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Lowest unemployment, Virginia counties · 2020

Virginia counties ranked by the lowest unemployment rate (2023 ACS). This list covers the 133 counties in Virginia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2000

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 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES