Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in January 2022

Updated on June 21, 2024.

According to data from the US BLS, for January 2022, among all Virginia counties, Petersburg city had the highest unemployment rate (6%), followed by Emporia city (5.4%), and Brunswick (4.9%).

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 January 2022

Petersburg city

Emporia city

Brunswick

Buchanan

Northumberland

Martinsville city

Hopewell city

Lancaster

Covington city

Danville city

Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in January 2022

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Rank	County	Unemployment Rate (%)
1	Petersburg city	6
2	Emporia city	5.4
3	Brunswick	4.9
4	Buchanan	4.8
4	Northumberland	4.8
5	Martinsville city	4.7
6	Hopewell city	4.5
7	Lancaster	4.4
8	Covington city	4.3
8	Danville city	4.3
9	Dickenson	4.1
9	Sussex	4.1
9	Tazewell	4.1
10	Buckingham	4
10	Franklin city	4
11	Wise	3.9
11	Portsmouth city	3.9
12	Greensville	3.8
12	Northampton	3.8
12	Page	3.8
12	Hampton city	3.8
13	Halifax	3.7
13	Patrick	3.7
14	Accomack	3.6
14	Essex	3.6
14	Prince Edward	3.6
14	Russell	3.6
14	Lynchburg city	3.6
14	Williamsburg city	3.6
15	Alleghany	3.5
15	Cumberland	3.5
15	Henry	3.5
15	Lee	3.5
15	Mecklenburg	3.5
15	Lexington city	3.5
15	Newport News city	3.5
15	Norfolk city	3.5
16	Carroll	3.4
16	Prince George	3.4
16	Norton city	3.4
16	Richmond city	3.4
17	Dinwiddie	3.3
18	Charles City	3.2
18	Lunenburg	3.2
18	Smyth	3.2
18	Westmoreland	3.2
18	Bristol city	3.2
18	Buena Vista city	3.2
18	Colonial Heights city	3.2
18	Roanoke city	3.2
19	Campbell	3.1
19	Caroline	3.1
19	Pittsylvania	3.1
19	Surry	3.1
19	Fredericksburg city	3.1
20	Amherst	3
20	Appomattox	3
20	Nottoway	3
20	Pulaski	3
20	Richmond	3
20	Scott	3
20	Harrisonburg city	3
20	Radford city	3
20	Suffolk city	3
20	Waynesboro city	3
21	Amelia	2.9
21	Bland	2.9
21	Giles	2.9
21	James City	2.9
21	Orange	2.9
21	Rockbridge	2.9
21	Wythe	2.9
21	Galax city	2.9
22	Bath	2.8
22	Bedford	2.8
22	Charlotte	2.8
22	Craig	2.8
22	Franklin	2.8
22	Louisa	2.8
22	Mathews	2.8
22	Spotsylvania	2.8
22	Washington	2.8
22	Chesapeake city	2.8
22	Manassas city	2.8
22	Salem city	2.8
22	Staunton city	2.8
23	Culpeper	2.7
23	Goochland	2.7
23	Henrico	2.7
23	Isle of Wight	2.7
23	Middlesex	2.7
23	Nelson	2.7
23	Prince William	2.7
23	Southampton	2.7
23	Stafford	2.7
23	Warren	2.7
23	Virginia Beach city	2.7
24	Chesterfield	2.6
24	Gloucester	2.6
24	Grayson	2.6
24	Highland	2.6
24	King William	2.6
24	Shenandoah	2.6
24	York	2.6
24	Charlottesville city	2.6
24	Manassas Park city	2.6
24	Winchester city	2.6
25	Albemarle	2.5
25	Augusta	2.5
25	Clarke	2.5
25	Floyd	2.5
25	Fluvanna	2.5
25	King and Queen	2.5
25	Montgomery	2.5
25	Powhatan	2.5
25	Rappahannock	2.5
25	Alexandria city	2.5
25	Fairfax city	2.5
26	Botetourt	2.4
26	Fairfax	2.4
26	Fauquier	2.4
26	King George	2.4
26	Roanoke	2.4
26	Rockingham	2.4
26	Poquoson city	2.4
27	Frederick	2.3
27	Greene	2.3
27	Hanover	2.3
27	Loudoun	2.3
28	New Kent	2.2
29	Arlington	2.1
29	Madison	2.1
30	Falls Church city	2