Very High Unemployment Area
Petersburg, VA Current Unemployment - 7.9%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Petersburg, VA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2022
9.0%
3.4%
4.0%
2 / 2022
8.2%
2.9%
3.8%
3 / 2022
7.1%
2.7%
3.6%
4 / 2022
6.7%
2.5%
3.6%
5 / 2022
6.9%
3.0%
3.6%
6 / 2022
6.6%
3.0%
3.6%
7 / 2022
6.9%
2.9%
3.5%
8 / 2022
7.9%
3.2%
3.7%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2021
14.6%
5.0%
6.3%
2 / 2021
14.1%
5.4%
6.2%
3 / 2021
12.9%
5.1%
6.0%
4 / 2021
10.8%
3.9%
6.1%
5 / 2021
10.6%
4.1%
5.8%
6 / 2021
11.0%
4.5%
5.9%
7 / 2021
10.5%
4.2%
5.4%
8 / 2021
9.6%
4.0%
5.2%
9 / 2021
8.4%
3.4%
4.7%
10 / 2021
8.7%
3.1%
4.6%
11 / 2021
7.8%
2.8%
4.2%
12 / 2021
9.0%
2.7%
3.9%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2020
5.8%
3.0%
3.6%
2 / 2020
5.9%
2.8%
3.5%
3 / 2020
6.7%
3.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
16.7%
10.8%
14.7%
5 / 2020
16.6%
8.9%
13.3%
6 / 2020
17.1%
8.2%
11.1%
7 / 2020
19.0%
8.0%
10.2%
8 / 2020
15.7%
6.3%
8.4%
9 / 2020
15.7%
6.1%
7.9%
10 / 2020
14.3%
5.1%
6.9%
11 / 2020
11.9%
5.5%
6.7%
12 / 2020
11.9%
5.7%
6.7%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2019
6.6%
3.4%
4.0%
2 / 2019
6.2%
3.1%
3.8%
3 / 2019
5.8%
3.0%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.9%
2.4%
3.6%
5 / 2019
5.4%
2.7%
3.6%
6 / 2019
5.8%
2.9%
3.7%
7 / 2019
6.1%
3.0%
3.7%
8 / 2019
5.8%
2.9%
3.7%
9 / 2019
5.1%
2.6%
3.5%
10 / 2019
5.1%
2.5%
3.6%
11 / 2019
4.9%
2.5%
3.5%
12 / 2019
5.1%
2.4%
3.5%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2018
7.1%
3.6%
4.1%
2 / 2018
7.2%
3.4%
4.1%
3 / 2018
6.7%
3.2%
4.0%
4 / 2018
6.1%
2.8%
3.9%
5 / 2018
5.8%
2.8%
3.8%
6 / 2018
6.6%
3.3%
4.0%
7 / 2018
6.7%
3.1%
3.9%
8 / 2018
6.3%
3.2%
3.8%
9 / 2018
5.8%
2.8%
3.7%
10 / 2018
5.5%
2.8%
3.8%
11 / 2018
5.2%
2.7%
3.7%
12 / 2018
5.8%
2.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2017
8.4%
4.4%
4.7%
2 / 2017
8.2%
4.2%
4.7%
3 / 2017
7.7%
3.9%
4.4%
4 / 2017
7.3%
3.5%
4.4%
5 / 2017
6.8%
3.7%
4.4%
6 / 2017
7.1%
3.8%
4.3%
7 / 2017
7.3%
3.8%
4.3%
8 / 2017
7.6%
3.9%
4.4%
9 / 2017
6.8%
3.5%
4.2%
10 / 2017
6.6%
3.3%
4.1%
11 / 2017
6.7%
3.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
7.1%
3.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2016
8.3%
4.3%
4.9%
2 / 2016
8.3%
4.2%
4.9%
3 / 2016
8.2%
4.1%
5.0%
4 / 2016
7.9%
3.7%
5.0%
5 / 2016
7.5%
3.9%
4.8%
6 / 2016
8.5%
4.3%
4.9%
7 / 2016
8.4%
4.3%
4.8%
8 / 2016
8.3%
4.4%
4.9%
9 / 2016
7.9%
4.2%
5.0%
10 / 2016
7.1%
4.0%
4.9%
11 / 2016
7.3%
3.9%
4.7%
12 / 2016
7.3%
3.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2015
11.0%
5.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
10.1%
5.0%
5.5%
3 / 2015
9.9%
4.8%
5.4%
4 / 2015
8.9%
4.3%
5.4%
5 / 2015
9.7%
4.7%
5.6%
6 / 2015
9.5%
4.6%
5.3%
7 / 2015
9.9%
4.5%
5.2%
8 / 2015
9.3%
4.4%
5.1%
9 / 2015
8.4%
4.1%
5.0%
10 / 2015
7.9%
4.0%
5.0%
11 / 2015
8.1%
3.9%
5.1%
12 / 2015
7.4%
3.8%
5.0%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2014
12.0%
5.6%
6.6%
2 / 2014
11.6%
5.7%
6.7%
3 / 2014
11.3%
5.5%
6.7%
4 / 2014
10.7%
4.8%
6.2%
5 / 2014
10.6%
5.3%
6.3%
6 / 2014
10.9%
5.4%
6.1%
7 / 2014
11.2%
5.5%
6.2%
8 / 2014
11.1%
5.5%
6.1%
9 / 2014
10.2%
5.1%
5.9%
10 / 2014
9.4%
4.8%
5.7%
11 / 2014
9.7%
4.7%
5.8%
12 / 2014
9.7%
4.6%
5.6%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2013
13.5%
6.4%
8.0%
2 / 2013
12.6%
6.0%
7.7%
3 / 2013
12.0%
5.7%
7.5%
4 / 2013
11.5%
5.3%
7.6%
5 / 2013
11.6%
5.7%
7.5%
6 / 2013
11.7%
6.1%
7.5%
7 / 2013
11.6%
5.9%
7.3%
8 / 2013
11.7%
5.8%
7.2%
9 / 2013
10.9%
5.6%
7.2%
10 / 2013
11.0%
5.6%
7.2%
11 / 2013
10.9%
5.2%
6.9%
12 / 2013
10.5%
5.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2012
13.1%
6.6%
8.3%
2 / 2012
12.3%
6.6%
8.3%
3 / 2012
12.1%
6.2%
8.2%
4 / 2012
11.5%
5.7%
8.2%
5 / 2012
11.9%
6.0%
8.2%
6 / 2012
12.2%
6.4%
8.2%
7 / 2012
12.6%
6.4%
8.2%
8 / 2012
12.4%
6.2%
8.1%
9 / 2012
11.3%
5.8%
7.8%
10 / 2012
11.2%
5.6%
7.8%
11 / 2012
11.1%
5.4%
7.7%
12 / 2012
11.2%
5.6%
7.9%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2011
13.6%
7.1%
9.1%
2 / 2011
13.1%
6.9%
9.0%
3 / 2011
12.3%
6.6%
9.0%
4 / 2011
12.2%
6.2%
9.1%
5 / 2011
12.6%
6.4%
9.0%
6 / 2011
13.2%
6.9%
9.1%
7 / 2011
13.3%
6.7%
9.0%
8 / 2011
13.9%
6.9%
9.0%
9 / 2011
13.2%
6.7%
9.0%
10 / 2011
12.7%
6.4%
8.8%
11 / 2011
12.0%
6.1%
8.6%
12 / 2011
12.2%
6.2%
8.5%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2010
15.4%
7.9%
9.8%
2 / 2010
15.0%
7.9%
9.8%
3 / 2010
14.4%
7.7%
9.9%
4 / 2010
13.7%
7.0%
9.9%
5 / 2010
13.8%
7.1%
9.6%
6 / 2010
13.9%
7.2%
9.4%
7 / 2010
13.8%
7.1%
9.4%
8 / 2010
14.3%
7.1%
9.5%
9 / 2010
13.7%
6.8%
9.5%
10 / 2010
12.8%
6.6%
9.4%
11 / 2010
13.8%
6.7%
9.8%
12 / 2010
13.1%
6.7%
9.3%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2009
12.5%
6.1%
7.8%
2 / 2009
13.4%
6.4%
8.3%
3 / 2009
12.6%
6.6%
8.7%
4 / 2009
11.6%
6.2%
9.0%
5 / 2009
13.0%
6.7%
9.4%
6 / 2009
13.6%
7.0%
9.5%
7 / 2009
13.9%
6.8%
9.5%
8 / 2009
13.9%
6.9%
9.6%
9 / 2009
13.8%
6.9%
9.8%
10 / 2009
13.5%
6.8%
10.0%
11 / 2009
13.8%
6.8%
9.9%
12 / 2009
14.3%
7.2%
9.9%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2008
6.9%
3.7%
5.0%
2 / 2008
6.9%
3.6%
4.9%
3 / 2008
6.8%
3.6%
5.1%
4 / 2008
5.9%
3.2%
5.0%
5 / 2008
6.9%
3.7%
5.4%
6 / 2008
7.3%
4.0%
5.6%
7 / 2008
7.3%
4.1%
5.8%
8 / 2008
7.5%
4.2%
6.1%
9 / 2008
7.9%
4.0%
6.1%
10 / 2008
7.2%
4.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
7.8%
4.3%
6.8%
12 / 2008
9.0%
4.9%
7.3%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2007
6.4%
3.3%
4.6%
2 / 2007
7.7%
3.2%
4.5%
3 / 2007
6.9%
2.9%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.7%
2.7%
4.5%
5 / 2007
6.3%
2.8%
4.4%
6 / 2007
6.1%
3.1%
4.6%
7 / 2007
6.1%
3.1%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.8%
3.1%
4.6%
9 / 2007
5.9%
3.0%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.9%
2.9%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.9%
3.0%
4.7%
12 / 2007
6.4%
3.3%
5.0%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2006
7.0%
3.3%
4.7%
2 / 2006
7.3%
3.4%
4.8%
3 / 2006
6.8%
3.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.6%
2.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
6.3%
3.1%
4.6%
6 / 2006
6.8%
3.3%
4.6%
7 / 2006
6.9%
3.3%
4.7%
8 / 2006
6.5%
3.3%
4.7%
9 / 2006
6.3%
3.1%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.5%
2.7%
4.4%
11 / 2006
5.3%
2.8%
4.5%
12 / 2006
5.3%
2.8%
4.4%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2005
9.4%
3.9%
5.3%
2 / 2005
8.9%
4.0%
5.4%
3 / 2005
8.4%
3.8%
5.2%
4 / 2005
7.2%
3.5%
5.2%
5 / 2005
7.2%
3.6%
5.1%
6 / 2005
7.3%
3.8%
5.0%
7 / 2005
7.1%
3.6%
5.0%
8 / 2005
6.8%
3.5%
4.9%
9 / 2005
7.3%
3.5%
5.0%
10 / 2005
6.3%
3.2%
5.0%
11 / 2005
6.6%
3.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
6.5%
3.1%
4.9%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2004
8.3%
4.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
8.2%
4.2%
5.6%
3 / 2004
8.3%
4.2%
5.8%
4 / 2004
7.0%
3.6%
5.6%
5 / 2004
7.8%
3.8%
5.6%
6 / 2004
8.3%
4.2%
5.6%
7 / 2004
8.2%
4.0%
5.5%
8 / 2004
8.0%
3.8%
5.4%
9 / 2004
7.6%
3.5%
5.4%
10 / 2004
7.6%
3.4%
5.5%
11 / 2004
7.4%
3.4%
5.4%
12 / 2004
7.8%
3.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2003
9.5%
4.6%
5.8%
2 / 2003
8.7%
4.5%
5.9%
3 / 2003
8.8%
4.3%
5.9%
4 / 2003
8.8%
3.9%
6.0%
5 / 2003
8.6%
4.1%
6.1%
6 / 2003
9.5%
4.5%
6.3%
7 / 2003
9.6%
4.3%
6.2%
8 / 2003
9.4%
4.1%
6.1%
9 / 2003
8.5%
4.0%
6.1%
10 / 2003
7.5%
3.7%
6.0%
11 / 2003
7.4%
3.7%
5.8%
12 / 2003
7.4%
3.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2002
7.7%
4.6%
5.7%
2 / 2002
7.3%
4.5%
5.7%
3 / 2002
7.0%
4.4%
5.7%
4 / 2002
7.2%
4.2%
5.9%
5 / 2002
7.3%
4.2%
5.8%
6 / 2002
7.9%
4.4%
5.8%
7 / 2002
7.5%
4.3%
5.8%
8 / 2002
8.1%
4.3%
5.7%
9 / 2002
7.3%
3.9%
5.7%
10 / 2002
7.2%
3.8%
5.7%
11 / 2002
7.5%
4.0%
5.9%
12 / 2002
8.0%
4.0%
6.0%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2001
4.9%
2.6%
4.2%
2 / 2001
4.4%
2.7%
4.2%
3 / 2001
5.1%
2.8%
4.3%
4 / 2001
5.1%
2.6%
4.4%
5 / 2001
4.9%
2.8%
4.3%
6 / 2001
5.7%
3.2%
4.5%
7 / 2001
5.7%
3.3%
4.6%
8 / 2001
5.9%
3.6%
4.9%
9 / 2001
6.0%
3.6%
5.0%
10 / 2001
6.1%
3.8%
5.3%
11 / 2001
6.4%
3.9%
5.5%
12 / 2001
6.3%
3.9%
5.7%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2000
4.3%
2.9%
4.0%
2 / 2000
3.8%
2.9%
4.1%
3 / 2000
3.6%
2.6%
4.0%
4 / 2000
2.9%
2.1%
3.8%
5 / 2000
3.3%
2.4%
4.0%
6 / 2000
3.6%
2.4%
4.0%
7 / 2000
3.5%
2.4%
4.0%
8 / 2000
3.6%
2.4%
4.1%
9 / 2000
3.5%
2.1%
3.9%
10 / 2000
3.1%
1.8%
3.9%
11 / 2000
3.0%
1.8%
3.9%
12 / 2000
3.0%
1.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1999
6.2%
3.0%
4.3%
2 / 1999
6.3%
3.0%
4.4%
3 / 1999
5.6%
2.8%
4.2%
4 / 1999
5.4%
2.6%
4.3%
5 / 1999
5.3%
2.7%
4.2%
6 / 1999
5.4%
2.9%
4.3%
7 / 1999
5.0%
2.9%
4.3%
8 / 1999
5.3%
2.9%
4.2%
9 / 1999
5.1%
2.8%
4.2%
10 / 1999
4.5%
2.5%
4.1%
11 / 1999
4.6%
2.5%
4.1%
12 / 1999
3.6%
2.4%
4.0%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1998
7.2%
3.5%
4.6%
2 / 1998
6.6%
3.4%
4.6%
3 / 1998
6.8%
3.3%
4.7%
4 / 1998
4.8%
2.5%
4.3%
5 / 1998
5.1%
2.7%
4.4%
6 / 1998
6.0%
3.1%
4.5%
7 / 1998
5.7%
3.0%
4.5%
8 / 1998
5.4%
3.0%
4.5%
9 / 1998
5.4%
2.9%
4.6%
10 / 1998
6.4%
2.7%
4.5%
11 / 1998
5.4%
2.5%
4.4%
12 / 1998
4.8%
2.4%
4.4%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1997
10.7%
5.0%
5.3%
2 / 1997
9.8%
4.8%
5.2%
3 / 1997
9.0%
4.6%
5.2%
4 / 1997
8.5%
4.0%
5.1%
5 / 1997
8.9%
4.0%
4.9%
6 / 1997
8.6%
4.2%
5.0%
7 / 1997
7.2%
3.8%
4.9%
8 / 1997
8.0%
3.7%
4.8%
9 / 1997
7.3%
3.4%
4.9%
10 / 1997
6.7%
2.9%
4.7%
11 / 1997
6.3%
2.7%
4.6%
12 / 1997
6.1%
2.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1996
8.8%
5.3%
5.6%
2 / 1996
9.1%
4.7%
5.5%
3 / 1996
8.4%
4.5%
5.5%
4 / 1996
9.0%
4.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
10.5%
4.5%
5.6%
6 / 1996
10.4%
4.6%
5.3%
7 / 1996
9.1%
4.7%
5.5%
8 / 1996
8.4%
4.2%
5.1%
9 / 1996
9.4%
4.3%
5.2%
10 / 1996
8.9%
4.1%
5.2%
11 / 1996
8.2%
4.1%
5.4%
12 / 1996
8.6%
4.1%
5.4%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1995
10.0%
5.0%
5.6%
2 / 1995
8.9%
4.6%
5.4%
3 / 1995
7.9%
4.5%
5.4%
4 / 1995
8.1%
4.4%
5.8%
5 / 1995
8.2%
4.6%
5.6%
6 / 1995
7.8%
4.7%
5.6%
7 / 1995
7.5%
4.6%
5.7%
8 / 1995
6.8%
4.6%
5.7%
9 / 1995
6.8%
4.5%
5.6%
10 / 1995
6.8%
4.3%
5.5%
11 / 1995
7.0%
4.3%
5.6%
12 / 1995
6.4%
4.2%
5.6%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1994
10.7%
5.7%
6.6%
2 / 1994
10.9%
5.6%
6.6%
3 / 1994
10.1%
5.4%
6.5%
4 / 1994
9.3%
5.0%
6.4%
5 / 1994
8.7%
4.8%
6.1%
6 / 1994
9.1%
5.1%
6.1%
7 / 1994
9.0%
4.8%
6.1%
8 / 1994
9.1%
4.8%
6.0%
9 / 1994
10.0%
4.6%
5.9%
10 / 1994
10.0%
4.3%
5.8%
11 / 1994
9.3%
4.2%
5.6%
12 / 1994
8.5%
4.1%
5.5%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1993
10.6%
6.2%
7.3%
2 / 1993
10.6%
6.0%
7.1%
3 / 1993
9.5%
5.6%
7.0%
4 / 1993
9.9%
5.2%
7.1%
5 / 1993
10.4%
5.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
10.4%
5.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
8.4%
5.2%
6.9%
8 / 1993
9.1%
5.1%
6.8%
9 / 1993
8.9%
4.9%
6.7%
10 / 1993
9.7%
4.8%
6.8%
11 / 1993
9.2%
4.6%
6.6%
12 / 1993
8.7%
4.6%
6.5%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1992
13.1%
7.1%
7.3%
2 / 1992
13.0%
7.3%
7.4%
3 / 1992
11.3%
6.9%
7.4%
4 / 1992
10.4%
6.0%
7.4%
5 / 1992
11.2%
6.4%
7.6%
6 / 1992
11.2%
6.7%
7.8%
7 / 1992
12.6%
6.2%
7.7%
8 / 1992
12.9%
6.1%
7.6%
9 / 1992
12.8%
5.9%
7.6%
10 / 1992
11.3%
5.6%
7.3%
11 / 1992
12.0%
5.6%
7.4%
12 / 1992
11.5%
5.6%
7.4%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1991
10.0%
6.2%
6.4%
2 / 1991
10.1%
6.5%
6.6%
3 / 1991
9.9%
6.2%
6.8%
4 / 1991
9.7%
5.5%
6.7%
5 / 1991
10.0%
5.8%
6.9%
6 / 1991
10.8%
6.0%
6.9%
7 / 1991
10.6%
5.7%
6.8%
8 / 1991
11.0%
5.7%
6.9%
9 / 1991
10.5%
5.7%
6.9%
10 / 1991
10.0%
5.6%
7.0%
11 / 1991
10.1%
5.9%
7.0%
12 / 1991
10.6%
6.1%
7.3%
Month/Year
Petersburg, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1990
6.8%
4.5%
5.4%
2 / 1990
6.6%
4.2%
5.3%
3 / 1990
6.3%
3.9%
5.2%
4 / 1990
6.7%
3.7%
5.4%
5 / 1990
8.0%
4.0%
5.4%
6 / 1990
7.5%
4.2%
5.2%
7 / 1990
7.2%
4.4%
5.5%
8 / 1990
7.4%
4.6%
5.7%
9 / 1990
7.5%
4.8%
5.9%
10 / 1990
7.0%
4.8%
5.9%
11 / 1990
7.8%
5.1%
6.2%
12 / 1990
7.5%
5.4%
6.3%