Richmond City County, VA Unemployment Rate Report

Richmond City County, VA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Richmond City County, Virginia has ranged from 2.2% in October 2000 to 14.2% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Richmond City County is 4.1% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Richmond City County, VA Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Richmond City County, VA Current Unemployment - 4.1%

Richmond City County, VA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2022	4.6%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.1%	2.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.7%	2.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.5%	2.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.9%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.7%	3.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.7%	2.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.1%	3.2%	3.7%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2021	8.0%	5.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	7.7%	5.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	7.1%	5.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.8%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.8%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.2%	4.5%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.6%	4.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.4%	4.0%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.8%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.5%	3.1%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.1%	2.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.8%	2.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2020	3.5%	3.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.2%	2.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.8%	3.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	14.2%	10.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	12.1%	8.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	11.8%	8.2%	11.1%
7 / 2020	12.1%	8.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	9.5%	6.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	9.3%	6.1%	7.9%
10 / 2020	7.6%	5.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.5%	5.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	6.5%	5.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2019	3.9%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.6%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.5%	3.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.9%	2.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.2%	2.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.4%	2.9%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.6%	3.0%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.5%	2.9%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.1%	2.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.0%	2.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.9%	2.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.8%	2.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2018	4.2%	3.6%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.1%	3.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.8%	3.2%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.3%	2.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.4%	2.8%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.8%	3.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.7%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.8%	3.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.4%	2.8%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.2%	2.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.1%	2.7%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.3%	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2017	4.9%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.7%	4.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.4%	3.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.1%	3.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.1%	3.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.4%	3.8%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.4%	3.8%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.6%	3.9%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.2%	3.5%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.9%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.9%	3.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.8%	3.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2016	4.8%	4.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.7%	4.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.6%	4.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.3%	3.7%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.4%	3.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.0%	4.3%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.1%	4.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.2%	4.4%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.9%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.6%	4.0%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.4%	3.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.3%	3.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2015	5.9%	5.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.7%	5.0%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.5%	4.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.0%	4.3%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.5%	4.7%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.5%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.5%	4.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.3%	4.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.9%	4.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.6%	4.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.6%	3.9%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.4%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2014	6.6%	5.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.6%	5.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.5%	5.5%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.7%	4.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.2%	5.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.4%	5.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.6%	5.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.6%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.0%	5.1%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.6%	4.8%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.5%	4.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.3%	4.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2013	7.7%	6.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	7.1%	6.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	6.8%	5.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	6.4%	5.3%	7.6%
5 / 2013	6.7%	5.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	7.1%	6.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	7.0%	5.9%	7.3%
8 / 2013	7.0%	5.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	6.6%	5.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	6.6%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	6.2%	5.2%	6.9%
12 / 2013	6.1%	5.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2012	8.2%	6.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	7.9%	6.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	7.6%	6.2%	8.2%
4 / 2012	7.2%	5.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	7.5%	6.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	7.8%	6.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	8.0%	6.4%	8.2%
8 / 2012	7.8%	6.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	7.1%	5.8%	7.8%
10 / 2012	6.9%	5.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	6.7%	5.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	6.9%	5.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2011	9.1%	7.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	8.8%	6.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	8.4%	6.6%	9.0%
4 / 2011	8.1%	6.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	8.3%	6.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	8.8%	6.9%	9.1%
7 / 2011	8.7%	6.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	9.0%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	8.6%	6.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	8.3%	6.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	7.9%	6.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	7.9%	6.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2010	10.1%	7.9%	9.8%
2 / 2010	10.0%	7.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	9.8%	7.7%	9.9%
4 / 2010	9.2%	7.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	9.3%	7.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	9.5%	7.2%	9.4%
7 / 2010	9.7%	7.1%	9.4%
8 / 2010	9.8%	7.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	9.4%	6.8%	9.5%
10 / 2010	9.1%	6.6%	9.4%
11 / 2010	9.3%	6.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.9%	6.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2009	8.1%	6.1%	7.8%
2 / 2009	8.8%	6.4%	8.3%
3 / 2009	8.9%	6.6%	8.7%
4 / 2009	8.5%	6.2%	9.0%
5 / 2009	9.4%	6.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	10.0%	7.0%	9.5%
7 / 2009	10.1%	6.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	10.4%	6.9%	9.6%
9 / 2009	10.1%	6.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	10.1%	6.8%	10.0%
11 / 2009	10.1%	6.8%	9.9%
12 / 2009	10.4%	7.2%	9.9%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2008	5.1%	3.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	5.2%	3.6%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.3%	3.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	4.8%	3.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	5.5%	3.7%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.8%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.9%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	6.4%	4.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.2%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.9%	4.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.3%	4.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	6.9%	4.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2007	4.7%	3.3%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.5%	3.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.1%	2.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.8%	2.7%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.0%	2.8%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.4%	3.1%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.6%	3.1%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.6%	3.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.5%	3.0%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.3%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.3%	3.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.7%	3.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2006	5.0%	3.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.2%	3.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.9%	3.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.4%	2.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.6%	3.1%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.7%	3.3%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.8%	3.3%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.9%	3.3%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.8%	3.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.2%	2.7%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.3%	2.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	4.2%	2.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2005	5.8%	3.9%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.9%	4.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.6%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.0%	3.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.2%	3.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.6%	3.8%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.5%	3.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.4%	3.5%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.5%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.1%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2005	5.0%	3.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.8%	3.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2004	6.1%	4.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.8%	4.2%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.0%	4.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	5.4%	3.6%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.8%	3.8%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.3%	4.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	6.1%	4.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.0%	3.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	5.7%	3.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.4%	3.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.3%	3.4%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.5%	3.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2003	6.4%	4.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.0%	4.5%	5.9%
3 / 2003	5.9%	4.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.4%	3.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	5.6%	4.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	6.3%	4.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.0%	4.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.0%	4.1%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.9%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.5%	3.7%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.4%	3.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.1%	3.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2002	5.7%	4.6%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.5%	4.5%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.5%	4.4%	5.7%
4 / 2002	5.4%	4.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.6%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.0%	4.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.0%	4.3%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.2%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.8%	3.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.6%	3.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.7%	4.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	5.8%	4.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2001	2.9%	2.6%	4.2%
2 / 2001	2.9%	2.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	3.3%	2.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.3%	2.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.7%	2.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	4.3%	3.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.3%	3.3%	4.6%
8 / 2001	5.0%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2001	5.0%	3.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.1%	3.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.1%	3.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.0%	3.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2000	3.0%	2.9%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.0%	2.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	2.9%	2.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.4%	2.1%	3.8%
5 / 2000	2.8%	2.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.0%	2.4%	4.0%
7 / 2000	2.8%	2.4%	4.0%
8 / 2000	2.9%	2.4%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.6%	2.1%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.2%	1.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	2.2%	1.8%	3.9%
12 / 2000	2.2%	1.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1999	3.5%	3.0%	4.3%
2 / 1999	3.6%	3.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	3.4%	2.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	3.2%	2.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	3.3%	2.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.7%	2.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.6%	2.9%	4.3%
8 / 1999	3.8%	2.9%	4.2%
9 / 1999	3.6%	2.8%	4.2%
10 / 1999	3.3%	2.5%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.1%	2.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	2.7%	2.4%	4.0%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1998	4.2%	3.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	4.1%	3.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	4.1%	3.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	3.2%	2.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	3.7%	2.7%	4.4%
6 / 1998	4.3%	3.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	4.0%	3.0%	4.5%
8 / 1998	4.2%	3.0%	4.5%
9 / 1998	4.2%	2.9%	4.6%
10 / 1998	4.1%	2.7%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.5%	2.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	3.0%	2.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1997	5.9%	5.0%	5.3%
2 / 1997	5.7%	4.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	5.5%	4.6%	5.2%
4 / 1997	4.9%	4.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	5.1%	4.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	5.5%	4.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.9%	3.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	5.0%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	4.8%	3.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.9%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 1997	3.5%	2.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	3.6%	2.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1996	5.3%	5.3%	5.6%
2 / 1996	5.5%	4.7%	5.5%
3 / 1996	5.4%	4.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	5.2%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	5.7%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	6.1%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.8%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	5.7%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	5.7%	4.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.4%	4.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	5.4%	4.1%	5.4%
12 / 1996	5.1%	4.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1995	5.6%	5.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	5.2%	4.6%	5.4%
3 / 1995	5.1%	4.5%	5.4%
4 / 1995	5.5%	4.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	5.7%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	5.9%	4.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	5.6%	4.6%	5.7%
8 / 1995	5.5%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	5.6%	4.5%	5.6%
10 / 1995	5.0%	4.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	5.0%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	4.8%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1994	6.5%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	6.4%	5.6%	6.6%
3 / 1994	6.4%	5.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	6.4%	5.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	6.3%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 1994	6.5%	5.1%	6.1%
7 / 1994	5.8%	4.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	6.0%	4.8%	6.0%
9 / 1994	5.9%	4.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	5.6%	4.3%	5.8%
11 / 1994	5.2%	4.2%	5.6%
12 / 1994	4.9%	4.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1993	8.0%	6.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	7.6%	6.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	7.2%	5.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	6.9%	5.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	6.9%	5.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	7.2%	5.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	6.8%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	6.7%	5.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	6.3%	4.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	6.2%	4.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	5.5%	4.6%	6.6%
12 / 1993	5.3%	4.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1992	8.6%	7.1%	7.3%
2 / 1992	10.0%	7.3%	7.4%
3 / 1992	9.9%	6.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	9.3%	6.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	9.8%	6.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	10.3%	6.7%	7.8%
7 / 1992	9.7%	6.2%	7.7%
8 / 1992	9.2%	6.1%	7.6%
9 / 1992	8.8%	5.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	7.9%	5.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	8.0%	5.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	7.5%	5.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1991	6.8%	6.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	7.4%	6.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	7.3%	6.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	6.8%	5.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	8.0%	5.8%	6.9%
6 / 1991	8.2%	6.0%	6.9%
7 / 1991	7.7%	5.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	8.4%	5.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	8.2%	5.7%	6.9%
10 / 1991	8.0%	5.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	8.3%	5.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	8.0%	6.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Richmond City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1990	5.2%	4.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	5.3%	4.2%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.1%	3.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	5.3%	3.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.8%	4.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	6.1%	4.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.7%	4.4%	5.5%
8 / 1990	6.3%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1990	6.3%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	5.4%	4.8%	5.9%
11 / 1990	5.8%	5.1%	6.2%
12 / 1990	5.6%	5.4%	6.3%