Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in August 2021
Updated on June 21, 2024.
According to data from the US BLS, for August 2021, among all Virginia counties, Petersburg city had the highest unemployment rate (10.1%), followed by Martinsville city (7.7%), and Emporia city (7.5%).
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 August 2021
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| Rank | County | Unemployment Rate (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petersburg city | 10.1 |
| 2 | Martinsville city | 7.7 |
| 3 | Emporia city | 7.5 |
| 4 | Hopewell city | 7.3 |
| 5 | Franklin city | 6.8 |
| 6 | Danville city | 6.7 |
| 7 | Portsmouth city | 6.6 |
| 8 | Buchanan | 6.5 |
| 9 | Brunswick | 6 |
| 9 | Sussex | 6 |
| 10 | Covington city | 5.8 |
| 10 | Hampton city | 5.8 |
| 11 | Norfolk city | 5.7 |
| 12 | Newport News city | 5.6 |
| 13 | Richmond city | 5.5 |
| 14 | Lynchburg city | 5.3 |
| 15 | Dickenson | 5.2 |
| 15 | Wise | 5.2 |
| 16 | Prince Edward | 5.1 |
| 16 | Tazewell | 5.1 |
| 16 | Norton city | 5.1 |
| 16 | Williamsburg city | 5.1 |
| 17 | Buckingham | 5 |
| 17 | Halifax | 5 |
| 18 | Essex | 4.9 |
| 18 | Lexington city | 4.9 |
| 18 | Roanoke city | 4.9 |
| 19 | Northampton | 4.8 |
| 19 | Fredericksburg city | 4.8 |
| 20 | Henry | 4.7 |
| 20 | Mecklenburg | 4.7 |
| 21 | Lancaster | 4.6 |
| 21 | Bristol city | 4.6 |
| 21 | Colonial Heights city | 4.6 |
| 22 | Patrick | 4.4 |
| 22 | Prince George | 4.4 |
| 22 | Russell | 4.4 |
| 23 | Caroline | 4.3 |
| 23 | Charles City | 4.3 |
| 23 | Cumberland | 4.3 |
| 23 | Greensville | 4.3 |
| 23 | Harrisonburg city | 4.3 |
| 23 | Suffolk city | 4.3 |
| 24 | Dinwiddie | 4.2 |
| 24 | Page | 4.2 |
| 24 | Smyth | 4.2 |
| 24 | Westmoreland | 4.2 |
| 24 | Radford city | 4.2 |
| 25 | James City | 4.1 |
| 25 | Northumberland | 4.1 |
| 25 | Pittsylvania | 4.1 |
| 25 | Wythe | 4.1 |
| 25 | Alexandria city | 4.1 |
| 25 | Galax city | 4.1 |
| 26 | Alleghany | 4 |
| 26 | Carroll | 4 |
| 26 | Henrico | 4 |
| 26 | Lee | 4 |
| 26 | Prince William | 4 |
| 26 | Pulaski | 4 |
| 26 | Surry | 4 |
| 26 | Waynesboro city | 4 |
| 27 | Accomack | 3.9 |
| 27 | Bath | 3.9 |
| 27 | Buena Vista city | 3.9 |
| 27 | Chesapeake city | 3.9 |
| 27 | Staunton city | 3.9 |
| 28 | Amherst | 3.8 |
| 28 | Campbell | 3.8 |
| 28 | Lunenburg | 3.8 |
| 28 | Spotsylvania | 3.8 |
| 28 | Charlottesville city | 3.8 |
| 28 | Manassas city | 3.8 |
| 28 | Virginia Beach city | 3.8 |
| 29 | Chesterfield | 3.7 |
| 29 | Giles | 3.7 |
| 29 | Stafford | 3.7 |
| 29 | Manassas Park city | 3.7 |
| 30 | Appomattox | 3.6 |
| 30 | Charlotte | 3.6 |
| 30 | Fairfax | 3.6 |
| 30 | Nottoway | 3.6 |
| 30 | Orange | 3.6 |
| 30 | Rockbridge | 3.6 |
| 30 | Salem city | 3.6 |
| 31 | Franklin | 3.5 |
| 31 | Grayson | 3.5 |
| 31 | Isle of Wight | 3.5 |
| 31 | King William | 3.5 |
| 31 | Nelson | 3.5 |
| 31 | Warren | 3.5 |
| 31 | Washington | 3.5 |
| 31 | Fairfax city | 3.5 |
| 32 | Albemarle | 3.4 |
| 32 | Amelia | 3.4 |
| 32 | Bedford | 3.4 |
| 32 | Louisa | 3.4 |
| 32 | Mathews | 3.4 |
| 32 | Middlesex | 3.4 |
| 32 | Shenandoah | 3.4 |
| 32 | Southampton | 3.4 |
| 32 | Winchester city | 3.4 |
| 33 | Craig | 3.3 |
| 33 | Gloucester | 3.3 |
| 33 | Scott | 3.3 |
| 33 | York | 3.3 |
| 34 | Arlington | 3.2 |
| 34 | Bland | 3.2 |
| 34 | Floyd | 3.2 |
| 34 | Fluvanna | 3.2 |
| 34 | Montgomery | 3.2 |
| 34 | Richmond | 3.2 |
| 34 | Roanoke | 3.2 |
| 35 | Augusta | 3.1 |
| 35 | Botetourt | 3.1 |
| 35 | Culpeper | 3.1 |
| 35 | Goochland | 3.1 |
| 35 | King and Queen | 3.1 |
| 35 | Loudoun | 3.1 |
| 36 | Clarke | 3 |
| 36 | Fauquier | 3 |
| 36 | Hanover | 3 |
| 36 | New Kent | 3 |
| 36 | Rappahannock | 3 |
| 37 | Greene | 2.9 |
| 37 | Powhatan | 2.9 |
| 37 | Rockingham | 2.9 |
| 38 | Frederick | 2.8 |
| 38 | King George | 2.8 |
| 38 | Falls Church city | 2.8 |
| 38 | Poquoson city | 2.8 |
| 39 | Highland | 2.6 |
| 40 | Madison | 2.5 |