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Lowest unemployment, Virginia counties

Virginia counties ranked by the lowest unemployment rate (2024 ACS). This list covers the 133 counties in Virginia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 133 is 3.8%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Bath County, VA, up 109 places to #2.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020
01▲25Lexington, VAVA7,7690.6%−2.7 pts
02▲109Bath County, VAVA4,0761.3%−5.1 pts
03▲1Buena Vista, VAVA6,6721.4%−0.4 pts
04▲94Prince Edward County, VAVA22,3911.5%−4.4 pts
05▲31Goochland County, VAVA29,1871.7%−2.1 pts
06▲59Greene County, VAVA21,9581.8%−2.6 pts
07▲47Giles County, VAVA16,5642.1%−2.0 pts
08▼5Craig County, VAVA4,8002.2%+0.4 pts
09▲69Dickenson County, VAVA13,2362.3%−2.6 pts
10▲9New Kent County, VAVA28,0222.3%−0.8 pts
11▲59Alleghany County, VAVA14,5462.3%−2.3 pts
12▲48Bland County, VAVA6,1512.3%−2.0 pts
13▲38King William County, VAVA19,6172.3%−1.8 pts
14▲44Franklin County, VAVA55,5262.4%−1.9 pts
15▲76Charlotte County, VAVA11,4012.4%−3.1 pts
16▼6Botetourt County, VAVA34,1442.4%−0.4 pts
17▼5Augusta County, VAVA78,9402.4%−0.5 pts
18▼12Richmond County, VAVA9,2942.5%0.0 pts
19▲18Patrick County, VAVA17,4242.5%−1.2 pts
20▲25Culpeper County, VAVA57,6662.6%−1.4 pts
21▲7Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,7472.6%−0.8 pts
22▼8Clarke County, VAVA15,6092.7%−0.2 pts
23▼1Hanover County, VAVA116,4232.7%−0.5 pts
24▼3Rockingham County, VAVA89,3162.7%−0.4 pts
25▲28James City County, VAVA83,3262.7%−1.4 pts
26▼1Roanoke County, VAVA97,1502.8%−0.6 pts
27▼19Covington, VAVA5,6802.8%0.0 pts
28▲7Scott County, VAVA21,2002.8%−0.9 pts
29▲30Nottoway County, VAVA15,7962.8%−1.5 pts
30▼17Fauquier County, VAVA76,5032.9%−0.1 pts
31▲53Middlesex County, VAVA10,8412.9%−2.3 pts
32▲12Martinsville, VAVA13,8492.9%−1.0 pts
33▼3Montgomery County, VAVA98,4342.9%−0.6 pts
34▲99Emporia, VAVA5,4472.9%−13.8 pts
35▲22Washington County, VAVA53,8983.0%−1.3 pts
36▼3Gloucester County, VAVA40,0973.0%−0.7 pts
37▲55Smyth County, VAVA28,8823.1%−2.5 pts
38▼9Bedford County, VAVA83,0593.1%−0.4 pts
39▼37Poquoson, VAVA13,2923.2%+1.4 pts
40▲39Pulaski County, VAVA33,5863.2%−1.7 pts
41▲6Fairfax, VAVA26,7723.3%−0.8 pts
42▼37Cumberland County, VAVA10,3523.3%+1.0 pts
43▼25Nelson County, VAVA14,9203.3%+0.2 pts
44▼21Alexandria, VAVA160,6623.3%0.0 pts
45▼34Arlington County, VAVA243,9313.3%+0.5 pts
46▼14Loudoun County, VAVA449,7493.3%−0.3 pts
47▲16Northampton County, VAVA11,8793.3%−1.0 pts
48▲70Brunswick County, VAVA15,7273.3%−3.6 pts
49▲44Orange County, VAVA40,0833.4%−2.2 pts
50▼11Accomack County, VAVA33,8593.4%−0.4 pts
51▼24Albemarle County, VAVA118,3563.4%0.0 pts
52▼35Floyd County, VAVA15,7893.6%+0.5 pts
53▼15Lunenburg County, VAVA12,0583.6%−0.2 pts
54▲48Colonial Heights, VAVA18,7383.6%−2.5 pts
55▲6Grayson County, VAVA15,2303.6%−0.8 pts
56▲24Salem, VAVA25,8163.6%−1.3 pts
57▲58Russell County, VAVA25,3323.6%−2.9 pts
58▼57Powhatan County, VAVA32,5913.6%+2.2 pts
59▼11Charlottesville, VAVA44,3883.7%−0.3 pts
60▼19Campbell County, VAVA55,6293.7%−0.1 pts
61▼18King George County, VAVA29,6463.7%−0.2 pts
62▼22Stafford County, VAVA170,8033.7%−0.1 pts
63▲4Amelia County, VAVA13,6323.8%−0.6 pts
64▼2Manassas, VAVA44,3323.8%−0.6 pts
65▲36Northumberland County, VAVA12,5573.8%−2.2 pts
66▲59Norton, VAVA3,4773.8%−4.8 pts
67▲52Tazewell County, VAVA38,6353.8%−3.2 pts
68▲44Buchanan County, VAVA18,4923.9%−2.6 pts
69▲53Essex County, VAVA10,6543.9%−4.2 pts
70▲6Rockbridge County, VAVA22,6633.9%−0.9 pts
71▼21Henrico County, VAVA342,7753.9%−0.2 pts
72▲27Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,3213.9%−2.1 pts
73▼57Charles City County, VAVA6,6233.9%+0.8 pts
74▼10Virginia Beach, VAVA453,7374.0%−0.4 pts
75▼19Wythe County, VAVA27,9834.0%−0.2 pts
76▲34Henry County, VAVA49,2424.1%−2.3 pts
77▲40Sussex County, VAVA10,7554.1%−2.8 pts
78▼71Fluvanna County, VAVA28,9754.2%+1.7 pts
79▲8York County, VAVA71,3744.2%−1.1 pts
80▼56Frederick County, VAVA99,9554.2%+0.9 pts
81▼39Halifax County, VAVA33,4474.2%+0.4 pts
82▼33Fairfax County, VAVA1,167,8734.2%+0.2 pts
83▼31Madison County, VAVA14,2374.3%+0.2 pts
84▼15Mathews County, VAVA8,5294.4%0.0 pts
85▲21Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,8964.6%−1.7 pts
86▼14Chesterfield County, VAVA397,1484.6%−0.1 pts
87▼10Amherst County, VAVA31,9624.7%−0.2 pts
88▲1Pittsylvania County, VAVA59,4904.7%−0.6 pts
89▲6Buckingham County, VAVA17,1374.7%−1.0 pts
90▼44Shenandoah County, VAVA45,8394.8%+0.8 pts
91▼10Prince William County, VAVA502,9664.8%−0.2 pts
92▲5Warren County, VAVA42,7404.9%−0.9 pts
93▼7Chesapeake, VAVA255,3324.9%−0.3 pts
94▲10Suffolk, VAVA104,6995.0%−1.2 pts
95▼27Falls Church, VAVA15,1595.0%+0.5 pts
96▼21Surry County, VAVA6,6035.0%+0.2 pts
97▼1Fredericksburg, VAVA30,3935.1%−0.7 pts
98▲2Spotsylvania County, VAVA155,3885.1%−0.9 pts
99▼28Waynesboro, VAVA23,9515.1%+0.5 pts
100▲23Galax, VAVA6,6705.1%−3.2 pts
101▼92Appomattox County, VAVA17,1725.1%+2.3 pts
102▼71King and Queen County, VAVA6,7435.2%+1.6 pts
103▲11Prince George County, VAVA43,9365.2%−1.3 pts
104▼89Caroline County, VAVA34,4135.3%+2.2 pts
105▼71Staunton, VAVA26,8015.3%+1.6 pts
106▲1Lynchburg, VAVA81,3475.3%−1.0 pts
107▼33Southampton County, VAVA18,1105.5%+0.7 pts
108▼23Page County, VAVA23,7625.5%+0.3 pts
109▼89Manassas Park, VAVA16,5605.5%+2.4 pts
110▼44Carroll County, VAVA29,2995.5%+1.2 pts
111▲9Danville, VAVA41,6475.6%−1.6 pts
112▲4Roanoke, VAVA99,1115.6%−1.1 pts
113▲8Norfolk, VAVA231,0135.7%−2.3 pts
114▼6Richmond, VAVA237,2575.7%−0.6 pts
115▼21Newport News, VAVA183,2305.8%+0.1 pts
116▼34Louisa County, VAVA42,9245.8%+0.7 pts
117▼27Greensville County, VAVA11,1816.3%+1.0 pts
118▼9Bristol, VAVA16,4186.3%0.0 pts
119▼16Hampton, VAVA137,3156.3%+0.2 pts
120▼32Winchester, VAVA28,2726.4%+1.1 pts
121▼16Portsmouth, VAVA96,7776.6%+0.3 pts
122▼39Williamsburg, VAVA15,8616.8%+1.6 pts
123▼50Harrisonburg, VAVA50,8396.9%+2.1 pts
124▲8Westmoreland County, VAVA19,7157.3%−5.4 pts
125▲4Franklin, VAVA8,4787.9%−2.0 pts
126▼13Radford, VAVA17,2438.1%+1.6 pts
127▼1Wise County, VAVA34,8248.2%−1.0 pts
128▼73Rappahannock County, VAVA7,4399.2%+5.0 pts
129▼5Hopewell, VAVA23,2619.2%+0.8 pts
130▼3Lee County, VAVA21,6429.5%−0.2 pts
131▼3Lancaster County, VAVA10,9959.5%−0.4 pts
132▼1Petersburg, VAVA33,73410.0%−2.6 pts
133▼3Highland County, VAVA2,31811.9%+0.6 pts
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES