RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 133 SHOWN OF 133

Lowest unemployment, Virginia counties · 2020

Virginia counties ranked by the lowest unemployment rate (2020 ACS). This list covers the 133 counties in Virginia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 133 is 4.4%.

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01Powhatan County, VAVA32,5911.4%–

02Poquoson, VAVA13,2921.7%–

03Craig County, VAVA4,8001.7%–

04Buena Vista, VAVA6,6721.8%–

05Cumberland County, VAVA10,3522.3%–

06Richmond County, VAVA9,2942.5%–

07Fluvanna County, VAVA28,9752.5%–

08Covington, VAVA5,6802.7%–

09Appomattox County, VAVA17,1722.8%–

10Botetourt County, VAVA34,1442.8%–

11Arlington County, VAVA243,9312.8%–

12Augusta County, VAVA78,9402.9%–

13Fauquier County, VAVA76,5032.9%–

14Clarke County, VAVA15,6093.0%–

15Caroline County, VAVA34,4133.0%–

16Charles City County, VAVA6,6233.1%–

17Floyd County, VAVA15,7893.1%–

18Nelson County, VAVA14,9203.1%–

19New Kent County, VAVA28,0223.1%–

20Manassas Park, VAVA16,5603.1%–

21Rockingham County, VAVA89,3163.1%–

22Hanover County, VAVA116,4233.2%–

23Alexandria, VAVA160,6623.3%–

24Frederick County, VAVA99,9553.3%–

25Roanoke County, VAVA97,1503.3%–

26Lexington, VAVA7,7693.4%–

27Albemarle County, VAVA118,3563.4%–

28Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,7473.4%–

29Bedford County, VAVA83,0593.4%–

30Montgomery County, VAVA98,4343.5%–

31King and Queen County, VAVA6,7433.5%–

32Loudoun County, VAVA449,7493.6%–

33Gloucester County, VAVA40,0973.6%–

34Staunton, VAVA26,8013.7%–

35Scott County, VAVA21,2003.7%–

36Goochland County, VAVA29,1873.7%–

37Patrick County, VAVA17,4243.7%–

38Lunenburg County, VAVA12,0583.8%–

39Accomack County, VAVA33,8593.8%–

40Stafford County, VAVA170,8033.8%–

41Campbell County, VAVA55,6293.8%–

42Halifax County, VAVA33,4473.9%–

43King George County, VAVA29,6463.9%–

44Martinsville, VAVA13,8493.9%–

45Culpeper County, VAVA57,6664.0%–

46Shenandoah County, VAVA45,8394.0%–

47Fairfax, VAVA26,7724.0%–

48Charlottesville, VAVA44,3884.0%–

49Fairfax County, VAVA1,167,8734.1%–

50Henrico County, VAVA342,7754.1%–

51King William County, VAVA19,6174.1%–

52Madison County, VAVA14,2374.1%–

53James City County, VAVA83,3264.1%–

54Giles County, VAVA16,5644.1%–

55Rappahannock County, VAVA7,4394.2%–

56Wythe County, VAVA27,9834.2%–

57Washington County, VAVA53,8984.2%–

58Franklin County, VAVA55,5264.3%–

59Nottoway County, VAVA15,7964.3%–

60Bland County, VAVA6,1514.3%–

61Grayson County, VAVA15,2304.3%–

62Manassas, VAVA44,3324.4%–

63Northampton County, VAVA11,8794.4%–

64Virginia Beach, VAVA453,7374.4%–

65Greene County, VAVA21,9584.4%–

66Carroll County, VAVA29,2994.4%–

67Amelia County, VAVA13,6324.4%–

68Falls Church, VAVA15,1594.4%–

69Mathews County, VAVA8,5294.5%–

70Alleghany County, VAVA14,5464.6%–

71Waynesboro, VAVA23,9514.6%–

72Chesterfield County, VAVA397,1484.7%–

73Harrisonburg, VAVA50,8394.7%–

74Southampton County, VAVA18,1104.7%–

75Surry County, VAVA6,6034.8%–

76Rockbridge County, VAVA22,6634.8%–

77Amherst County, VAVA31,9624.9%–

78Dickenson County, VAVA13,2364.9%–

79Pulaski County, VAVA33,5864.9%–

80Salem, VAVA25,8164.9%–

81Prince William County, VAVA502,9665.0%–

82Louisa County, VAVA42,9245.2%–

83Williamsburg, VAVA15,8615.2%–

84Middlesex County, VAVA10,8415.2%–

85Page County, VAVA23,7625.2%–

86Chesapeake, VAVA255,3325.2%–

87York County, VAVA71,3745.3%–

88Winchester, VAVA28,2725.3%–

89Pittsylvania County, VAVA59,4905.3%–

90Greensville County, VAVA11,1815.3%–

91Charlotte County, VAVA11,4015.5%–

92Smyth County, VAVA28,8825.5%–

93Orange County, VAVA40,0835.5%–

94Newport News, VAVA183,2305.7%–

95Buckingham County, VAVA17,1375.8%–

96Fredericksburg, VAVA30,3935.8%–

97Warren County, VAVA42,7405.8%–

98Prince Edward County, VAVA22,3915.9%–

99Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,3216.0%–

100Spotsylvania County, VAVA155,3886.0%–

101Northumberland County, VAVA12,5576.0%–

102Colonial Heights, VAVA18,7386.1%–

103Hampton, VAVA137,3156.1%–

104Suffolk, VAVA104,6996.2%–

105Portsmouth, VAVA96,7776.3%–

106Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,8966.3%–

107Lynchburg, VAVA81,3476.3%–

108Richmond, VAVA237,2576.3%–

109Bristol, VAVA16,4186.3%–

110Henry County, VAVA49,2426.3%–

111Bath County, VAVA4,0766.4%–

112Buchanan County, VAVA18,4926.5%–

113Radford, VAVA17,2436.5%–

114Prince George County, VAVA43,9366.5%–

115Russell County, VAVA25,3326.6%–

116Roanoke, VAVA99,1116.7%–

117Sussex County, VAVA10,7556.8%–

118Brunswick County, VAVA15,7276.9%–

119Tazewell County, VAVA38,6357.1%–

120Danville, VAVA41,6477.1%–

121Norfolk, VAVA231,0138.0%–

122Essex County, VAVA10,6548.0%–

123Galax, VAVA6,6708.3%–

124Hopewell, VAVA23,2618.4%–

125Norton, VAVA3,4778.6%–

126Wise County, VAVA34,8249.2%–

127Lee County, VAVA21,6429.7%–

128Lancaster County, VAVA10,9959.9%–

129Franklin, VAVA8,4789.9%–

130Highland County, VAVA2,31811.4%–

131Petersburg, VAVA33,73412.6%–

132Westmoreland County, VAVA19,71512.7%–

133Emporia, VAVA5,44716.7%–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS