Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in July 2023

Updated on June 21, 2024.

According to data from the US BLS, for July 2023, among all Virginia counties, Petersburg city had the highest unemployment rate (5.2%), followed by Prince Edward (4.8%), and Danville city (4.8%).

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 July 2023

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Prince Edward

Danville city

Martinsville city

Norton city

Buchanan

Emporia city

Lexington city

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Lynchburg city

Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in July 2023

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Rank	County	Unemployment Rate (%)
1	Petersburg city	5.2
2	Prince Edward	4.8
2	Danville city	4.8
2	Martinsville city	4.8
2	Norton city	4.8
3	Buchanan	4.7
3	Emporia city	4.7
3	Lexington city	4.7
4	Dickenson	4.5
4	Lynchburg city	4.5
5	Wise	4.4
5	Covington city	4.4
6	Brunswick	4.3
6	Hopewell city	4.3
7	Williamsburg city	4.2
8	Tazewell	4
9	Carroll	3.9
9	Charlotte	3.9
9	Halifax	3.9
9	Bristol city	3.9
9	Galax city	3.9
10	Greensville	3.8
10	Russell	3.8
10	Radford city	3.8
11	Appomattox	3.7
11	Buckingham	3.7
11	Henry	3.7
11	Lee	3.7
11	Sussex	3.7
11	Hampton city	3.7
11	Harrisonburg city	3.7
12	Alleghany	3.6
12	Craig	3.6
12	Cumberland	3.6
12	Franklin city	3.6
13	Portsmouth city	3.5
13	Richmond city	3.5
14	Essex	3.4
14	Mecklenburg	3.4
14	Patrick	3.4
14	Fredericksburg city	3.4
14	Newport News city	3.4
15	Bland	3.3
15	Campbell	3.3
15	Lunenburg	3.3
15	Northumberland	3.3
15	Prince George	3.3
15	Norfolk city	3.3
15	Roanoke city	3.3
16	Amherst	3.2
16	Dinwiddie	3.2
16	Scott	3.2
17	Accomack	3.1
17	Lancaster	3.1
17	Nottoway	3.1
17	Pittsylvania	3.1
17	Smyth	3.1
17	Wythe	3.1
18	Amelia	3
18	Bedford	3
18	Caroline	3
18	Montgomery	3
18	Page	3
18	Spotsylvania	3
18	Washington	3
18	Westmoreland	3
18	Colonial Heights city	3
18	Suffolk city	3
18	Waynesboro city	3
19	Bath	2.9
19	Charles City	2.9
19	Chesterfield	2.9
19	Franklin	2.9
19	Giles	2.9
19	Grayson	2.9
19	Henrico	2.9
19	James City	2.9
19	Orange	2.9
19	Stafford	2.9
19	Salem city	2.9
19	Winchester city	2.9
20	Albemarle	2.8
20	Isle of Wight	2.8
20	Northampton	2.8
20	Pulaski	2.8
20	Rockbridge	2.8
20	Warren	2.8
20	Buena Vista city	2.8
20	Chesapeake city	2.8
20	Staunton city	2.8
21	Culpeper	2.7
21	Floyd	2.7
21	Goochland	2.7
21	King William	2.7
21	Louisa	2.7
21	Mathews	2.7
21	Nelson	2.7
21	Prince William	2.7
21	Richmond	2.7
21	Southampton	2.7
21	Surry	2.7
21	York	2.7
21	Virginia Beach city	2.7
22	Clarke	2.6
22	Gloucester	2.6
22	Greene	2.6
22	Hanover	2.6
22	King and Queen	2.6
22	King George	2.6
22	Middlesex	2.6
22	New Kent	2.6
22	Powhatan	2.6
22	Roanoke	2.6
22	Rockingham	2.6
22	Shenandoah	2.6
22	Charlottesville city	2.6
23	Augusta	2.5
23	Botetourt	2.5
23	Fairfax	2.5
23	Fauquier	2.5
23	Fluvanna	2.5
23	Frederick	2.5
23	Loudoun	2.5
23	Manassas Park city	2.5
23	Poquoson city	2.5
24	Rappahannock	2.4
24	Fairfax city	2.4
24	Manassas city	2.4
25	Madison	2.3
25	Alexandria city	2.3
25	Falls Church city	2.3
26	Arlington	2.1
27	Highland	1.7