Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in July 2021
Updated on June 21, 2024.
According to data from the US BLS, for July 2021, among all Virginia counties, Petersburg city had the highest unemployment rate (10.5%), followed by Buchanan (7.7%), and Martinsville city (7.7%).
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 July 2021
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| Rank | County | Unemployment Rate (%) |
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| 1 | Petersburg city | 10.5 |
| 2 | Buchanan | 7.7 |
| 2 | Martinsville city | 7.7 |
| 3 | Hopewell city | 7.5 |
| 4 | Emporia city | 7.4 |
| 5 | Danville city | 7.1 |
| 6 | Franklin city | 6.8 |
| 7 | Sussex | 6.7 |
| 7 | Portsmouth city | 6.7 |
| 8 | Brunswick | 6.6 |
| 9 | Dickenson | 6 |
| 9 | Wise | 6 |
| 10 | Covington city | 5.9 |
| 10 | Hampton city | 5.9 |
| 11 | Norfolk city | 5.8 |
| 11 | Norton city | 5.8 |
| 12 | Tazewell | 5.7 |
| 12 | Newport News city | 5.7 |
| 13 | Richmond city | 5.6 |
| 14 | Buckingham | 5.4 |
| 15 | Northampton | 5.3 |
| 15 | Prince Edward | 5.3 |
| 15 | Lynchburg city | 5.3 |
| 16 | Halifax | 5.2 |
| 16 | Bristol city | 5.2 |
| 16 | Lexington city | 5.2 |
| 17 | Essex | 5.1 |
| 18 | Henry | 5 |
| 18 | Mecklenburg | 5 |
| 18 | Roanoke city | 5 |
| 18 | Williamsburg city | 5 |
| 19 | Lancaster | 4.9 |
| 19 | Patrick | 4.9 |
| 19 | Fredericksburg city | 4.9 |
| 20 | Colonial Heights city | 4.8 |
| 21 | Cumberland | 4.7 |
| 21 | Greensville | 4.7 |
| 21 | Prince George | 4.7 |
| 21 | Russell | 4.7 |
| 22 | Northumberland | 4.6 |
| 22 | Page | 4.6 |
| 22 | Westmoreland | 4.6 |
| 23 | Caroline | 4.5 |
| 23 | Charles City | 4.5 |
| 23 | Lee | 4.5 |
| 23 | Smyth | 4.5 |
| 23 | Suffolk city | 4.5 |
| 24 | Alleghany | 4.4 |
| 24 | Dinwiddie | 4.4 |
| 24 | Alexandria city | 4.4 |
| 25 | Accomack | 4.3 |
| 25 | Bath | 4.3 |
| 25 | Carroll | 4.3 |
| 25 | Charlotte | 4.3 |
| 25 | Pittsylvania | 4.3 |
| 25 | Pulaski | 4.3 |
| 25 | Galax city | 4.3 |
| 25 | Harrisonburg city | 4.3 |
| 26 | Henrico | 4.2 |
| 26 | James City | 4.2 |
| 26 | Prince William | 4.2 |
| 26 | Surry | 4.2 |
| 26 | Wythe | 4.2 |
| 27 | Campbell | 4.1 |
| 27 | Lunenburg | 4.1 |
| 27 | Buena Vista city | 4.1 |
| 27 | Radford city | 4.1 |
| 27 | Waynesboro city | 4.1 |
| 28 | Amherst | 4 |
| 28 | Appomattox | 4 |
| 28 | Scott | 4 |
| 28 | Spotsylvania | 4 |
| 28 | Washington | 4 |
| 28 | Charlottesville city | 4 |
| 28 | Chesapeake city | 4 |
| 28 | Manassas city | 4 |
| 28 | Manassas Park city | 4 |
| 28 | Staunton city | 4 |
| 29 | Fairfax | 3.9 |
| 29 | Giles | 3.9 |
| 29 | Shenandoah | 3.9 |
| 29 | Stafford | 3.9 |
| 29 | Virginia Beach city | 3.9 |
| 30 | Chesterfield | 3.8 |
| 30 | Nelson | 3.8 |
| 30 | Orange | 3.8 |
| 30 | Rockbridge | 3.8 |
| 30 | Southampton | 3.8 |
| 31 | Amelia | 3.7 |
| 31 | Bland | 3.7 |
| 31 | Franklin | 3.7 |
| 31 | Grayson | 3.7 |
| 31 | Isle of Wight | 3.7 |
| 31 | Nottoway | 3.7 |
| 31 | Warren | 3.7 |
| 31 | Fairfax city | 3.7 |
| 31 | Salem city | 3.7 |
| 32 | Arlington | 3.6 |
| 32 | Bedford | 3.6 |
| 32 | Craig | 3.6 |
| 32 | Louisa | 3.6 |
| 32 | Winchester city | 3.6 |
| 33 | Fluvanna | 3.5 |
| 33 | York | 3.5 |
| 34 | Albemarle | 3.4 |
| 34 | Culpeper | 3.4 |
| 34 | Floyd | 3.4 |
| 34 | Gloucester | 3.4 |
| 34 | Goochland | 3.4 |
| 34 | King William | 3.4 |
| 34 | Mathews | 3.4 |
| 34 | Middlesex | 3.4 |
| 35 | Augusta | 3.3 |
| 35 | Botetourt | 3.3 |
| 35 | King and Queen | 3.3 |
| 35 | Loudoun | 3.3 |
| 35 | Montgomery | 3.3 |
| 35 | Richmond | 3.3 |
| 35 | Roanoke | 3.3 |
| 36 | Clarke | 3.2 |
| 36 | Fauquier | 3.2 |
| 36 | Rockingham | 3.2 |
| 37 | Greene | 3.1 |
| 37 | Hanover | 3.1 |
| 37 | New Kent | 3.1 |
| 37 | Powhatan | 3.1 |
| 37 | Rappahannock | 3.1 |
| 38 | Frederick | 3 |
| 38 | Highland | 3 |
| 38 | King George | 3 |
| 38 | Falls Church city | 3 |
| 38 | Poquoson city | 3 |
| 39 | Madison | 2.6 |