Blue Ridge Shores, VA Unemployment Rate Report

Blue Ridge Shores, VA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Blue-Ridge-Shores, Virginia has ranged from 1.9% in April 2000 to 12.5% in July 1995. The current unemployment rate for Blue-Ridge-Shores is 2.8% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Blue Ridge Shores, VA Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

Blue Ridge Shores, VA Current Unemployment - 2.8%

Blue Ridge Shores, VA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2022	3.1%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	2.7%	2.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.4%	2.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.2%	2.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.7%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.6%	3.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.6%	2.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.8%	3.2%	3.7%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2021	4.8%	5.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	4.6%	5.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	4.3%	5.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	3.1%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	3.3%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	3.7%	4.5%	5.9%
7 / 2021	3.3%	4.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	3.1%	4.0%	5.2%
9 / 2021	2.6%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	2.4%	3.1%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.2%	2.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.3%	2.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2020	3.2%	3.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	2.8%	2.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.2%	3.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	8.9%	10.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	7.4%	8.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	6.9%	8.2%	11.1%
7 / 2020	6.5%	8.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	4.9%	6.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	4.9%	6.1%	7.9%
10 / 2020	3.8%	5.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	3.5%	5.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	3.8%	5.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2019	3.4%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.0%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	2.8%	3.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.3%	2.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.6%	2.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.7%	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	2.3%	2.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2018	3.3%	3.6%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.1%	3.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	2.9%	3.2%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.4%	2.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.6%	2.8%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.0%	3.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	2.9%	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	2.5%	2.7%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.7%	2.8%	3.9%

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

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2016	4.2%	4.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.1%	4.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	3.7%	4.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.5%	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	4.1%	4.4%	4.9%
9 / 2016	3.9%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2016	3.7%	4.0%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.5%	3.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.8%	3.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2015	5.2%	5.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	4.9%	5.0%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.7%	4.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.0%	4.3%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.3%	4.7%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.3%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 2015	4.4%	4.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	4.2%	4.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.0%	4.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	3.7%	4.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	3.6%	3.9%	5.1%
12 / 2015	3.5%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2014	5.8%	5.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	5.8%	5.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	5.4%	5.5%	6.7%
4 / 2014	4.8%	4.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.1%	5.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	5.3%	5.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	5.2%	5.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	5.3%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2014	4.7%	5.1%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.5%	4.8%	5.7%
11 / 2014	4.5%	4.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.6%	4.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2013	6.7%	6.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	6.2%	6.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	5.7%	5.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	5.4%	5.3%	7.6%
5 / 2013	5.7%	5.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	6.0%	6.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	5.8%	5.9%	7.3%
8 / 2013	5.7%	5.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	5.3%	5.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.3%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.0%	5.2%	6.9%
12 / 2013	5.1%	5.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2012	7.1%	6.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	6.9%	6.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	6.1%	6.2%	8.2%
4 / 2012	5.7%	5.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	6.1%	6.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	6.7%	6.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	6.6%	6.4%	8.2%
8 / 2012	6.5%	6.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	6.0%	5.8%	7.8%
10 / 2012	5.7%	5.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	5.4%	5.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	5.7%	5.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2011	7.8%	7.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	7.4%	6.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	6.8%	6.6%	9.0%
4 / 2011	6.3%	6.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	6.5%	6.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	7.0%	6.9%	9.1%
7 / 2011	7.0%	6.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	7.2%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	6.8%	6.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	6.4%	6.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	6.3%	6.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	6.6%	6.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2010	8.7%	7.9%	9.8%
2 / 2010	8.7%	7.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	8.1%	7.7%	9.9%
4 / 2010	7.1%	7.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	7.4%	7.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	7.5%	7.2%	9.4%
7 / 2010	7.4%	7.1%	9.4%
8 / 2010	7.4%	7.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	7.0%	6.8%	9.5%
10 / 2010	6.9%	6.6%	9.4%
11 / 2010	7.1%	6.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	7.2%	6.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2009	6.8%	6.1%	7.8%
2 / 2009	7.4%	6.4%	8.3%
3 / 2009	7.3%	6.6%	8.7%
4 / 2009	7.0%	6.2%	9.0%
5 / 2009	7.5%	6.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	7.9%	7.0%	9.5%
7 / 2009	7.6%	6.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	8.1%	6.9%	9.6%
9 / 2009	8.3%	6.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	8.3%	6.8%	10.0%
11 / 2009	8.6%	6.8%	9.9%
12 / 2009	9.4%	7.2%	9.9%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2008	4.2%	3.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	3.9%	3.6%	4.9%
3 / 2008	3.7%	3.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.3%	3.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.0%	3.7%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.1%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.3%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.5%	4.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.1%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	4.2%	4.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	4.6%	4.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	5.6%	4.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2007	3.3%	3.3%	4.6%
2 / 2007	3.1%	3.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	2.6%	2.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	2.4%	2.7%	4.5%
5 / 2007	2.7%	2.8%	4.4%
6 / 2007	2.9%	3.1%	4.6%
7 / 2007	2.9%	3.1%	4.7%
8 / 2007	2.9%	3.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	2.8%	3.0%	4.7%
10 / 2007	2.8%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 2007	2.9%	3.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	3.5%	3.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2006	3.6%	3.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	3.5%	3.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.0%	3.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	2.8%	2.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.0%	3.1%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.4%	3.3%	4.6%
7 / 2006	3.3%	3.3%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.3%	3.3%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.1%	3.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	2.7%	2.7%	4.4%
11 / 2006	2.8%	2.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	2.9%	2.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2005	4.1%	3.9%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.2%	4.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	3.6%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	3.4%	3.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.6%	3.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	3.8%	3.8%	5.0%
7 / 2005	3.5%	3.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.7%	3.5%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.6%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.3%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2005	3.4%	3.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	3.6%	3.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2004	4.7%	4.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	4.7%	4.2%	5.6%
3 / 2004	4.4%	4.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	3.5%	3.6%	5.6%
5 / 2004	3.8%	3.8%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.2%	4.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	3.8%	4.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	3.7%	3.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	3.3%	3.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	3.2%	3.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	3.3%	3.4%	5.4%
12 / 2004	3.7%	3.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2003	5.0%	4.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	4.7%	4.5%	5.9%
3 / 2003	4.3%	4.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	3.8%	3.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	4.0%	4.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	4.9%	4.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	4.4%	4.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	4.3%	4.1%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.0%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2003	3.6%	3.7%	6.0%
11 / 2003	4.1%	3.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	3.9%	3.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2002	4.6%	4.6%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.0%	4.5%	5.7%
3 / 2002	4.8%	4.4%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.2%	4.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.4%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.7%	4.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.1%	4.3%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.1%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 2002	3.8%	3.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.9%	3.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.5%	4.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	4.6%	4.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2001	2.6%	2.6%	4.2%
2 / 2001	2.5%	2.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	2.9%	2.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	2.9%	2.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.1%	2.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.3%	3.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	3.2%	3.3%	4.6%
8 / 2001	3.6%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.1%	3.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.0%	3.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	3.6%	3.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	3.5%	3.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2000	3.0%	2.9%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.0%	2.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	2.5%	2.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	1.9%	2.1%	3.8%
5 / 2000	2.3%	2.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	2.6%	2.4%	4.0%
7 / 2000	2.5%	2.4%	4.0%
8 / 2000	2.6%	2.4%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.3%	2.1%	3.9%
10 / 2000	1.9%	1.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	2.2%	1.8%	3.9%
12 / 2000	2.0%	1.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1999	4.4%	3.0%	4.3%
2 / 1999	4.2%	3.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	3.6%	2.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	3.1%	2.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	3.4%	2.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	4.1%	2.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.9%	2.9%	4.3%
8 / 1999	3.6%	2.9%	4.2%
9 / 1999	2.9%	2.8%	4.2%
10 / 1999	2.8%	2.5%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.1%	2.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	2.8%	2.4%	4.0%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1998	6.1%	3.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	6.3%	3.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	6.0%	3.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	3.6%	2.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	4.7%	2.7%	4.4%
6 / 1998	5.1%	3.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	5.1%	3.0%	4.5%
8 / 1998	4.8%	3.0%	4.5%
9 / 1998	4.1%	2.9%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.6%	2.7%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.3%	2.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	3.3%	2.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1997	9.5%	5.0%	5.3%
2 / 1997	8.9%	4.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	8.7%	4.6%	5.2%
4 / 1997	7.1%	4.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	7.0%	4.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	9.0%	4.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	7.9%	3.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	7.7%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	6.4%	3.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	4.9%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 1997	4.6%	2.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	4.7%	2.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1996	11.7%	5.3%	5.6%
2 / 1996	9.7%	4.7%	5.5%
3 / 1996	8.9%	4.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	8.5%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	9.6%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	9.7%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 1996	9.4%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	8.0%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	7.4%	4.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	7.5%	4.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	7.9%	4.1%	5.4%
12 / 1996	8.0%	4.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1995	7.8%	5.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	8.3%	4.6%	5.4%
3 / 1995	9.2%	4.5%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.2%	4.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.0%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	11.6%	4.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	12.5%	4.6%	5.7%
8 / 1995	12.5%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	12.3%	4.5%	5.6%
10 / 1995	10.5%	4.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	10.5%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	10.1%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1994	9.6%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	9.2%	5.6%	6.6%
3 / 1994	9.5%	5.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	10.6%	5.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	8.8%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 1994	8.6%	5.1%	6.1%
7 / 1994	7.7%	4.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	7.8%	4.8%	6.0%
9 / 1994	6.9%	4.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	6.7%	4.3%	5.8%
11 / 1994	6.3%	4.2%	5.6%
12 / 1994	6.9%	4.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1993	10.0%	6.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	10.3%	6.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	8.7%	5.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	8.9%	5.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	9.6%	5.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	9.2%	5.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	9.1%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	8.9%	5.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	7.3%	4.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	7.2%	4.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	8.5%	4.6%	6.6%
12 / 1993	8.4%	4.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1992	12.4%	7.1%	7.3%
2 / 1992	12.0%	7.3%	7.4%
3 / 1992	10.8%	6.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	9.3%	6.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	11.4%	6.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	11.6%	6.7%	7.8%
7 / 1992	10.3%	6.2%	7.7%
8 / 1992	10.4%	6.1%	7.6%
9 / 1992	10.2%	5.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	9.6%	5.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	9.7%	5.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	9.8%	5.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1991	8.6%	6.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	8.0%	6.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	8.3%	6.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	7.6%	5.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	8.7%	5.8%	6.9%
6 / 1991	8.9%	6.0%	6.9%
7 / 1991	8.4%	5.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	9.6%	5.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	9.5%	5.7%	6.9%
10 / 1991	9.3%	5.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	10.5%	5.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	11.6%	6.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Blue Ridge Shores, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1990	4.8%	4.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	4.7%	4.2%	5.3%
3 / 1990	8.1%	3.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	4.0%	3.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	4.3%	4.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	4.5%	4.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	6.0%	4.4%	5.5%
8 / 1990	4.9%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1990	4.8%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	4.2%	4.8%	5.9%
11 / 1990	7.0%	5.1%	6.2%
12 / 1990	9.1%	5.4%	6.3%