Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in February 2023

Updated on June 21, 2024.

According to data from the US BLS, for February 2023, among all Virginia counties, Northumberland had the highest unemployment rate (6.6%), followed by Petersburg city (5.9%), and Lancaster (5.6%).

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 February 2023

Northumberland

Petersburg city

Lancaster

Brunswick

Buchanan

Martinsville city

Danville city

Covington city

Hopewell city

Accomack

Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in February 2023

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Rank	County	Unemployment Rate (%)
1	Northumberland	6.6
2	Petersburg city	5.9
3	Lancaster	5.6
4	Brunswick	5.2
5	Buchanan	5.1
5	Martinsville city	5.1
6	Danville city	4.8
7	Covington city	4.7
7	Hopewell city	4.7
8	Accomack	4.6
8	Buckingham	4.6
8	Sussex	4.6
9	Dickenson	4.5
9	Northampton	4.5
9	Page	4.5
9	Emporia city	4.5
10	Tazewell	4.4
11	Greensville	4.3
11	Lexington city	4.3
12	Halifax	4.1
12	Lee	4.1
13	Richmond	4
13	Wise	4
13	Franklin city	4
13	Lynchburg city	4
14	Cumberland	3.9
14	Prince Edward	3.9
14	Russell	3.9
14	Hampton city	3.9
14	Norton city	3.9
15	Appomattox	3.8
15	Mecklenburg	3.8
15	Portsmouth city	3.8
15	Williamsburg city	3.8
16	Alleghany	3.7
16	Essex	3.7
16	Patrick	3.7
16	Westmoreland	3.7
16	Galax city	3.7
17	Charles City	3.6
17	Scott	3.6
17	Bristol city	3.6
17	Newport News city	3.6
18	Campbell	3.5
18	Caroline	3.5
18	Carroll	3.5
18	Craig	3.5
18	Henry	3.5
18	Lunenburg	3.5
18	Norfolk city	3.5
18	Richmond city	3.5
19	Charlotte	3.4
19	Prince George	3.4
19	Fredericksburg city	3.4
20	Amherst	3.3
20	Dinwiddie	3.3
20	Pittsylvania	3.3
20	Smyth	3.3
20	Roanoke city	3.3
21	Amelia	3.2
21	Orange	3.2
21	Harrisonburg city	3.2
21	Radford city	3.2
21	Suffolk city	3.2
22	Franklin	3.1
22	Giles	3.1
22	Highland	3.1
22	Spotsylvania	3.1
22	Warren	3.1
22	Wythe	3.1
23	Bath	3
23	Nottoway	3
23	Shenandoah	3
23	Washington	3
23	Colonial Heights city	3
23	Salem city	3
24	Bedford	2.9
24	Bland	2.9
24	Chesterfield	2.9
24	Culpeper	2.9
24	Goochland	2.9
24	Henrico	2.9
24	Middlesex	2.9
24	Powhatan	2.9
24	Pulaski	2.9
24	Rappahannock	2.9
24	Stafford	2.9
24	Chesapeake city	2.9
24	Virginia Beach city	2.9
24	Waynesboro city	2.9
24	Winchester city	2.9
25	Isle of Wight	2.8
25	King George	2.8
25	King William	2.8
25	Louisa	2.8
26	Fluvanna	2.7
26	Gloucester	2.7
26	James City	2.7
26	Mathews	2.7
26	Prince William	2.7
26	Rockbridge	2.7
26	Surry	2.7
26	York	2.7
27	Botetourt	2.6
27	Fauquier	2.6
27	Floyd	2.6
27	Frederick	2.6
27	Montgomery	2.6
27	Nelson	2.6
27	New Kent	2.6
27	Roanoke	2.6
27	Manassas city	2.6
27	Manassas Park city	2.6
27	Staunton city	2.6
28	Albemarle	2.5
28	Clarke	2.5
28	Grayson	2.5
28	Greene	2.5
28	King and Queen	2.5
28	Southampton	2.5
29	Augusta	2.4
29	Fairfax	2.4
29	Hanover	2.4
29	Loudoun	2.4
29	Rockingham	2.4
29	Alexandria city	2.4
29	Buena Vista city	2.4
29	Charlottesville city	2.4
29	Fairfax city	2.4
29	Poquoson city	2.4
30	Madison	2.3
31	Falls Church city	2.2
32	Arlington	2.1