Alexandria City County, VA Unemployment Rate Report

Alexandria City County, VA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Alexandria City County, Virginia has ranged from 1.4% in October 2000 to 10.0% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Alexandria City County is 2.5% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Alexandria City County, VA Unemployment Rate by Month

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Alexandria City County, VA Current Unemployment - 2.5%

Alexandria City County, VA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2022	3.0%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	2.6%	2.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.3%	2.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.2%	2.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.5%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.4%	3.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.4%	2.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.5%	3.2%	3.7%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2021	5.5%	5.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.2%	5.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	4.9%	5.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	4.0%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	3.9%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	4.3%	4.5%	5.9%
7 / 2021	4.2%	4.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	3.8%	4.0%	5.2%
9 / 2021	2.8%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	2.4%	3.1%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.6%	2.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.2%	2.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2020	2.3%	3.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	2.1%	2.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	2.5%	3.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	10.0%	10.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	8.4%	8.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	7.9%	8.2%	11.1%
7 / 2020	7.7%	8.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.2%	6.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.1%	6.1%	7.9%
10 / 2020	5.4%	5.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.9%	5.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.8%	5.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2019	2.8%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2019	2.3%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	2.3%	3.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	1.9%	2.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.0%	2.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.2%	2.9%	3.7%
7 / 2019	2.1%	3.0%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.2%	2.9%	3.7%
9 / 2019	1.9%	2.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	1.9%	2.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	1.9%	2.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	1.8%	2.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2018	2.7%	3.6%	4.1%
2 / 2018	2.6%	3.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	2.5%	3.2%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.2%	2.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.2%	2.8%	3.8%
6 / 2018	2.4%	3.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	2.3%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	2.4%	3.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.1%	2.8%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.2%	2.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.0%	2.7%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.0%	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2017	3.3%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	3.2%	4.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.0%	3.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	2.7%	3.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	2.9%	3.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	2.9%	3.8%	4.3%
7 / 2017	2.9%	3.8%	4.3%
8 / 2017	3.0%	3.9%	4.4%
9 / 2017	2.7%	3.5%	4.2%
10 / 2017	2.6%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	2.5%	3.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	2.5%	3.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2016	3.1%	4.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	3.0%	4.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	3.0%	4.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	2.7%	3.7%	5.0%
5 / 2016	2.8%	3.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	2.9%	4.3%	4.9%
7 / 2016	2.9%	4.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	3.1%	4.4%	4.9%
9 / 2016	3.1%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2016	3.0%	4.0%	4.9%
11 / 2016	2.9%	3.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	2.8%	3.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2015	3.9%	5.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	3.7%	5.0%	5.5%
3 / 2015	3.6%	4.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	3.2%	4.3%	5.4%
5 / 2015	3.4%	4.7%	5.6%
6 / 2015	3.3%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 2015	3.3%	4.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	3.3%	4.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	3.2%	4.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	3.0%	4.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	2.9%	3.9%	5.1%
12 / 2015	2.7%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2014	4.1%	5.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	4.1%	5.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	4.0%	5.5%	6.7%
4 / 2014	3.6%	4.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	3.9%	5.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	3.9%	5.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	3.9%	5.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	4.3%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2014	3.8%	5.1%	5.9%
10 / 2014	3.4%	4.8%	5.7%
11 / 2014	3.6%	4.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	3.4%	4.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2013	4.4%	6.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	4.2%	6.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	3.9%	5.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	3.7%	5.3%	7.6%
5 / 2013	4.0%	5.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	4.3%	6.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	4.1%	5.9%	7.3%
8 / 2013	4.2%	5.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	4.1%	5.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	4.3%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	3.7%	5.2%	6.9%
12 / 2013	3.7%	5.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2012	4.6%	6.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	4.6%	6.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	4.2%	6.2%	8.2%
4 / 2012	3.8%	5.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	4.0%	6.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	4.3%	6.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	4.2%	6.4%	8.2%
8 / 2012	4.2%	6.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	4.0%	5.8%	7.8%
10 / 2012	3.7%	5.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	3.6%	5.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	3.9%	5.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2011	4.9%	7.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	4.7%	6.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	4.5%	6.6%	9.0%
4 / 2011	4.2%	6.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	4.4%	6.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	4.7%	6.9%	9.1%
7 / 2011	4.4%	6.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	4.6%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	4.6%	6.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	4.3%	6.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	4.0%	6.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	4.2%	6.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2010	5.6%	7.9%	9.8%
2 / 2010	5.6%	7.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	5.5%	7.7%	9.9%
4 / 2010	4.8%	7.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	5.0%	7.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	4.9%	7.2%	9.4%
7 / 2010	4.9%	7.1%	9.4%
8 / 2010	4.9%	7.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	4.6%	6.8%	9.5%
10 / 2010	4.4%	6.6%	9.4%
11 / 2010	4.5%	6.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	4.4%	6.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2009	4.2%	6.1%	7.8%
2 / 2009	4.7%	6.4%	8.3%
3 / 2009	4.8%	6.6%	8.7%
4 / 2009	4.5%	6.2%	9.0%
5 / 2009	5.0%	6.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	4.9%	7.0%	9.5%
7 / 2009	4.9%	6.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	5.0%	6.9%	9.6%
9 / 2009	4.9%	6.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	5.0%	6.8%	10.0%
11 / 2009	4.7%	6.8%	9.9%
12 / 2009	5.0%	7.2%	9.9%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2008	2.6%	3.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	2.5%	3.6%	4.9%
3 / 2008	2.5%	3.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	2.3%	3.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	2.7%	3.7%	5.4%
6 / 2008	2.8%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	2.7%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	2.9%	4.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	2.9%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	2.9%	4.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	2.9%	4.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	3.4%	4.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2007	2.3%	3.3%	4.6%
2 / 2007	2.3%	3.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	2.1%	2.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	2.0%	2.7%	4.5%
5 / 2007	2.1%	2.8%	4.4%
6 / 2007	2.3%	3.1%	4.6%
7 / 2007	2.2%	3.1%	4.7%
8 / 2007	2.3%	3.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	2.3%	3.0%	4.7%
10 / 2007	2.2%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 2007	2.3%	3.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	2.4%	3.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2006	2.3%	3.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	2.5%	3.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	2.3%	3.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	2.1%	2.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	2.3%	3.1%	4.6%
6 / 2006	2.4%	3.3%	4.6%
7 / 2006	2.3%	3.3%	4.7%
8 / 2006	2.3%	3.3%	4.7%
9 / 2006	2.4%	3.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	2.0%	2.7%	4.4%
11 / 2006	2.0%	2.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	2.1%	2.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2005	2.7%	3.9%	5.3%
2 / 2005	3.0%	4.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	2.8%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	2.6%	3.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	2.8%	3.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	2.8%	3.8%	5.0%
7 / 2005	2.5%	3.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	2.6%	3.5%	4.9%
9 / 2005	2.7%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	2.3%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2005	2.3%	3.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	2.2%	3.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2004	2.9%	4.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	3.1%	4.2%	5.6%
3 / 2004	3.1%	4.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	2.7%	3.6%	5.6%
5 / 2004	2.9%	3.8%	5.6%
6 / 2004	3.1%	4.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	2.8%	4.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	2.8%	3.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	2.4%	3.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	2.3%	3.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	2.4%	3.4%	5.4%
12 / 2004	2.4%	3.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2003	3.3%	4.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	3.5%	4.5%	5.9%
3 / 2003	3.2%	4.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	2.9%	3.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	3.0%	4.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	3.3%	4.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	2.9%	4.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	3.0%	4.1%	6.1%
9 / 2003	2.9%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2003	2.6%	3.7%	6.0%
11 / 2003	2.6%	3.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	2.7%	3.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2002	3.8%	4.6%	5.7%
2 / 2002	3.7%	4.5%	5.7%
3 / 2002	3.7%	4.4%	5.7%
4 / 2002	3.5%	4.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	3.6%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	3.7%	4.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	3.4%	4.3%	5.8%
8 / 2002	3.5%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 2002	3.1%	3.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.1%	3.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	3.2%	4.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	3.2%	4.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2001	1.9%	2.6%	4.2%
2 / 2001	2.1%	2.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	2.2%	2.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	2.1%	2.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	2.2%	2.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	2.6%	3.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	2.5%	3.3%	4.6%
8 / 2001	2.9%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.0%	3.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.8%	3.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	3.6%	3.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	3.5%	3.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2000	2.4%	2.9%	4.0%
2 / 2000	2.3%	2.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	2.1%	2.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	1.6%	2.1%	3.8%
5 / 2000	1.9%	2.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	1.9%	2.4%	4.0%
7 / 2000	1.7%	2.4%	4.0%
8 / 2000	1.8%	2.4%	4.1%
9 / 2000	1.6%	2.1%	3.9%
10 / 2000	1.4%	1.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	1.4%	1.8%	3.9%
12 / 2000	1.4%	1.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1999	2.4%	3.0%	4.3%
2 / 1999	2.4%	3.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	2.1%	2.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	2.0%	2.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	2.1%	2.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	2.3%	2.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	2.3%	2.9%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.4%	2.9%	4.2%
9 / 1999	2.4%	2.8%	4.2%
10 / 1999	2.2%	2.5%	4.1%
11 / 1999	2.1%	2.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	1.9%	2.4%	4.0%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1998	2.8%	3.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	2.5%	3.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	2.5%	3.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	1.8%	2.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	2.1%	2.7%	4.4%
6 / 1998	2.3%	3.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	2.2%	3.0%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.3%	3.0%	4.5%
9 / 1998	2.4%	2.9%	4.6%
10 / 1998	2.1%	2.7%	4.5%
11 / 1998	2.0%	2.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	2.0%	2.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1997	4.0%	5.0%	5.3%
2 / 1997	3.9%	4.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	3.8%	4.6%	5.2%
4 / 1997	3.4%	4.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	3.3%	4.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	3.2%	4.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	2.9%	3.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	3.2%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	2.8%	3.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	2.4%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 1997	2.2%	2.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	2.2%	2.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1996	4.1%	5.3%	5.6%
2 / 1996	4.2%	4.7%	5.5%
3 / 1996	4.2%	4.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	4.0%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	4.1%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	4.3%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 1996	4.2%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	4.1%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	4.1%	4.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	3.8%	4.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	3.6%	4.1%	5.4%
12 / 1996	3.6%	4.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1995	4.7%	5.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	4.6%	4.6%	5.4%
3 / 1995	4.5%	4.5%	5.4%
4 / 1995	4.7%	4.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	4.5%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	4.6%	4.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	4.2%	4.6%	5.7%
8 / 1995	4.5%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	4.5%	4.5%	5.6%
10 / 1995	4.2%	4.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	4.2%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	4.0%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1994	5.4%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	5.3%	5.6%	6.6%
3 / 1994	5.2%	5.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	4.6%	5.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	4.2%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 1994	4.4%	5.1%	6.1%
7 / 1994	4.1%	4.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	4.5%	4.8%	6.0%
9 / 1994	4.5%	4.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	4.2%	4.3%	5.8%
11 / 1994	3.9%	4.2%	5.6%
12 / 1994	3.9%	4.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1993	6.9%	6.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	7.1%	6.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	6.6%	5.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	6.1%	5.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	6.2%	5.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	6.5%	5.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	6.5%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	6.1%	5.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	5.8%	4.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	5.4%	4.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	4.9%	4.6%	6.6%
12 / 1993	4.6%	4.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1992	5.9%	7.1%	7.3%
2 / 1992	6.0%	7.3%	7.4%
3 / 1992	6.4%	6.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	5.7%	6.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	6.7%	6.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	7.0%	6.7%	7.8%
7 / 1992	6.5%	6.2%	7.7%
8 / 1992	6.7%	6.1%	7.6%
9 / 1992	6.5%	5.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	5.9%	5.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	5.9%	5.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	5.6%	5.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1991	4.0%	6.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	4.7%	6.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	4.3%	6.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	4.3%	5.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	4.8%	5.8%	6.9%
6 / 1991	5.0%	6.0%	6.9%
7 / 1991	5.0%	5.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	5.2%	5.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	5.5%	5.7%	6.9%
10 / 1991	5.1%	5.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	5.1%	5.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	4.9%	6.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Alexandria City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1990	2.2%	4.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	2.1%	4.2%	5.3%
3 / 1990	2.1%	3.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	2.2%	3.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	2.3%	4.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	2.7%	4.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	2.7%	4.4%	5.5%
8 / 1990	3.5%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1990	3.5%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	3.2%	4.8%	5.9%
11 / 1990	3.5%	5.1%	6.2%
12 / 1990	3.4%	5.4%	6.3%