Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in April 2022

Updated on June 21, 2024.

According to data from the US BLS, for April 2022, among all Virginia counties, Petersburg city had the highest unemployment rate (4.8%), followed by Emporia city (4.1%), and Buchanan (3.9%).

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 April 2022

Petersburg city

Emporia city

Buchanan

Lancaster

Hopewell city

Brunswick

Northumberland

Danville city

Martinsville city

Dickenson

Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in April 2022

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Rank	County	Unemployment Rate (%)
1	Petersburg city	4.8
2	Emporia city	4.1
3	Buchanan	3.9
4	Lancaster	3.8
4	Hopewell city	3.8
5	Brunswick	3.7
5	Northumberland	3.7
5	Danville city	3.7
5	Martinsville city	3.7
6	Dickenson	3.4
6	Sussex	3.4
6	Covington city	3.4
7	Tazewell	3.3
7	Wise	3.3
7	Portsmouth city	3.3
8	Halifax	3.2
8	Hampton city	3.2
9	Franklin city	3.1
10	Buckingham	3
10	Lee	3
10	Mecklenburg	3
10	Lexington city	3
10	Newport News city	3
10	Norton city	3
10	Williamsburg city	3
11	Essex	2.9
11	Northampton	2.9
11	Patrick	2.9
11	Prince Edward	2.9
11	Russell	2.9
11	Lynchburg city	2.9
11	Norfolk city	2.9
12	Carroll	2.8
12	Henry	2.8
12	Bristol city	2.8
12	Richmond city	2.8
13	Accomack	2.7
13	Alleghany	2.7
13	Page	2.7
13	Prince George	2.7
13	Fredericksburg city	2.7
13	Galax city	2.7
14	Caroline	2.6
14	Charles City	2.6
14	Cumberland	2.6
14	Dinwiddie	2.6
14	Lunenburg	2.6
14	Richmond	2.6
14	Scott	2.6
14	Surry	2.6
14	Roanoke city	2.6
14	Suffolk city	2.6
15	Amherst	2.5
15	Appomattox	2.5
15	Greensville	2.5
15	Pittsylvania	2.5
15	Smyth	2.5
15	Westmoreland	2.5
15	Colonial Heights city	2.5
15	Harrisonburg city	2.5
15	Radford city	2.5
16	Amelia	2.4
16	Bland	2.4
16	Campbell	2.4
16	Charlotte	2.4
16	Craig	2.4
16	James City	2.4
16	Mathews	2.4
16	Nottoway	2.4
16	Orange	2.4
16	Pulaski	2.4
16	Southampton	2.4
16	Spotsylvania	2.4
16	Warren	2.4
16	Buena Vista city	2.4
16	Chesapeake city	2.4
16	Waynesboro city	2.4
17	Bedford	2.3
17	Chesterfield	2.3
17	Culpeper	2.3
17	Franklin	2.3
17	Giles	2.3
17	Henrico	2.3
17	Isle of Wight	2.3
17	Middlesex	2.3
17	Rockbridge	2.3
17	Shenandoah	2.3
17	Stafford	2.3
17	Washington	2.3
17	Wythe	2.3
17	Salem city	2.3
17	Virginia Beach city	2.3
18	Gloucester	2.2
18	Goochland	2.2
18	King William	2.2
18	Louisa	2.2
18	Nelson	2.2
18	Prince William	2.2
18	Rappahannock	2.2
18	York	2.2
18	Staunton city	2.2
18	Winchester city	2.2
19	Albemarle	2.1
19	Augusta	2.1
19	Clarke	2.1
19	Fauquier	2.1
19	Grayson	2.1
19	King and Queen	2.1
19	King George	2.1
19	Powhatan	2.1
19	Roanoke	2.1
19	Charlottesville city	2.1
19	Manassas city	2.1
19	Manassas Park city	2.1
20	Bath	2
20	Botetourt	2
20	Fairfax	2
20	Floyd	2
20	Fluvanna	2
20	Hanover	2
20	Montgomery	2
20	New Kent	2
20	Rockingham	2
20	Alexandria city	2
20	Fairfax city	2
21	Frederick	1.9
21	Greene	1.9
21	Highland	1.9
21	Loudoun	1.9
21	Poquoson city	1.9
22	Arlington	1.8
22	Madison	1.8
23	Falls Church city	1.7