Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in February 2024

Updated on June 21, 2024.

According to data from the US BLS, for February 2024, among all Virginia counties, Petersburg city had the highest unemployment rate (5.7%), followed by Northumberland (5.6%), and Danville city (4.9%).

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 2024

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Northumberland

Danville city

Martinsville city

Lancaster

Buchanan

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Emporia city

Hopewell city

Buckingham

Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in February 2024

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Rank	County	Unemployment Rate (%)
1	Petersburg city	5.7
2	Northumberland	5.6
3	Danville city	4.9
3	Martinsville city	4.9
4	Lancaster	4.8
5	Buchanan	4.7
6	Dickenson	4.6
6	Emporia city	4.6
6	Hopewell city	4.6
7	Buckingham	4.5
8	Brunswick	4.4
8	Page	4.4
8	Covington city	4.4
9	Essex	4.3
9	Tazewell	4.3
10	Alleghany	4.2
10	Sussex	4.2
11	Halifax	4.1
11	Northampton	4.1
11	Prince Edward	4.1
11	Wise	4.1
12	Lynchburg city	4
12	Williamsburg city	4
13	Accomack	3.9
13	Carroll	3.9
13	Westmoreland	3.9
13	Franklin city	3.9
13	Lexington city	3.9
14	Appomattox	3.8
14	Bristol city	3.8
15	Henry	3.7
15	Lee	3.7
15	Patrick	3.7
15	Russell	3.7
15	Smyth	3.7
15	Hampton city	3.7
15	Portsmouth city	3.7
16	Lunenburg	3.6
16	Mecklenburg	3.6
16	Prince George	3.6
17	Charlotte	3.5
17	Cumberland	3.5
17	Greensville	3.5
17	Fredericksburg city	3.5
17	Harrisonburg city	3.5
17	Norton city	3.5
17	Richmond city	3.5
18	Campbell	3.4
18	Craig	3.4
18	Richmond	3.4
18	Colonial Heights city	3.4
18	Newport News city	3.4
18	Norfolk city	3.4
18	Radford city	3.4
19	Amelia	3.3
19	Charles City	3.3
19	Galax city	3.3
20	Caroline	3.2
20	Dinwiddie	3.2
20	Pittsylvania	3.2
20	Scott	3.2
20	Roanoke city	3.2
21	Amherst	3.1
21	Franklin	3.1
21	Goochland	3.1
21	Spotsylvania	3.1
21	Wythe	3.1
21	Salem city	3.1
22	Bland	3
22	King and Queen	3
22	Orange	3
22	Stafford	3
22	Suffolk city	3
23	Bedford	2.9
23	Chesterfield	2.9
23	Henrico	2.9
23	Nottoway	2.9
23	Warren	2.9
23	Washington	2.9
23	Chesapeake city	2.9
23	Waynesboro city	2.9
24	Culpeper	2.8
24	Floyd	2.8
24	Giles	2.8
24	Highland	2.8
24	Isle of Wight	2.8
24	James City	2.8
24	Mathews	2.8
24	Prince William	2.8
24	Pulaski	2.8
24	Shenandoah	2.8
24	Staunton city	2.8
24	Winchester city	2.8
25	Bath	2.7
25	Gloucester	2.7
25	Grayson	2.7
25	King George	2.7
25	King William	2.7
25	Louisa	2.7
25	Middlesex	2.7
25	Montgomery	2.7
25	Powhatan	2.7
25	York	2.7
25	Buena Vista city	2.7
25	Virginia Beach city	2.7
26	Albemarle	2.6
26	Augusta	2.6
26	Botetourt	2.6
26	Fauquier	2.6
26	Greene	2.6
26	Hanover	2.6
26	Loudoun	2.6
26	Nelson	2.6
26	Roanoke	2.6
26	Rockbridge	2.6
26	Fairfax city	2.6
26	Manassas city	2.6
27	Clarke	2.5
27	Fairfax	2.5
27	Frederick	2.5
27	New Kent	2.5
27	Rappahannock	2.5
27	Rockingham	2.5
27	Surry	2.5
27	Manassas Park city	2.5
27	Poquoson city	2.5
28	Fluvanna	2.4
28	Madison	2.4
28	Southampton	2.4
28	Alexandria city	2.4
29	Charlottesville city	2.3
30	Arlington	2.2
30	Falls Church city	2.2