Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in April 2023

Updated on June 21, 2024.

According to data from the US BLS, for April 2023, among all Virginia counties, Petersburg city had the highest unemployment rate (4.8%), followed by Northumberland (4.3%), and Martinsville city (4.2%).

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 2023

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Northumberland

Martinsville city

Danville city

Brunswick

Lancaster

Emporia city

Hopewell city

Buchanan

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Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in April 2023

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Rank	County	Unemployment Rate (%)
1	Petersburg city	4.8
2	Northumberland	4.3
3	Martinsville city	4.2
4	Danville city	4
5	Brunswick	3.9
5	Lancaster	3.9
6	Emporia city	3.8
7	Hopewell city	3.7
8	Buchanan	3.6
8	Dickenson	3.6
9	Wise	3.5
9	Norton city	3.5
10	Halifax	3.3
10	Tazewell	3.3
11	Greensville	3.2
11	Lee	3.2
11	Northampton	3.2
11	Covington city	3.2
11	Franklin city	3.2
11	Hampton city	3.2
11	Lexington city	3.2
11	Lynchburg city	3.2
12	Page	3.1
12	Prince Edward	3.1
12	Bristol city	3.1
12	Portsmouth city	3.1
12	Williamsburg city	3.1
13	Accomack	3
13	Buckingham	3
13	Carroll	3
13	Essex	3
13	Sussex	3
14	Appomattox	2.9
14	Cumberland	2.9
14	Henry	2.9
14	Mecklenburg	2.9
14	Patrick	2.9
14	Russell	2.9
14	Fredericksburg city	2.9
14	Newport News city	2.9
14	Richmond city	2.9
15	Alleghany	2.8
15	Dinwiddie	2.8
15	Prince George	2.8
15	Richmond	2.8
15	Scott	2.8
15	Galax city	2.8
15	Norfolk city	2.8
16	Bland	2.7
16	Campbell	2.7
16	Charles City	2.7
16	Charlotte	2.7
16	Lunenburg	2.7
16	Westmoreland	2.7
17	Amherst	2.6
17	Caroline	2.6
17	Craig	2.6
17	Pittsylvania	2.6
17	Harrisonburg city	2.6
17	Radford city	2.6
17	Roanoke city	2.6
17	Suffolk city	2.6
18	Amelia	2.5
18	Franklin	2.5
18	Middlesex	2.5
18	Orange	2.5
18	Smyth	2.5
18	Spotsylvania	2.5
18	Colonial Heights city	2.5
18	Waynesboro city	2.5
19	Bedford	2.4
19	Chesterfield	2.4
19	Giles	2.4
19	Henrico	2.4
19	Nottoway	2.4
19	Rappahannock	2.4
19	Stafford	2.4
19	Warren	2.4
19	Washington	2.4
19	Chesapeake city	2.4
19	Salem city	2.4
19	Virginia Beach city	2.4
19	Winchester city	2.4
20	Bath	2.3
20	Culpeper	2.3
20	Gloucester	2.3
20	Goochland	2.3
20	Grayson	2.3
20	Isle of Wight	2.3
20	James City	2.3
20	Louisa	2.3
20	Mathews	2.3
20	Nelson	2.3
20	Prince William	2.3
20	Pulaski	2.3
20	Staunton city	2.3
21	Floyd	2.2
21	King William	2.2
21	New Kent	2.2
21	Powhatan	2.2
21	Rockbridge	2.2
21	Shenandoah	2.2
21	Surry	2.2
21	Wythe	2.2
21	York	2.2
21	Manassas Park city	2.2
22	Albemarle	2.1
22	Augusta	2.1
22	Clarke	2.1
22	Fairfax	2.1
22	Fauquier	2.1
22	Fluvanna	2.1
22	Hanover	2.1
22	King and Queen	2.1
22	King George	2.1
22	Loudoun	2.1
22	Montgomery	2.1
22	Roanoke	2.1
22	Alexandria city	2.1
22	Manassas city	2.1
23	Botetourt	2
23	Frederick	2
23	Greene	2
23	Rockingham	2
23	Southampton	2
23	Charlottesville city	2
23	Fairfax city	2
23	Falls Church city	2
23	Poquoson city	2
24	Arlington	1.9
24	Highland	1.9
24	Buena Vista city	1.9
25	Madison	1.8