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Which counties in Virginia have the lowest unemployment?

Bath County (2.7%), Powhatan County (2.7%) and Augusta County (2.8%) had the lowest unemployment in Virginia in 2025.

Data as of 2025 · updated

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Virginia counties ranked by lowest unemployment rate
RankCountyRate 2025Change since 2019Residents
1Bath County2.7%+0.0 pts4,076
2Powhatan County2.7%+0.3 pts32,591
3Augusta County2.8%+0.5 pts78,940
4Fauquier County2.8%+0.5 pts76,503
5Greene County2.8%+0.5 pts21,958
6Arlington County2.9%+1.0 pts243,931
7Botetourt County2.9%+0.3 pts34,144
8Gloucester County2.9%+0.3 pts40,097
9King William County2.9%+0.3 pts19,617
10Madison County2.9%+0.5 pts14,237
11New Kent County2.9%+0.5 pts28,022
12Rockingham County2.9%+0.6 pts89,316
13Charlottesville (city)2.9%+0.5 pts44,388
14Fairfax (city)2.9%+0.7 pts26,772
15Manassas (city)2.9%+0.5 pts44,332
16Poquoson (city)2.9%+0.6 pts13,292
17Cumberland County3.0%+0.4 pts10,352
18Fluvanna County3.0%+0.7 pts28,975
19Goochland County3.0%+0.3 pts29,187
20Hanover County3.0%+0.6 pts116,423
21Highland County3.0%−0.6 pts2,318
22Rappahannock County3.0%+0.4 pts7,439
23Manassas Park (city)3.0%+0.9 pts16,560
24Albemarle County3.1%+0.6 pts118,356
25Clarke County3.1%+0.7 pts15,609
26Culpeper County3.1%+0.7 pts57,666
27Floyd County3.1%+0.6 pts15,789
28Frederick County3.1%+0.6 pts99,955
29Loudoun County3.1%+0.9 pts449,749
30Roanoke County3.1%+0.5 pts97,150
31Rockbridge County3.1%+0.4 pts22,663
32York County3.1%+0.4 pts71,374
33Alexandria (city)3.1%+1.0 pts160,662
34Staunton (city)3.1%+0.4 pts26,801
35Waynesboro (city)3.1%+0.4 pts23,951
36Chesterfield County3.2%+0.5 pts397,148
37Fairfax County3.2%+0.9 pts1,167,873
38King and Queen County3.2%+0.3 pts6,743
39King George County3.2%+0.6 pts29,646
40Nelson County3.2%+0.3 pts14,920
41Prince George County3.2%+0.4 pts43,936
42Prince William County3.2%+0.8 pts502,966
43Virginia Beach (city)3.2%+0.5 pts453,737
44Appomattox County3.3%+0.2 pts17,172
45Bedford County3.3%+0.5 pts83,059
46Henrico County3.3%+0.5 pts342,775
47Isle of Wight County3.3%+0.5 pts41,321
48Middlesex County3.3%+0.5 pts10,841
49Spotsylvania County3.3%+0.6 pts155,388
50Stafford County3.3%+0.7 pts170,803
51Warren County3.3%+0.5 pts42,740
52Chesapeake (city)3.3%+0.4 pts255,332
53Salem (city)3.3%+0.5 pts25,816
54Winchester (city)3.3%+0.6 pts28,272
55Amelia County3.4%+0.3 pts13,632
56Campbell County3.4%+0.6 pts55,629
57Caroline County3.4%+0.3 pts34,413
58Dinwiddie County3.4%+0.4 pts28,896
59James City County3.4%+0.7 pts83,326
60Orange County3.4%+0.6 pts40,083
61Colonial Heights (city)3.4%+0.3 pts18,738
62Falls Church (city)3.4%+1.2 pts15,159
63Amherst County3.5%+0.5 pts31,962
64Franklin County3.5%+0.5 pts55,526
65Shenandoah County3.5%+0.9 pts45,839
66Southampton County3.5%+0.5 pts18,110
67Surry County3.5%−0.2 pts6,603
68Washington County3.5%+0.0 pts53,898
69Buena Vista (city)3.5%+0.5 pts6,672
70Fredericksburg (city)3.5%+0.5 pts30,393
71Charles City County3.6%+0.1 pts6,623
72Craig County3.6%+0.3 pts4,800
73Louisa County3.6%+0.7 pts42,924
74Mathews County3.6%+0.4 pts8,529
75Roanoke (city)3.6%+0.6 pts99,111
76Suffolk (city)3.6%+0.6 pts104,699
77Grayson County3.7%+0.3 pts15,230
78Mecklenburg County3.7%−0.1 pts30,747
79Montgomery County3.7%+0.8 pts98,434
80Patrick County3.7%+0.5 pts17,424
81Sussex County3.7%+0.1 pts10,755
82Galax (city)3.7%+0.4 pts6,670
83Richmond (city)3.7%+0.7 pts237,257
84Bland County3.8%+0.9 pts6,151
85Buckingham County3.8%+0.2 pts17,137
86Bristol (city)3.8%+0.2 pts16,418
87Harrisonburg (city)3.8%+0.9 pts50,839
88Alleghany County3.9%+0.3 pts14,546
89Charlotte County3.9%+0.3 pts11,401
90Pittsylvania County3.9%+0.3 pts59,490
91Scott County3.9%+0.5 pts21,200
92Nottoway County4.0%+0.6 pts15,796
93Richmond County4.0%+0.5 pts9,294
94Newport News (city)4.0%+0.6 pts183,230
95Norfolk (city)4.0%+0.5 pts231,013
96Norton (city)4.0%+0.3 pts3,477
97Page County4.1%+0.2 pts23,762
98Wythe County4.1%+0.7 pts27,983
99Essex County4.2%+0.4 pts10,654
100Northampton County4.2%−0.5 pts11,879
101Hampton (city)4.2%+0.5 pts137,315
102Accomack County4.3%+0.4 pts33,859
103Giles County4.3%+1.0 pts16,564
104Lunenburg County4.3%+0.7 pts12,058
105Smyth County4.3%+0.3 pts28,882
106Lynchburg (city)4.3%+0.9 pts81,347
107Portsmouth (city)4.3%+0.3 pts96,777
108Lee County4.4%+0.2 pts21,642
109Wise County4.4%+0.0 pts34,824
110Radford (city)4.5%+1.0 pts17,243
111Carroll County4.6%+0.9 pts29,299
112Russell County4.6%−0.1 pts25,332
113Hopewell (city)4.6%+0.5 pts23,261
114Halifax County4.7%+0.6 pts33,447
115Covington (city)4.7%+0.6 pts5,680
116Franklin (city)4.7%+0.8 pts8,478
117Dickenson County4.8%+0.1 pts13,236
118Henry County4.8%+1.1 pts49,242
119Westmoreland County4.8%+0.4 pts19,715
120Brunswick County4.9%+0.8 pts15,727
121Lancaster County4.9%−0.2 pts10,995
122Prince Edward County4.9%+0.7 pts22,391
123Williamsburg (city)4.9%+0.9 pts15,861
124Lexington (city)5.0%+0.2 pts7,769
125Petersburg (city)5.0%+0.1 pts33,734
126Tazewell County5.1%+0.7 pts38,635
127Pulaski County5.2%+1.7 pts33,586
128Martinsville (city)5.3%+1.5 pts13,849
129Danville (city)5.5%+0.1 pts41,647
130Buchanan County5.6%+0.1 pts18,492
131Northumberland County5.9%+0.9 pts12,557
132Greensville County6.6%+2.8 pts11,181
133Emporia (city)7.9%+2.9 pts5,447

How this is ranked

The annual average unemployment rate for 2025 (BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics). Lowest first. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

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Questions

Which county in Virginia has the lowest unemployment rate?

Bath County: 2.7%, ahead of Powhatan County (2.7%) and Augusta County (2.8%), of 133 Virginia counties ranked.

How is this ranking calculated?

The annual average unemployment rate for 2025 (BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics). Lowest first. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

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