Moderate Unemployment Area
Virginia Beach City County, VA Current Unemployment - 3.0%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
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2001
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1999
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1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Virginia Beach City County, VA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2022
3.2%
3.4%
4.0%
2 / 2022
2.7%
2.9%
3.8%
3 / 2022
2.6%
2.7%
3.6%
4 / 2022
2.4%
2.5%
3.6%
5 / 2022
2.9%
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
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2021
4.7%
5.0%
6.3%
2 / 2021
5.0%
5.4%
6.2%
3 / 2021
4.8%
5.1%
6.0%
4 / 2021
3.7%
3.9%
6.1%
5 / 2021
3.8%
4.1%
5.8%
6 / 2021
4.2%
4.5%
5.9%
7 / 2021
3.7%
4.2%
5.4%
8 / 2021
3.6%
4.0%
5.2%
9 / 2021
3.2%
3.4%
4.7%
10 / 2021
2.9%
3.1%
4.6%
11 / 2021
2.6%
2.8%
4.2%
12 / 2021
2.5%
2.7%
3.9%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2020
2.9%
3.0%
3.6%
2 / 2020
2.4%
2.8%
3.5%
3 / 2020
3.1%
3.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
12.2%
10.8%
14.7%
5 / 2020
9.4%
8.9%
13.3%
6 / 2020
8.2%
8.2%
11.1%
7 / 2020
7.7%
8.0%
10.2%
8 / 2020
6.0%
6.3%
8.4%
9 / 2020
5.9%
6.1%
7.9%
10 / 2020
4.8%
5.1%
6.9%
11 / 2020
4.5%
5.5%
6.7%
12 / 2020
4.3%
5.7%
6.7%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2019
3.3%
3.4%
4.0%
2 / 2019
3.0%
3.1%
3.8%
3 / 2019
2.9%
3.0%
3.8%
4 / 2019
2.4%
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
2.9%
2.9%
3.7%
9 / 2019
2.5%
2.6%
3.5%
10 / 2019
2.5%
2.5%
3.6%
11 / 2019
2.4%
2.5%
3.5%
12 / 2019
2.4%
2.4%
3.5%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2018
3.3%
3.6%
4.1%
2 / 2018
3.2%
3.4%
4.1%
3 / 2018
3.0%
3.2%
4.0%
4 / 2018
2.6%
2.8%
3.9%
5 / 2018
2.7%
2.8%
3.8%
6 / 2018
3.1%
3.3%
4.0%
7 / 2018
3.0%
3.1%
3.9%
8 / 2018
3.1%
3.2%
3.8%
9 / 2018
2.8%
2.8%
3.7%
10 / 2018
2.7%
2.8%
3.8%
11 / 2018
2.7%
2.7%
3.7%
12 / 2018
2.8%
2.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2017
4.2%
4.4%
4.7%
2 / 2017
3.9%
4.2%
4.7%
3 / 2017
3.7%
3.9%
4.4%
4 / 2017
3.3%
3.5%
4.4%
5 / 2017
3.5%
3.7%
4.4%
6 / 2017
3.6%
3.8%
4.3%
7 / 2017
3.7%
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
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2016
4.2%
4.3%
4.9%
2 / 2016
4.1%
4.2%
4.9%
3 / 2016
4.0%
4.1%
5.0%
4 / 2016
3.7%
3.7%
5.0%
5 / 2016
3.8%
3.9%
4.8%
6 / 2016
4.1%
4.3%
4.9%
7 / 2016
4.1%
4.3%
4.8%
8 / 2016
4.2%
4.4%
4.9%
9 / 2016
4.2%
4.2%
5.0%
10 / 2016
4.0%
4.0%
4.9%
11 / 2016
3.9%
3.9%
4.7%
12 / 2016
3.8%
3.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2015
5.0%
5.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
4.8%
5.0%
5.5%
3 / 2015
4.6%
4.8%
5.4%
4 / 2015
4.1%
4.3%
5.4%
5 / 2015
4.5%
4.7%
5.6%
6 / 2015
4.4%
4.6%
5.3%
7 / 2015
4.3%
4.5%
5.2%
8 / 2015
4.2%
4.4%
5.1%
9 / 2015
4.1%
4.1%
5.0%
10 / 2015
3.9%
4.0%
5.0%
11 / 2015
3.9%
3.9%
5.1%
12 / 2015
3.8%
3.8%
5.0%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2014
5.3%
5.6%
6.6%
2 / 2014
5.3%
5.7%
6.7%
3 / 2014
5.1%
5.5%
6.7%
4 / 2014
4.5%
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
5.2%
5.5%
6.1%
9 / 2014
4.8%
5.1%
5.9%
10 / 2014
4.6%
4.8%
5.7%
11 / 2014
4.6%
4.7%
5.8%
12 / 2014
4.5%
4.6%
5.6%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2013
5.9%
6.4%
8.0%
2 / 2013
5.6%
6.0%
7.7%
3 / 2013
5.3%
5.7%
7.5%
4 / 2013
5.0%
5.3%
7.6%
5 / 2013
5.4%
5.7%
7.5%
6 / 2013
5.8%
6.1%
7.5%
7 / 2013
5.6%
5.9%
7.3%
8 / 2013
5.5%
5.8%
7.2%
9 / 2013
5.4%
5.6%
7.2%
10 / 2013
5.3%
5.6%
7.2%
11 / 2013
5.1%
5.2%
6.9%
12 / 2013
4.9%
5.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2012
6.3%
6.6%
8.3%
2 / 2012
6.3%
6.6%
8.3%
3 / 2012
5.9%
6.2%
8.2%
4 / 2012
5.4%
5.7%
8.2%
5 / 2012
5.7%
6.0%
8.2%
6 / 2012
6.0%
6.4%
8.2%
7 / 2012
6.0%
6.4%
8.2%
8 / 2012
5.8%
6.2%
8.1%
9 / 2012
5.5%
5.8%
7.8%
10 / 2012
5.3%
5.6%
7.8%
11 / 2012
5.2%
5.4%
7.7%
12 / 2012
5.4%
5.6%
7.9%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2011
6.4%
7.1%
9.1%
2 / 2011
6.2%
6.9%
9.0%
3 / 2011
6.0%
6.6%
9.0%
4 / 2011
5.7%
6.2%
9.1%
5 / 2011
5.9%
6.4%
9.0%
6 / 2011
6.4%
6.9%
9.1%
7 / 2011
6.3%
6.7%
9.0%
8 / 2011
6.4%
6.9%
9.0%
9 / 2011
6.4%
6.7%
9.0%
10 / 2011
6.1%
6.4%
8.8%
11 / 2011
5.9%
6.1%
8.6%
12 / 2011
6.0%
6.2%
8.5%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2010
7.1%
7.9%
9.8%
2 / 2010
7.0%
7.9%
9.8%
3 / 2010
6.9%
7.7%
9.9%
4 / 2010
6.3%
7.0%
9.9%
5 / 2010
6.5%
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
6.2%
6.8%
9.5%
10 / 2010
6.1%
6.6%
9.4%
11 / 2010
6.2%
6.7%
9.8%
12 / 2010
6.2%
6.7%
9.3%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2009
5.3%
6.1%
7.8%
2 / 2009
5.6%
6.4%
8.3%
3 / 2009
5.7%
6.6%
8.7%
4 / 2009
5.5%
6.2%
9.0%
5 / 2009
5.9%
6.7%
9.4%
6 / 2009
6.2%
7.0%
9.5%
7 / 2009
6.1%
6.8%
9.5%
8 / 2009
6.1%
6.9%
9.6%
9 / 2009
6.3%
6.9%
9.8%
10 / 2009
6.3%
6.8%
10.0%
11 / 2009
6.2%
6.8%
9.9%
12 / 2009
6.6%
7.2%
9.9%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2008
3.4%
3.7%
5.0%
2 / 2008
3.3%
3.6%
4.9%
3 / 2008
3.4%
3.6%
5.1%
4 / 2008
3.0%
3.2%
5.0%
5 / 2008
3.4%
3.7%
5.4%
6 / 2008
3.6%
4.0%
5.6%
7 / 2008
3.7%
4.1%
5.8%
8 / 2008
3.9%
4.2%
6.1%
9 / 2008
3.7%
4.0%
6.1%
10 / 2008
3.7%
4.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
4.0%
4.3%
6.8%
12 / 2008
4.4%
4.9%
7.3%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2007
3.0%
3.3%
4.6%
2 / 2007
2.8%
3.2%
4.5%
3 / 2007
2.6%
2.9%
4.4%
4 / 2007
2.4%
2.7%
4.5%
5 / 2007
2.5%
2.8%
4.4%
6 / 2007
2.8%
3.1%
4.6%
7 / 2007
2.8%
3.1%
4.7%
8 / 2007
2.8%
3.1%
4.6%
9 / 2007
2.8%
3.0%
4.7%
10 / 2007
2.7%
2.9%
4.7%
11 / 2007
2.8%
3.0%
4.7%
12 / 2007
3.0%
3.3%
5.0%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2006
3.1%
3.3%
4.7%
2 / 2006
3.1%
3.4%
4.8%
3 / 2006
3.0%
3.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
2.7%
2.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
2.9%
3.1%
4.6%
6 / 2006
3.0%
3.3%
4.6%
7 / 2006
3.1%
3.3%
4.7%
8 / 2006
3.0%
3.3%
4.7%
9 / 2006
3.2%
3.1%
4.5%
10 / 2006
2.9%
2.7%
4.4%
11 / 2006
2.8%
2.8%
4.5%
12 / 2006
2.7%
2.8%
4.4%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2005
3.6%
3.9%
5.3%
2 / 2005
3.7%
4.0%
5.4%
3 / 2005
3.5%
3.8%
5.2%
4 / 2005
3.3%
3.5%
5.2%
5 / 2005
3.5%
3.6%
5.1%
6 / 2005
3.6%
3.8%
5.0%
7 / 2005
3.5%
3.6%
5.0%
8 / 2005
3.3%
3.5%
4.9%
9 / 2005
3.3%
3.5%
5.0%
10 / 2005
3.2%
3.2%
5.0%
11 / 2005
3.1%
3.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
2.8%
3.1%
4.9%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2004
3.9%
4.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
3.7%
4.2%
5.6%
3 / 2004
3.8%
4.2%
5.8%
4 / 2004
3.3%
3.6%
5.6%
5 / 2004
3.5%
3.8%
5.6%
6 / 2004
3.8%
4.2%
5.6%
7 / 2004
3.7%
4.0%
5.5%
8 / 2004
3.4%
3.8%
5.4%
9 / 2004
3.3%
3.5%
5.4%
10 / 2004
3.3%
3.4%
5.5%
11 / 2004
3.3%
3.4%
5.4%
12 / 2004
3.3%
3.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2003
3.8%
4.6%
5.8%
2 / 2003
3.7%
4.5%
5.9%
3 / 2003
3.6%
4.3%
5.9%
4 / 2003
3.5%
3.9%
6.0%
5 / 2003
3.6%
4.1%
6.1%
6 / 2003
4.1%
4.5%
6.3%
7 / 2003
3.9%
4.3%
6.2%
8 / 2003
3.8%
4.1%
6.1%
9 / 2003
3.7%
4.0%
6.1%
10 / 2003
3.4%
3.7%
6.0%
11 / 2003
3.5%
3.7%
5.8%
12 / 2003
3.3%
3.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2002
3.7%
4.6%
5.7%
2 / 2002
3.7%
4.5%
5.7%
3 / 2002
3.6%
4.4%
5.7%
4 / 2002
3.5%
4.2%
5.9%
5 / 2002
3.6%
4.2%
5.8%
6 / 2002
3.8%
4.4%
5.8%
7 / 2002
3.6%
4.3%
5.8%
8 / 2002
3.7%
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
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2001
2.5%
2.6%
4.2%
2 / 2001
2.5%
2.7%
4.2%
3 / 2001
2.7%
2.8%
4.3%
4 / 2001
2.4%
2.6%
4.4%
5 / 2001
2.6%
2.8%
4.3%
6 / 2001
3.0%
3.2%
4.5%
7 / 2001
2.8%
3.3%
4.6%
8 / 2001
3.2%
3.6%
4.9%
9 / 2001
3.1%
3.6%
5.0%
10 / 2001
3.3%
3.8%
5.3%
11 / 2001
3.5%
3.9%
5.5%
12 / 2001
3.4%
3.9%
5.7%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2000
2.6%
2.9%
4.0%
2 / 2000
2.6%
2.9%
4.1%
3 / 2000
2.5%
2.6%
4.0%
4 / 2000
2.0%
2.1%
3.8%
5 / 2000
2.4%
2.4%
4.0%
6 / 2000
2.4%
2.4%
4.0%
7 / 2000
2.3%
2.4%
4.0%
8 / 2000
2.4%
2.4%
4.1%
9 / 2000
2.1%
2.1%
3.9%
10 / 2000
1.8%
1.8%
3.9%
11 / 2000
1.8%
1.8%
3.9%
12 / 2000
1.9%
1.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1999
2.5%
3.0%
4.3%
2 / 1999
2.7%
3.0%
4.4%
3 / 1999
2.5%
2.8%
4.2%
4 / 1999
2.4%
2.6%
4.3%
5 / 1999
2.6%
2.7%
4.2%
6 / 1999
2.8%
2.9%
4.3%
7 / 1999
3.1%
2.9%
4.3%
8 / 1999
2.8%
2.9%
4.2%
9 / 1999
2.8%
2.8%
4.2%
10 / 1999
2.6%
2.5%
4.1%
11 / 1999
2.5%
2.5%
4.1%
12 / 1999
2.2%
2.4%
4.0%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1998
3.2%
3.5%
4.6%
2 / 1998
3.0%
3.4%
4.6%
3 / 1998
3.0%
3.3%
4.7%
4 / 1998
2.3%
2.5%
4.3%
5 / 1998
2.6%
2.7%
4.4%
6 / 1998
3.1%
3.1%
4.5%
7 / 1998
2.8%
3.0%
4.5%
8 / 1998
2.8%
3.0%
4.5%
9 / 1998
2.8%
2.9%
4.6%
10 / 1998
2.8%
2.7%
4.5%
11 / 1998
2.5%
2.5%
4.4%
12 / 1998
2.2%
2.4%
4.4%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1997
4.4%
5.0%
5.3%
2 / 1997
4.4%
4.8%
5.2%
3 / 1997
4.5%
4.6%
5.2%
4 / 1997
4.2%
4.0%
5.1%
5 / 1997
4.2%
4.0%
4.9%
6 / 1997
4.4%
4.2%
5.0%
7 / 1997
4.1%
3.8%
4.9%
8 / 1997
3.9%
3.7%
4.8%
9 / 1997
3.6%
3.4%
4.9%
10 / 1997
3.0%
2.9%
4.7%
11 / 1997
2.8%
2.7%
4.6%
12 / 1997
2.7%
2.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1996
3.9%
5.3%
5.6%
2 / 1996
4.0%
4.7%
5.5%
3 / 1996
3.9%
4.5%
5.5%
4 / 1996
3.8%
4.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
4.2%
4.5%
5.6%
6 / 1996
4.5%
4.6%
5.3%
7 / 1996
4.5%
4.7%
5.5%
8 / 1996
4.1%
4.2%
5.1%
9 / 1996
4.3%
4.3%
5.2%
10 / 1996
4.1%
4.1%
5.2%
11 / 1996
4.2%
4.1%
5.4%
12 / 1996
4.0%
4.1%
5.4%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1995
4.6%
5.0%
5.6%
2 / 1995
4.1%
4.6%
5.4%
3 / 1995
4.3%
4.5%
5.4%
4 / 1995
4.5%
4.4%
5.8%
5 / 1995
4.3%
4.6%
5.6%
6 / 1995
4.5%
4.7%
5.6%
7 / 1995
4.3%
4.6%
5.7%
8 / 1995
4.1%
4.6%
5.7%
9 / 1995
4.3%
4.5%
5.6%
10 / 1995
4.2%
4.3%
5.5%
11 / 1995
4.4%
4.3%
5.6%
12 / 1995
3.7%
4.2%
5.6%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1994
5.2%
5.7%
6.6%
2 / 1994
5.1%
5.6%
6.6%
3 / 1994
4.9%
5.4%
6.5%
4 / 1994
4.6%
5.0%
6.4%
5 / 1994
4.5%
4.8%
6.1%
6 / 1994
5.2%
5.1%
6.1%
7 / 1994
4.9%
4.8%
6.1%
8 / 1994
4.8%
4.8%
6.0%
9 / 1994
4.7%
4.6%
5.9%
10 / 1994
4.6%
4.3%
5.8%
11 / 1994
4.5%
4.2%
5.6%
12 / 1994
4.1%
4.1%
5.5%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1993
5.0%
6.2%
7.3%
2 / 1993
4.7%
6.0%
7.1%
3 / 1993
4.6%
5.6%
7.0%
4 / 1993
4.5%
5.2%
7.1%
5 / 1993
4.6%
5.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
4.9%
5.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
4.5%
5.2%
6.9%
8 / 1993
4.4%
5.1%
6.8%
9 / 1993
4.4%
4.9%
6.7%
10 / 1993
4.4%
4.8%
6.8%
11 / 1993
4.1%
4.6%
6.6%
12 / 1993
4.1%
4.6%
6.5%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1992
5.5%
7.1%
7.3%
2 / 1992
5.9%
7.3%
7.4%
3 / 1992
5.5%
6.9%
7.4%
4 / 1992
5.0%
6.0%
7.4%
5 / 1992
5.4%
6.4%
7.6%
6 / 1992
5.6%
6.7%
7.8%
7 / 1992
5.6%
6.2%
7.7%
8 / 1992
4.9%
6.1%
7.6%
9 / 1992
5.0%
5.9%
7.6%
10 / 1992
4.6%
5.6%
7.3%
11 / 1992
4.6%
5.6%
7.4%
12 / 1992
5.0%
5.6%
7.4%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1991
4.9%
6.2%
6.4%
2 / 1991
5.2%
6.5%
6.6%
3 / 1991
5.0%
6.2%
6.8%
4 / 1991
4.2%
5.5%
6.7%
5 / 1991
4.7%
5.8%
6.9%
6 / 1991
4.7%
6.0%
6.9%
7 / 1991
4.3%
5.7%
6.8%
8 / 1991
4.6%
5.7%
6.9%
9 / 1991
4.8%
5.7%
6.9%
10 / 1991
4.7%
5.6%
7.0%
11 / 1991
5.4%
5.9%
7.0%
12 / 1991
4.8%
6.1%
7.3%
Month/Year
Virginia Beach City County, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1990
4.1%
4.5%
5.4%
2 / 1990
3.7%
4.2%
5.3%
3 / 1990
3.2%
3.9%
5.2%
4 / 1990
3.2%
3.7%
5.4%
5 / 1990
3.6%
4.0%
5.4%
6 / 1990
3.9%
4.2%
5.2%
7 / 1990
3.8%
4.4%
5.5%
8 / 1990
4.2%
4.6%
5.7%
9 / 1990
4.4%
4.8%
5.9%
10 / 1990
4.0%
4.8%
5.9%
11 / 1990
4.3%
5.1%
6.2%
12 / 1990
4.8%
5.4%
6.3%