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1995	3.6%	5.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	2.6%	4.6%	5.4%
3 / 1995	2.7%	4.5%	5.4%
4 / 1995	2.2%	4.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	2.5%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	2.9%	4.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	2.7%	4.6%	5.7%
8 / 1995	2.8%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	2.6%	4.5%	5.6%
10 / 1995	2.3%	4.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	2.5%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	2.5%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1994	4.7%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	3.7%	5.6%	6.6%
3 / 1994	3.8%	5.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	3.5%	5.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	3.5%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 1994	3.9%	5.1%	6.1%
7 / 1994	3.4%	4.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	3.0%	4.8%	6.0%
9 / 1994	2.9%	4.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	2.6%	4.3%	5.8%
11 / 1994	2.4%	4.2%	5.6%
12 / 1994	2.0%	4.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1993	4.6%	6.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	3.8%	6.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	3.3%	5.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	2.9%	5.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	3.1%	5.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	3.3%	5.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	3.2%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	3.5%	5.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	3.0%	4.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	3.0%	4.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	2.8%	4.6%	6.6%
12 / 1993	2.9%	4.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1992	5.4%	7.1%	7.3%
2 / 1992	5.3%	7.3%	7.4%
3 / 1992	5.3%	6.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	5.0%	6.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	5.2%	6.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	5.2%	6.7%	7.8%
7 / 1992	5.5%	6.2%	7.7%
8 / 1992	5.1%	6.1%	7.6%
9 / 1992	4.3%	5.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	3.5%	5.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	3.8%	5.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	3.5%	5.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1991	4.8%	6.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	4.5%	6.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	5.0%	6.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	4.3%	5.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	5.2%	5.8%	6.9%
6 / 1991	5.0%	6.0%	6.9%
7 / 1991	4.5%	5.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	5.0%	5.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	4.6%	5.7%	6.9%
10 / 1991	4.2%	5.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	4.4%	5.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	4.2%	6.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Charlottesville City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1990	2.4%	4.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	2.8%	4.2%	5.3%
3 / 1990	2.1%	3.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	1.7%	3.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	2.2%	4.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	2.6%	4.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	2.7%	4.4%	5.5%
8 / 1990	3.2%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1990	2.8%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	2.4%	4.8%	5.9%
11 / 1990	2.8%	5.1%	6.2%
12 / 1990	2.9%	5.4%	6.3%