Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in September 2020
Updated on June 21, 2024.
According to data from the US BLS, for September 2020, among all Virginia counties, Petersburg city had the highest unemployment rate (16%), followed by Emporia city (13%), and Hopewell city (11.7%).
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 September 2020
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| Rank | County | Unemployment Rate (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petersburg city | 16 |
| 2 | Emporia city | 13 |
| 3 | Hopewell city | 11.7 |
| 4 | Martinsville city | 11.2 |
| 5 | Portsmouth city | 10.5 |
| 6 | Franklin city | 9.8 |
| 7 | Danville city | 9.4 |
| 8 | Sussex | 9.3 |
| 9 | Richmond city | 9.2 |
| 10 | Norfolk city | 9.1 |
| 11 | Hampton city | 8.8 |
| 11 | Newport News city | 8.8 |
| 12 | Buchanan | 8.7 |
| 13 | Brunswick | 8.1 |
| 13 | Covington city | 8.1 |
| 14 | Greensville | 7.5 |
| 15 | Roanoke city | 7.4 |
| 15 | Williamsburg city | 7.4 |
| 16 | Bath | 7.3 |
| 16 | Wise | 7.3 |
| 16 | Colonial Heights city | 7.3 |
| 17 | Henry | 7.2 |
| 17 | Bristol city | 7.2 |
| 18 | Dickenson | 7.1 |
| 18 | Tazewell | 7.1 |
| 19 | Essex | 7 |
| 19 | Northampton | 7 |
| 19 | Fredericksburg city | 7 |
| 19 | Lynchburg city | 7 |
| 20 | Norton city | 6.9 |
| 21 | Buckingham | 6.7 |
| 22 | Halifax | 6.6 |
| 22 | Mecklenburg | 6.6 |
| 22 | Manassas Park city | 6.6 |
| 22 | Suffolk city | 6.6 |
| 23 | Henrico | 6.5 |
| 24 | Caroline | 6.4 |
| 24 | Carroll | 6.4 |
| 24 | Pulaski | 6.4 |
| 24 | Manassas city | 6.4 |
| 25 | Charles City | 6.3 |
| 25 | Dinwiddie | 6.3 |
| 25 | James City | 6.3 |
| 25 | Prince George | 6.3 |
| 25 | Prince William | 6.3 |
| 25 | Wythe | 6.3 |
| 25 | Charlottesville city | 6.3 |
| 26 | Cumberland | 6.2 |
| 27 | Lancaster | 6.1 |
| 27 | Alexandria city | 6.1 |
| 27 | Waynesboro city | 6.1 |
| 28 | Patrick | 6 |
| 28 | Prince Edward | 6 |
| 28 | Chesapeake city | 6 |
| 28 | Galax city | 6 |
| 28 | Lexington city | 6 |
| 29 | Pittsylvania | 5.9 |
| 30 | Accomack | 5.8 |
| 30 | Lee | 5.8 |
| 30 | Virginia Beach city | 5.8 |
| 31 | Fairfax | 5.7 |
| 31 | Russell | 5.7 |
| 31 | Staunton city | 5.7 |
| 32 | Alleghany | 5.6 |
| 32 | Campbell | 5.6 |
| 32 | Chesterfield | 5.6 |
| 32 | Smyth | 5.6 |
| 33 | Amelia | 5.5 |
| 33 | Lunenburg | 5.5 |
| 33 | Spotsylvania | 5.5 |
| 33 | Fairfax city | 5.5 |
| 34 | Nelson | 5.4 |
| 34 | Northumberland | 5.4 |
| 34 | Page | 5.4 |
| 34 | Westmoreland | 5.4 |
| 34 | Harrisonburg city | 5.4 |
| 35 | Appomattox | 5.3 |
| 35 | Stafford | 5.3 |
| 35 | Radford city | 5.3 |
| 35 | Winchester city | 5.3 |
| 36 | Amherst | 5.2 |
| 36 | Nottoway | 5.2 |
| 36 | Surry | 5.2 |
| 36 | Warren | 5.2 |
| 37 | Charlotte | 5.1 |
| 37 | Gloucester | 5.1 |
| 37 | King and Queen | 5.1 |
| 37 | Southampton | 5.1 |
| 38 | Albemarle | 5 |
| 38 | Giles | 5 |
| 38 | Isle of Wight | 5 |
| 38 | King William | 5 |
| 38 | Loudoun | 5 |
| 38 | Orange | 5 |
| 38 | Washington | 5 |
| 38 | Salem city | 5 |
| 39 | Franklin | 4.9 |
| 39 | York | 4.9 |
| 40 | Fluvanna | 4.8 |
| 40 | Middlesex | 4.8 |
| 40 | Scott | 4.8 |
| 41 | Grayson | 4.7 |
| 41 | Louisa | 4.7 |
| 41 | Shenandoah | 4.7 |
| 42 | Rockbridge | 4.6 |
| 43 | Arlington | 4.5 |
| 43 | Bedford | 4.5 |
| 43 | Craig | 4.5 |
| 43 | Greene | 4.5 |
| 44 | Bland | 4.4 |
| 44 | Hanover | 4.4 |
| 44 | Richmond | 4.4 |
| 44 | Roanoke | 4.4 |
| 45 | Culpeper | 4.3 |
| 45 | Goochland | 4.3 |
| 45 | Mathews | 4.3 |
| 45 | Rappahannock | 4.3 |
| 46 | Buena Vista city | 4.2 |
| 47 | Clarke | 4.1 |
| 47 | Fauquier | 4.1 |
| 47 | New Kent | 4.1 |
| 47 | Powhatan | 4.1 |
| 48 | Augusta | 4 |
| 48 | King George | 4 |
| 49 | Floyd | 3.9 |
| 49 | Frederick | 3.9 |
| 49 | Montgomery | 3.9 |
| 50 | Rockingham | 3.8 |
| 51 | Botetourt | 3.7 |
| 51 | Falls Church city | 3.7 |
| 52 | Poquoson city | 3.6 |
| 53 | Madison | 3.3 |
| 54 | Highland | 3.2 |