Petersburg City County, VA Unemployment Rate Report

Petersburg City County, VA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Petersburg City County, Virginia has ranged from 2.9% in April 2000 to 19.0% in July 2020. The current unemployment rate for Petersburg City County is 7.9% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Petersburg City County, VA Unemployment Rate by Month

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Petersburg City County, VA Current Unemployment - 7.9%

Petersburg City County, VA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2022	9.0%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	8.2%	2.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	7.1%	2.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	6.7%	2.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	6.9%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	6.6%	3.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	6.9%	2.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	7.9%	3.2%	3.7%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2021	14.6%	5.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	14.1%	5.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	12.9%	5.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	10.8%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	10.6%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	11.0%	4.5%	5.9%
7 / 2021	10.5%	4.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	9.6%	4.0%	5.2%
9 / 2021	8.4%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	8.7%	3.1%	4.6%
11 / 2021	7.8%	2.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	9.0%	2.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2020	5.8%	3.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	5.9%	2.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	6.7%	3.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	16.7%	10.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	16.6%	8.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	17.1%	8.2%	11.1%
7 / 2020	19.0%	8.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	15.7%	6.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	15.7%	6.1%	7.9%
10 / 2020	14.3%	5.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	11.9%	5.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	11.9%	5.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2019	6.6%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2019	6.2%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.8%	3.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	4.9%	2.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	5.4%	2.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	5.8%	2.9%	3.7%
7 / 2019	6.1%	3.0%	3.7%
8 / 2019	5.8%	2.9%	3.7%
9 / 2019	5.1%	2.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	5.1%	2.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	4.9%	2.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	5.1%	2.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2018	7.1%	3.6%	4.1%
2 / 2018	7.2%	3.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	6.7%	3.2%	4.0%
4 / 2018	6.1%	2.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	5.8%	2.8%	3.8%
6 / 2018	6.6%	3.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	6.7%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	6.3%	3.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	5.8%	2.8%	3.7%
10 / 2018	5.5%	2.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	5.2%	2.7%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.8%	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2017	8.4%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	8.2%	4.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	7.7%	3.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	7.3%	3.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	6.8%	3.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	7.1%	3.8%	4.3%
7 / 2017	7.3%	3.8%	4.3%
8 / 2017	7.6%	3.9%	4.4%
9 / 2017	6.8%	3.5%	4.2%
10 / 2017	6.6%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	6.7%	3.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	7.1%	3.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2016	8.3%	4.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	8.3%	4.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	8.2%	4.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	7.9%	3.7%	5.0%
5 / 2016	7.5%	3.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	8.5%	4.3%	4.9%
7 / 2016	8.4%	4.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	8.3%	4.4%	4.9%
9 / 2016	7.9%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2016	7.1%	4.0%	4.9%
11 / 2016	7.3%	3.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	7.3%	3.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2015	11.0%	5.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	10.1%	5.0%	5.5%
3 / 2015	9.9%	4.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	8.9%	4.3%	5.4%
5 / 2015	9.7%	4.7%	5.6%
6 / 2015	9.5%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 2015	9.9%	4.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	9.3%	4.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	8.4%	4.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	7.9%	4.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	8.1%	3.9%	5.1%
12 / 2015	7.4%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2014	12.0%	5.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	11.6%	5.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	11.3%	5.5%	6.7%
4 / 2014	10.7%	4.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	10.6%	5.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	10.9%	5.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	11.2%	5.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	11.1%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2014	10.2%	5.1%	5.9%
10 / 2014	9.4%	4.8%	5.7%
11 / 2014	9.7%	4.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	9.7%	4.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2013	13.5%	6.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	12.6%	6.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	12.0%	5.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	11.5%	5.3%	7.6%
5 / 2013	11.6%	5.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	11.7%	6.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	11.6%	5.9%	7.3%
8 / 2013	11.7%	5.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	10.9%	5.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	11.0%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	10.9%	5.2%	6.9%
12 / 2013	10.5%	5.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2012	13.1%	6.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	12.3%	6.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	12.1%	6.2%	8.2%
4 / 2012	11.5%	5.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	11.9%	6.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	12.2%	6.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	12.6%	6.4%	8.2%
8 / 2012	12.4%	6.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	11.3%	5.8%	7.8%
10 / 2012	11.2%	5.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	11.1%	5.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	11.2%	5.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2011	13.6%	7.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	13.1%	6.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	12.3%	6.6%	9.0%
4 / 2011	12.2%	6.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	12.6%	6.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	13.2%	6.9%	9.1%
7 / 2011	13.3%	6.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	13.9%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	13.2%	6.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	12.7%	6.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	12.0%	6.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	12.2%	6.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2010	15.4%	7.9%	9.8%
2 / 2010	15.0%	7.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	14.4%	7.7%	9.9%
4 / 2010	13.7%	7.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	13.8%	7.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	13.9%	7.2%	9.4%
7 / 2010	13.8%	7.1%	9.4%
8 / 2010	14.3%	7.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	13.7%	6.8%	9.5%
10 / 2010	12.8%	6.6%	9.4%
11 / 2010	13.8%	6.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	13.1%	6.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2009	12.5%	6.1%	7.8%
2 / 2009	13.4%	6.4%	8.3%
3 / 2009	12.6%	6.6%	8.7%
4 / 2009	11.6%	6.2%	9.0%
5 / 2009	13.0%	6.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	13.6%	7.0%	9.5%
7 / 2009	13.9%	6.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	13.9%	6.9%	9.6%
9 / 2009	13.8%	6.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	13.5%	6.8%	10.0%
11 / 2009	13.8%	6.8%	9.9%
12 / 2009	14.3%	7.2%	9.9%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2008	6.9%	3.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	6.9%	3.6%	4.9%
3 / 2008	6.8%	3.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.9%	3.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.9%	3.7%	5.4%
6 / 2008	7.3%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	7.3%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	7.5%	4.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	7.9%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	7.2%	4.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	7.8%	4.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	9.0%	4.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2007	6.4%	3.3%	4.6%
2 / 2007	7.7%	3.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	6.9%	2.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	5.7%	2.7%	4.5%
5 / 2007	6.3%	2.8%	4.4%
6 / 2007	6.1%	3.1%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.1%	3.1%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.8%	3.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.9%	3.0%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.9%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.9%	3.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	6.4%	3.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2006	7.0%	3.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	7.3%	3.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	6.8%	3.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.6%	2.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	6.3%	3.1%	4.6%
6 / 2006	6.8%	3.3%	4.6%
7 / 2006	6.9%	3.3%	4.7%
8 / 2006	6.5%	3.3%	4.7%
9 / 2006	6.3%	3.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.5%	2.7%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.3%	2.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.3%	2.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2005	9.4%	3.9%	5.3%
2 / 2005	8.9%	4.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	8.4%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	7.2%	3.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	7.2%	3.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	7.3%	3.8%	5.0%
7 / 2005	7.1%	3.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	6.8%	3.5%	4.9%
9 / 2005	7.3%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	6.3%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2005	6.6%	3.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	6.5%	3.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2004	8.3%	4.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	8.2%	4.2%	5.6%
3 / 2004	8.3%	4.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	7.0%	3.6%	5.6%
5 / 2004	7.8%	3.8%	5.6%
6 / 2004	8.3%	4.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	8.2%	4.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	8.0%	3.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	7.6%	3.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	7.6%	3.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	7.4%	3.4%	5.4%
12 / 2004	7.8%	3.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2003	9.5%	4.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	8.7%	4.5%	5.9%
3 / 2003	8.8%	4.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	8.8%	3.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	8.6%	4.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	9.5%	4.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	9.6%	4.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	9.4%	4.1%	6.1%
9 / 2003	8.5%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2003	7.5%	3.7%	6.0%
11 / 2003	7.4%	3.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	7.4%	3.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2002	7.7%	4.6%	5.7%
2 / 2002	7.3%	4.5%	5.7%
3 / 2002	7.0%	4.4%	5.7%
4 / 2002	7.2%	4.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	7.3%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	7.9%	4.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	7.5%	4.3%	5.8%
8 / 2002	8.1%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 2002	7.3%	3.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	7.2%	3.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	7.5%	4.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	8.0%	4.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2001	4.9%	2.6%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.4%	2.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	5.1%	2.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.1%	2.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.9%	2.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.7%	3.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	5.7%	3.3%	4.6%
8 / 2001	5.9%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2001	6.0%	3.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	6.1%	3.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	6.4%	3.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	6.3%	3.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2000	4.3%	2.9%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.8%	2.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.6%	2.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.9%	2.1%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.3%	2.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.6%	2.4%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.5%	2.4%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.6%	2.4%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.5%	2.1%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.1%	1.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.0%	1.8%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.0%	1.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1999	6.2%	3.0%	4.3%
2 / 1999	6.3%	3.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	5.6%	2.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	5.4%	2.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	5.3%	2.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	5.4%	2.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	5.0%	2.9%	4.3%
8 / 1999	5.3%	2.9%	4.2%
9 / 1999	5.1%	2.8%	4.2%
10 / 1999	4.5%	2.5%	4.1%
11 / 1999	4.6%	2.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.6%	2.4%	4.0%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1998	7.2%	3.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	6.6%	3.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	6.8%	3.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.8%	2.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	5.1%	2.7%	4.4%
6 / 1998	6.0%	3.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	5.7%	3.0%	4.5%
8 / 1998	5.4%	3.0%	4.5%
9 / 1998	5.4%	2.9%	4.6%
10 / 1998	6.4%	2.7%	4.5%
11 / 1998	5.4%	2.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	4.8%	2.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1997	10.7%	5.0%	5.3%
2 / 1997	9.8%	4.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	9.0%	4.6%	5.2%
4 / 1997	8.5%	4.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	8.9%	4.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	8.6%	4.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	7.2%	3.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	8.0%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	7.3%	3.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	6.7%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 1997	6.3%	2.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	6.1%	2.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1996	8.8%	5.3%	5.6%
2 / 1996	9.1%	4.7%	5.5%
3 / 1996	8.4%	4.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	9.0%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	10.5%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	10.4%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 1996	9.1%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	8.4%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	9.4%	4.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	8.9%	4.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	8.2%	4.1%	5.4%
12 / 1996	8.6%	4.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1995	10.0%	5.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	8.9%	4.6%	5.4%
3 / 1995	7.9%	4.5%	5.4%
4 / 1995	8.1%	4.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	8.2%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	7.8%	4.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	7.5%	4.6%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.8%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	6.8%	4.5%	5.6%
10 / 1995	6.8%	4.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	7.0%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	6.4%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1994	10.7%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	10.9%	5.6%	6.6%
3 / 1994	10.1%	5.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	9.3%	5.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	8.7%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 1994	9.1%	5.1%	6.1%
7 / 1994	9.0%	4.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	9.1%	4.8%	6.0%
9 / 1994	10.0%	4.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	10.0%	4.3%	5.8%
11 / 1994	9.3%	4.2%	5.6%
12 / 1994	8.5%	4.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1993	10.6%	6.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	10.6%	6.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	9.5%	5.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	9.9%	5.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	10.4%	5.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	10.4%	5.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	8.4%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	9.1%	5.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	8.9%	4.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	9.7%	4.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	9.2%	4.6%	6.6%
12 / 1993	8.7%	4.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1992	13.1%	7.1%	7.3%
2 / 1992	13.0%	7.3%	7.4%
3 / 1992	11.3%	6.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	10.4%	6.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	11.2%	6.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	11.2%	6.7%	7.8%
7 / 1992	12.6%	6.2%	7.7%
8 / 1992	12.9%	6.1%	7.6%
9 / 1992	12.8%	5.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	11.3%	5.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	12.0%	5.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	11.5%	5.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1991	10.0%	6.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	10.1%	6.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	9.9%	6.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	9.7%	5.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	10.0%	5.8%	6.9%
6 / 1991	10.8%	6.0%	6.9%
7 / 1991	10.6%	5.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	11.0%	5.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	10.5%	5.7%	6.9%
10 / 1991	10.0%	5.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	10.1%	5.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	10.6%	6.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Petersburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1990	6.8%	4.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	6.6%	4.2%	5.3%
3 / 1990	6.3%	3.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	6.7%	3.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	8.0%	4.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	7.5%	4.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	7.2%	4.4%	5.5%
8 / 1990	7.4%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1990	7.5%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	7.0%	4.8%	5.9%
11 / 1990	7.8%	5.1%	6.2%
12 / 1990	7.5%	5.4%	6.3%