Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in September 2023

Updated on June 21, 2024.

According to data from the US BLS, for September 2023, among all Virginia counties, Petersburg city had the highest unemployment rate (5.7%), followed by Emporia city (4.8%), and Martinsville 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 September 2023

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Emporia city

Martinsville city

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Danville city

Hopewell city

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Lynchburg city

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Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in September 2023

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Rank	County	Unemployment Rate (%)
1	Petersburg city	5.7
2	Emporia city	4.8
2	Martinsville city	4.8
3	Brunswick	4.7
3	Danville city	4.7
3	Hopewell city	4.7
4	Lexington city	4.6
4	Lynchburg city	4.6
5	Buchanan	4.4
5	Dickenson	4.4
5	Sussex	4.4
6	Wise	4.3
7	Prince Edward	4.2
7	Williamsburg city	4.2
8	Halifax	4.1
8	Covington city	4.1
8	Norton city	4.1
9	Essex	4
9	Tazewell	4
10	Greensville	3.9
10	Lee	3.9
10	Russell	3.9
10	Bristol city	3.9
10	Franklin city	3.9
10	Hampton city	3.9
10	Portsmouth city	3.9
11	Appomattox	3.7
11	Charlotte	3.7
11	Mecklenburg	3.7
11	Radford city	3.7
11	Richmond city	3.7
12	Buckingham	3.6
12	Carroll	3.6
12	Patrick	3.6
12	Prince George	3.6
12	Fredericksburg city	3.6
12	Harrisonburg city	3.6
12	Newport News city	3.6
12	Norfolk city	3.6
13	Alleghany	3.5
13	Craig	3.5
13	Cumberland	3.5
13	Henry	3.5
13	Smyth	3.5
13	Galax city	3.5
14	Dinwiddie	3.4
14	Lunenburg	3.4
14	Northumberland	3.4
15	Amelia	3.3
15	Amherst	3.3
15	Campbell	3.3
15	Northampton	3.3
15	Nottoway	3.3
15	Orange	3.3
15	Roanoke city	3.3
15	Suffolk city	3.3
16	Accomack	3.2
16	Charles City	3.2
16	Westmoreland	3.2
16	Chesapeake city	3.2
16	Colonial Heights city	3.2
16	Virginia Beach city	3.2
17	Caroline	3.1
17	Chesterfield	3.1
17	Franklin	3.1
17	Goochland	3.1
17	Henrico	3.1
17	Lancaster	3.1
17	Pittsylvania	3.1
17	Scott	3.1
17	Spotsylvania	3.1
17	Stafford	3.1
17	Waynesboro city	3.1
18	Bedford	3
18	Isle of Wight	3
18	Mathews	3
18	Washington	3
18	Wythe	3
18	Salem city	3
19	Bland	2.9
19	Culpeper	2.9
19	James City	2.9
19	King William	2.9
19	Montgomery	2.9
19	Nelson	2.9
19	Page	2.9
19	Prince William	2.9
19	Pulaski	2.9
19	Richmond	2.9
19	Warren	2.9
19	York	2.9
19	Winchester city	2.9
20	Giles	2.8
20	King and Queen	2.8
20	King George	2.8
20	Loudoun	2.8
20	Powhatan	2.8
20	Rockbridge	2.8
20	Manassas Park city	2.8
21	Albemarle	2.7
21	Gloucester	2.7
21	Hanover	2.7
21	Highland	2.7
21	Louisa	2.7
21	Middlesex	2.7
21	New Kent	2.7
21	Roanoke	2.7
21	Shenandoah	2.7
21	Southampton	2.7
21	Buena Vista city	2.7
21	Poquoson city	2.7
22	Augusta	2.6
22	Botetourt	2.6
22	Clarke	2.6
22	Fairfax	2.6
22	Fauquier	2.6
22	Floyd	2.6
22	Fluvanna	2.6
22	Frederick	2.6
22	Fairfax city	2.6
22	Manassas city	2.6
22	Staunton city	2.6
23	Bath	2.5
23	Grayson	2.5
23	Greene	2.5
23	Rockingham	2.5
23	Surry	2.5
23	Alexandria city	2.5
23	Falls Church city	2.5
24	Madison	2.4
24	Charlottesville city	2.4
25	Arlington	2.3
25	Rappahannock	2.3