Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in January 2023

Updated on June 21, 2024.

According to data from the US BLS, for January 2023, among all Virginia counties, Northumberland had the highest unemployment rate (6.6%), followed by Petersburg city (6%), and Brunswick (5.3%).

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 2023

Northumberland

Petersburg city

Brunswick

Buchanan

Lancaster

Covington city

Martinsville city

Dickenson

Hopewell city

Buckingham

Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in January 2023

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Rank	County	Unemployment Rate (%)
1	Northumberland	6.6
2	Petersburg city	6
3	Brunswick	5.3
3	Buchanan	5.3
4	Lancaster	5.2
4	Covington city	5.2
5	Martinsville city	5.1
6	Dickenson	5
7	Hopewell city	4.9
8	Buckingham	4.7
8	Emporia city	4.7
9	Page	4.6
9	Sussex	4.6
9	Tazewell	4.6
9	Danville city	4.6
9	Norton city	4.6
10	Accomack	4.5
10	Cumberland	4.5
10	Lee	4.5
10	Northampton	4.5
10	Wise	4.5
11	Halifax	4.3
12	Greensville	4.1
12	Prince Edward	4.1
12	Franklin city	4.1
12	Lexington city	4.1
12	Lynchburg city	4.1
13	Carroll	4
13	Mecklenburg	4
13	Russell	4
14	Alleghany	3.9
14	Appomattox	3.9
14	Richmond	3.9
14	Hampton city	3.9
15	Essex	3.8
15	Patrick	3.8
15	Portsmouth city	3.8
16	Charles City	3.7
16	Bristol city	3.7
16	Newport News city	3.7
16	Williamsburg city	3.7
17	Bath	3.6
17	Campbell	3.6
17	Henry	3.6
17	Scott	3.6
17	Westmoreland	3.6
17	Galax city	3.6
17	Norfolk city	3.6
17	Richmond city	3.6
18	Caroline	3.5
18	Craig	3.5
18	Smyth	3.5
19	Amherst	3.4
19	Charlotte	3.4
19	Dinwiddie	3.4
19	Lunenburg	3.4
19	Pittsylvania	3.4
19	Prince George	3.4
19	Colonial Heights city	3.4
19	Fredericksburg city	3.4
19	Radford city	3.4
19	Roanoke city	3.4
20	Amelia	3.3
20	Giles	3.3
20	Orange	3.3
20	Pulaski	3.3
20	Suffolk city	3.3
21	Bedford	3.2
21	Franklin	3.2
21	Spotsylvania	3.2
21	Warren	3.2
21	Washington	3.2
21	Wythe	3.2
21	Harrisonburg city	3.2
21	Waynesboro city	3.2
22	Bland	3.1
22	Goochland	3.1
22	Middlesex	3.1
22	Nelson	3.1
22	Winchester city	3.1
23	Chesterfield	3
23	Culpeper	3
23	Henrico	3
23	Highland	3
23	Isle of Wight	3
23	James City	3
23	Mathews	3
23	Nottoway	3
23	Rockbridge	3
23	Shenandoah	3
23	Stafford	3
23	Surry	3
23	Chesapeake city	3
23	Virginia Beach city	3
24	Floyd	2.9
24	Fluvanna	2.9
24	King William	2.9
24	Louisa	2.9
24	Powhatan	2.9
24	York	2.9
24	Salem city	2.9
25	Botetourt	2.8
25	Gloucester	2.8
25	Grayson	2.8
25	King George	2.8
25	Montgomery	2.8
25	Prince William	2.8
25	Rappahannock	2.8
25	Roanoke	2.8
25	Charlottesville city	2.8
26	Albemarle	2.7
26	Augusta	2.7
26	Clarke	2.7
26	Fauquier	2.7
26	Frederick	2.7
26	Greene	2.7
26	King and Queen	2.7
26	Rockingham	2.7
26	Southampton	2.7
26	Staunton city	2.7
27	Fairfax	2.6
27	Madison	2.6
27	New Kent	2.6
27	Buena Vista city	2.6
27	Manassas city	2.6
27	Manassas Park city	2.6
28	Hanover	2.5
28	Loudoun	2.5
28	Alexandria city	2.5
28	Fairfax city	2.5
28	Poquoson city	2.5
29	Arlington	2.3
29	Falls Church city	2.3