Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in January 2024

Updated on June 21, 2024.

According to data from the US BLS, for January 2024, among all Virginia counties, Petersburg city had the highest unemployment rate (5.7%), followed by Danville city (5%), and Covington 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 January 2024

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Ranking of Virginia Counties By Unemployment Rate in January 2024

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Rank	County	Unemployment Rate (%)
1	Petersburg city	5.7
2	Danville city	5
3	Covington city	4.9
3	Martinsville city	4.9
4	Buchanan	4.5
4	Buckingham	4.5
5	Brunswick	4.4
6	Dickenson	4.3
6	Page	4.3
6	Hopewell city	4.3
7	Essex	4.2
7	Halifax	4.2
7	Northampton	4.2
8	Tazewell	4.1
8	Emporia city	4.1
9	Alleghany	4
10	Appomattox	3.9
10	Lancaster	3.9
10	Northumberland	3.9
10	Sussex	3.9
10	Westmoreland	3.9
10	Wise	3.9
11	Accomack	3.8
11	Carroll	3.8
11	Norton city	3.8
12	Cumberland	3.7
12	Lee	3.7
12	Lynchburg city	3.7
13	Russell	3.6
13	Smyth	3.6
13	Bristol city	3.6
13	Portsmouth city	3.6
14	Henry	3.5
14	Lunenburg	3.5
14	Mecklenburg	3.5
14	Patrick	3.5
14	Prince Edward	3.5
14	Franklin city	3.5
14	Galax city	3.5
15	Campbell	3.4
15	Charlotte	3.4
15	Richmond	3.4
15	Hampton city	3.4
16	Charles City	3.3
16	Prince George	3.3
16	Richmond city	3.3
17	Greensville	3.2
17	Pittsylvania	3.2
17	Colonial Heights city	3.2
17	Lexington city	3.2
17	Newport News city	3.2
17	Norfolk city	3.2
17	Williamsburg city	3.2
18	Amherst	3.1
18	Bland	3.1
18	Craig	3.1
18	Orange	3.1
18	Scott	3.1
18	Fredericksburg city	3.1
19	Amelia	3
19	Caroline	3
19	Dinwiddie	3
19	Roanoke city	3
20	Bath	2.9
20	Spotsylvania	2.9
20	Surry	2.9
20	Warren	2.9
20	Wythe	2.9
20	Harrisonburg city	2.9
21	Bedford	2.8
21	Franklin	2.8
21	Giles	2.8
21	Goochland	2.8
21	Grayson	2.8
21	Henrico	2.8
21	King and Queen	2.8
21	Mathews	2.8
21	Nottoway	2.8
21	Pulaski	2.8
21	Stafford	2.8
21	Washington	2.8
21	Radford city	2.8
21	Suffolk city	2.8
21	Waynesboro city	2.8
22	Chesterfield	2.7
22	Floyd	2.7
22	James City	2.7
22	Louisa	2.7
22	Nelson	2.7
22	Shenandoah	2.7
22	Chesapeake city	2.7
22	Salem city	2.7
23	Culpeper	2.6
23	Gloucester	2.6
23	Isle of Wight	2.6
23	King George	2.6
23	King William	2.6
23	Middlesex	2.6
23	Powhatan	2.6
23	Prince William	2.6
23	Virginia Beach city	2.6
24	Roanoke	2.5
24	Rockbridge	2.5
24	York	2.5
24	Manassas city	2.5
24	Staunton city	2.5
24	Winchester city	2.5
25	Augusta	2.4
25	Botetourt	2.4
25	Clarke	2.4
25	Fluvanna	2.4
25	Frederick	2.4
25	Greene	2.4
25	Hanover	2.4
25	Highland	2.4
25	New Kent	2.4
25	Rappahannock	2.4
25	Rockingham	2.4
25	Alexandria city	2.4
25	Buena Vista city	2.4
25	Manassas Park city	2.4
25	Poquoson city	2.4
26	Albemarle	2.3
26	Fairfax	2.3
26	Fauquier	2.3
26	Loudoun	2.3
26	Montgomery	2.3
26	Southampton	2.3
26	Charlottesville city	2.3
26	Fairfax city	2.3
27	Madison	2.2
28	Arlington	2.1
28	Falls Church city	2.1