Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in May 2020
Updated on June 21, 2024.
According to data from the US BLS, for May 2020, among all Virginia counties, Bath had the highest unemployment rate (21%), followed by Petersburg city (17.9%), and Martinsville city (15.5%).
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 May 2020
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| Rank | County | Unemployment Rate (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bath | 21 |
| 2 | Petersburg city | 17.9 |
| 3 | Martinsville city | 15.5 |
| 4 | Covington city | 15 |
| 5 | Emporia city | 14.9 |
| 6 | Hopewell city | 14.5 |
| 7 | Danville city | 13.5 |
| 8 | Williamsburg city | 13.1 |
| 9 | Newport News city | 13 |
| 10 | Richmond city | 12.9 |
| 11 | Carroll | 12.8 |
| 11 | Pulaski | 12.8 |
| 12 | Wythe | 12.6 |
| 13 | Portsmouth city | 12.5 |
| 14 | Norfolk city | 12.4 |
| 15 | Page | 12.2 |
| 15 | Hampton city | 12.2 |
| 16 | Roanoke city | 12 |
| 17 | Henry | 11.6 |
| 18 | James City | 11.5 |
| 18 | Harrisonburg city | 11.5 |
| 19 | Northampton | 11.3 |
| 19 | Sussex | 11.3 |
| 20 | Buchanan | 11.2 |
| 20 | Galax city | 11.2 |
| 21 | Fredericksburg city | 10.9 |
| 22 | Bristol city | 10.7 |
| 23 | Giles | 10.6 |
| 23 | Manassas Park city | 10.6 |
| 24 | Lynchburg city | 10.5 |
| 25 | Charlottesville city | 10.4 |
| 25 | Colonial Heights city | 10.4 |
| 25 | Manassas city | 10.4 |
| 25 | Waynesboro city | 10.4 |
| 26 | Prince William | 10.3 |
| 27 | Brunswick | 10.1 |
| 27 | Buckingham | 10.1 |
| 27 | Staunton city | 10.1 |
| 27 | Virginia Beach city | 10.1 |
| 28 | Accomack | 10 |
| 28 | Tazewell | 10 |
| 28 | Radford city | 10 |
| 29 | Caroline | 9.9 |
| 29 | Charles City | 9.9 |
| 29 | Patrick | 9.9 |
| 30 | Essex | 9.8 |
| 30 | Henrico | 9.8 |
| 31 | Dickenson | 9.7 |
| 31 | Norton city | 9.7 |
| 31 | Winchester city | 9.7 |
| 32 | Lancaster | 9.6 |
| 32 | Lexington city | 9.6 |
| 32 | Salem city | 9.6 |
| 33 | Alleghany | 9.5 |
| 33 | Franklin city | 9.5 |
| 34 | Halifax | 9.4 |
| 34 | Mecklenburg | 9.4 |
| 34 | Pittsylvania | 9.4 |
| 34 | Smyth | 9.4 |
| 34 | Warren | 9.4 |
| 35 | Spotsylvania | 9.3 |
| 35 | Fairfax city | 9.3 |
| 36 | Prince George | 9.2 |
| 36 | Wise | 9.2 |
| 37 | Chesapeake city | 9.1 |
| 37 | Suffolk city | 9.1 |
| 38 | Chesterfield | 9 |
| 38 | Fairfax | 9 |
| 38 | Alexandria city | 9 |
| 39 | Dinwiddie | 8.9 |
| 39 | Nelson | 8.9 |
| 39 | Orange | 8.9 |
| 39 | York | 8.9 |
| 40 | Bland | 8.8 |
| 40 | Craig | 8.8 |
| 40 | Greensville | 8.8 |
| 40 | Lee | 8.8 |
| 41 | Prince Edward | 8.7 |
| 42 | Rockbridge | 8.6 |
| 42 | Russell | 8.6 |
| 42 | Shenandoah | 8.6 |
| 43 | Albemarle | 8.5 |
| 43 | Campbell | 8.5 |
| 43 | Stafford | 8.5 |
| 43 | Washington | 8.5 |
| 43 | Buena Vista city | 8.5 |
| 44 | Fluvanna | 8.4 |
| 44 | Greene | 8.4 |
| 44 | Loudoun | 8.4 |
| 44 | Roanoke | 8.4 |
| 45 | Amelia | 8.3 |
| 45 | Cumberland | 8.3 |
| 45 | Gloucester | 8.3 |
| 45 | Rockingham | 8.3 |
| 46 | Franklin | 8.2 |
| 47 | Floyd | 8.1 |
| 47 | Grayson | 8.1 |
| 47 | King William | 8.1 |
| 48 | Surry | 8 |
| 49 | Louisa | 7.9 |
| 50 | Culpeper | 7.8 |
| 50 | Montgomery | 7.8 |
| 51 | Amherst | 7.7 |
| 51 | Northumberland | 7.7 |
| 51 | Powhatan | 7.7 |
| 51 | Westmoreland | 7.7 |
| 52 | Appomattox | 7.6 |
| 52 | Bedford | 7.6 |
| 52 | Botetourt | 7.6 |
| 52 | Frederick | 7.6 |
| 52 | Hanover | 7.6 |
| 52 | Middlesex | 7.6 |
| 52 | Scott | 7.6 |
| 53 | Fauquier | 7.4 |
| 54 | Clarke | 7.3 |
| 55 | Augusta | 7.2 |
| 55 | Charlotte | 7.2 |
| 55 | Goochland | 7.2 |
| 55 | King and Queen | 7.2 |
| 56 | Isle of Wight | 7.1 |
| 56 | Mathews | 7.1 |
| 57 | New Kent | 6.9 |
| 57 | Rappahannock | 6.9 |
| 58 | Lunenburg | 6.7 |
| 58 | Southampton | 6.7 |
| 59 | Nottoway | 6.5 |
| 60 | Poquoson city | 6.4 |
| 61 | Arlington | 6.3 |
| 61 | King George | 6.3 |
| 62 | Richmond | 6.1 |
| 63 | Madison | 5.9 |
| 64 | Falls Church city | 5.3 |
| 65 | Highland | 5.2 |