Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in February 2020

Updated on June 21, 2024.

According to data from the US BLS, for February 2020, among all Virginia counties, Buchanan had the highest unemployment rate (6.2%), followed by Lancaster (6%), and Northumberland (5.9%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties and the table below shows the ranking of all Virginia counties.

You can see similar ranking of all counties in the United States.

Related Topics: Virginia BLS Topic List.

Data Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in February 2020

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Rank	County	Unemployment Rate (%)
1	Buchanan	6.2
2	Lancaster	6
3	Northumberland	5.9
4	Dickenson	5.7
4	Petersburg city	5.7
5	Covington city	5.3
6	Northampton	5
6	Danville city	5
7	Page	4.9
8	Carroll	4.6
8	Russell	4.6
8	Tazewell	4.6
9	Pulaski	4.4
9	Sussex	4.4
9	Wise	4.4
10	Brunswick	4.3
10	Buckingham	4.3
10	Lee	4.3
11	Martinsville city	4.2
12	Halifax	4.1
12	Wythe	4.1
12	Emporia city	4.1
13	Accomack	4
13	Norton city	4
14	Hopewell city	3.9
15	Alleghany	3.8
15	Smyth	3.8
16	Essex	3.7
16	Mecklenburg	3.7
16	Westmoreland	3.7
17	Portsmouth city	3.6
18	Appomattox	3.5
18	Pittsylvania	3.5
18	Bristol city	3.5
18	Franklin city	3.5
18	Hampton city	3.5
18	Williamsburg city	3.5
19	Charlotte	3.4
19	Giles	3.4
19	Grayson	3.4
19	Patrick	3.4
19	Prince Edward	3.4
19	Lexington city	3.4
20	Washington	3.3
20	Newport News city	3.3
21	Scott	3.2
21	Surry	3.2
21	Lynchburg city	3.2
22	Caroline	3.1
22	Charles City	3.1
22	Greensville	3.1
22	Henry	3.1
22	Galax city	3.1
22	Norfolk city	3.1
23	Amelia	3
23	Amherst	3
23	Bland	3
23	Campbell	3
23	Dinwiddie	3
23	Prince George	3
23	Radford city	3
23	Richmond city	3
24	Cumberland	2.9
24	Franklin	2.9
24	Richmond	2.9
24	Roanoke city	2.9
25	Lunenburg	2.8
25	Middlesex	2.8
25	Fredericksburg city	2.8
26	Bedford	2.7
26	Floyd	2.7
26	Highland	2.7
26	Louisa	2.7
26	Mathews	2.7
26	Orange	2.7
26	Colonial Heights city	2.7
26	Suffolk city	2.7
26	Waynesboro city	2.7
27	Bath	2.6
27	Craig	2.6
27	Nottoway	2.6
27	Southampton	2.6
27	Warren	2.6
27	Salem city	2.6
28	Culpeper	2.5
28	Isle of Wight	2.5
28	James City	2.5
28	King George	2.5
28	King William	2.5
28	Rockbridge	2.5
28	Spotsylvania	2.5
28	Chesapeake city	2.5
28	Harrisonburg city	2.5
28	Staunton city	2.5
28	Winchester city	2.5
29	Botetourt	2.4
29	Chesterfield	2.4
29	Gloucester	2.4
29	Henrico	2.4
29	King and Queen	2.4
29	Montgomery	2.4
29	Nelson	2.4
29	Powhatan	2.4
29	Roanoke	2.4
29	Stafford	2.4
29	Buena Vista city	2.4
29	Manassas city	2.4
29	Virginia Beach city	2.4
30	Goochland	2.3
30	Prince William	2.3
30	Shenandoah	2.3
30	York	2.3
31	Fauquier	2.2
31	Rappahannock	2.2
31	Manassas Park city	2.2
32	Albemarle	2.1
32	Augusta	2.1
32	Clarke	2.1
32	Fluvanna	2.1
32	Frederick	2.1
32	Greene	2.1
32	Hanover	2.1
32	New Kent	2.1
32	Poquoson city	2.1
33	Fairfax	2
33	Loudoun	2
33	Rockingham	2
33	Charlottesville city	2
33	Fairfax city	2
34	Madison	1.9
34	Alexandria city	1.9
35	Arlington	1.7
35	Falls Church city	1.7