Roanoke City County, VA Unemployment Rate Report

Roanoke City County, VA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Roanoke City County, Virginia has ranged from 1.9% in December 1999 to 12.8% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Roanoke City County is 3.6% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Roanoke City County, VA Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Roanoke City County, VA Current Unemployment - 3.6%

Roanoke City County, VA Unemployment Rate

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

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2021	6.9%	5.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	6.6%	5.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.3%	5.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	4.8%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.0%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	5.4%	4.5%	5.9%
7 / 2021	4.9%	4.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.6%	4.0%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.1%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.4%	3.1%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.4%	2.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.2%	2.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2020	3.4%	3.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.1%	2.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.7%	3.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	12.8%	10.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	11.2%	8.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	10.3%	8.2%	11.1%
7 / 2020	11.1%	8.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	8.3%	6.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	7.7%	6.1%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.3%	5.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	5.6%	5.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	5.6%	5.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2019	3.5%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.3%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.2%	3.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.6%	2.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.8%	2.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.4%	2.9%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.3%	3.0%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.3%	2.9%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.8%	2.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.8%	2.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.7%	2.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.7%	2.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2018	4.0%	3.6%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.9%	3.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.5%	3.2%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.1%	2.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.1%	2.8%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.7%	3.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.4%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.4%	3.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.9%	2.8%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.8%	2.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.7%	2.7%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.9%	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2017	4.8%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.6%	4.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.3%	3.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.8%	3.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.9%	3.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.4%	3.8%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.5%	3.8%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.8%	3.9%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.9%	3.5%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.6%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.5%	3.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.5%	3.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2016	4.6%	4.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.6%	4.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.4%	4.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.0%	3.7%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.0%	3.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.4%	4.3%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.5%	4.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.8%	4.4%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.5%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.2%	4.0%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.1%	3.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.1%	3.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2015	5.8%	5.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.5%	5.0%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.3%	4.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.8%	4.3%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.1%	4.7%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.1%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.1%	4.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.0%	4.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.5%	4.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.3%	4.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.2%	3.9%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.1%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2014	6.5%	5.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.4%	5.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.2%	5.5%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.6%	4.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.8%	5.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.2%	5.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.2%	5.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.4%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.6%	5.1%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.2%	4.8%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.2%	4.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.1%	4.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2013	7.6%	6.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	7.1%	6.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	6.6%	5.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	6.5%	5.3%	7.6%
5 / 2013	6.7%	5.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	7.2%	6.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	6.8%	5.9%	7.3%
8 / 2013	6.9%	5.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	6.3%	5.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	6.3%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	6.0%	5.2%	6.9%
12 / 2013	5.8%	5.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2012	8.0%	6.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	7.8%	6.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	7.3%	6.2%	8.2%
4 / 2012	7.2%	5.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	7.2%	6.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	7.7%	6.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	7.6%	6.4%	8.2%
8 / 2012	7.3%	6.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	6.7%	5.8%	7.8%
10 / 2012	6.5%	5.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	6.4%	5.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	6.7%	5.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2011	8.7%	7.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	8.5%	6.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	8.0%	6.6%	9.0%
4 / 2011	7.8%	6.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	8.0%	6.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	8.5%	6.9%	9.1%
7 / 2011	8.3%	6.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	8.4%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	7.9%	6.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	7.7%	6.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	7.5%	6.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	7.6%	6.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2010	9.5%	7.9%	9.8%
2 / 2010	9.5%	7.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	9.2%	7.7%	9.9%
4 / 2010	8.4%	7.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	8.6%	7.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	8.5%	7.2%	9.4%
7 / 2010	8.9%	7.1%	9.4%
8 / 2010	8.9%	7.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	8.4%	6.8%	9.5%
10 / 2010	8.0%	6.6%	9.4%
11 / 2010	8.3%	6.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.2%	6.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2009	7.0%	6.1%	7.8%
2 / 2009	7.8%	6.4%	8.3%
3 / 2009	8.1%	6.6%	8.7%
4 / 2009	7.8%	6.2%	9.0%
5 / 2009	8.6%	6.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	8.9%	7.0%	9.5%
7 / 2009	9.2%	6.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	9.6%	6.9%	9.6%
9 / 2009	8.7%	6.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	8.9%	6.8%	10.0%
11 / 2009	9.3%	6.8%	9.9%
12 / 2009	9.4%	7.2%	9.9%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2008	4.5%	3.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.7%	3.6%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.5%	3.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.8%	3.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.4%	3.7%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.5%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.5%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.6%	4.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.3%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	4.5%	4.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	4.9%	4.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	5.3%	4.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2007	4.0%	3.3%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.1%	3.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	3.8%	2.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.5%	2.7%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.7%	2.8%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.7%	3.1%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.8%	3.1%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.7%	3.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.6%	3.0%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.4%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.7%	3.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.2%	3.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2006	3.8%	3.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.1%	3.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.9%	3.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.6%	2.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.7%	3.1%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.9%	3.3%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.0%	3.3%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.3%	3.3%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.9%	3.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.5%	2.7%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.4%	2.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.3%	2.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2005	4.7%	3.9%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.9%	4.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	4.7%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.2%	3.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.3%	3.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.3%	3.8%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.6%	3.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	4.0%	3.5%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.1%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.7%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2005	3.7%	3.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	3.6%	3.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2004	5.2%	4.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.2%	4.2%	5.6%
3 / 2004	5.1%	4.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.3%	3.6%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.8%	3.8%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.8%	4.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.7%	4.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.6%	3.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.3%	3.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.2%	3.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.2%	3.4%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.4%	3.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2003	5.5%	4.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	5.3%	4.5%	5.9%
3 / 2003	5.4%	4.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	4.9%	3.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	5.2%	4.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	5.6%	4.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	5.9%	4.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	5.3%	4.1%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.0%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.0%	3.7%	6.0%
11 / 2003	4.6%	3.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	4.5%	3.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2002	5.3%	4.6%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.2%	4.5%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.3%	4.4%	5.7%
4 / 2002	5.2%	4.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.0%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	5.0%	4.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	5.1%	4.3%	5.8%
8 / 2002	5.2%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.4%	3.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	4.5%	3.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.7%	4.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	4.8%	4.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2001	3.0%	2.6%	4.2%
2 / 2001	3.1%	2.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	3.2%	2.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.0%	2.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.2%	2.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.4%	3.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	3.5%	3.3%	4.6%
8 / 2001	3.8%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.6%	3.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	4.1%	3.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	4.2%	3.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	4.4%	3.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2000	3.0%	2.9%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.0%	2.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	2.6%	2.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.2%	2.1%	3.8%
5 / 2000	2.5%	2.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	2.6%	2.4%	4.0%
7 / 2000	2.7%	2.4%	4.0%
8 / 2000	2.6%	2.4%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.4%	2.1%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.0%	1.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	2.0%	1.8%	3.9%
12 / 2000	2.0%	1.8%	3.9%

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

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1998	3.2%	3.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	3.8%	3.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	3.5%	3.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	2.5%	2.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	2.9%	2.7%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.0%	3.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	2.9%	3.0%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.8%	3.0%	4.5%
9 / 1998	2.8%	2.9%	4.6%
10 / 1998	2.4%	2.7%	4.5%
11 / 1998	2.5%	2.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	2.4%	2.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1997	5.1%	5.0%	5.3%
2 / 1997	4.9%	4.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	5.3%	4.6%	5.2%
4 / 1997	4.8%	4.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	4.5%	4.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	4.2%	4.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	3.9%	3.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.2%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	3.8%	3.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.0%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 1997	3.1%	2.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	2.7%	2.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1996	5.4%	5.3%	5.6%
2 / 1996	4.2%	4.7%	5.5%
3 / 1996	3.9%	4.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	3.7%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	3.5%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	3.5%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 1996	3.9%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	3.6%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	3.6%	4.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	3.5%	4.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	3.8%	4.1%	5.4%
12 / 1996	3.5%	4.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1995	3.7%	5.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	3.7%	4.6%	5.4%
3 / 1995	3.7%	4.5%	5.4%
4 / 1995	3.7%	4.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	3.5%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	3.6%	4.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	3.6%	4.6%	5.7%
8 / 1995	3.8%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	3.7%	4.5%	5.6%
10 / 1995	3.5%	4.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	3.3%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	3.4%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1994	6.1%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	5.7%	5.6%	6.6%
3 / 1994	5.4%	5.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	4.7%	5.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	4.5%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 1994	4.5%	5.1%	6.1%
7 / 1994	4.4%	4.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	4.7%	4.8%	6.0%
9 / 1994	4.0%	4.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	3.4%	4.3%	5.8%
11 / 1994	3.5%	4.2%	5.6%
12 / 1994	3.1%	4.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1993	6.8%	6.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	6.8%	6.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	6.6%	5.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	5.9%	5.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	5.9%	5.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	6.4%	5.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	6.0%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	5.8%	5.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	5.7%	4.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	5.3%	4.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	4.7%	4.6%	6.6%
12 / 1993	4.7%	4.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1992	7.7%	7.1%	7.3%
2 / 1992	8.1%	7.3%	7.4%
3 / 1992	7.7%	6.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	7.2%	6.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	7.2%	6.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	7.2%	6.7%	7.8%
7 / 1992	6.6%	6.2%	7.7%
8 / 1992	7.1%	6.1%	7.6%
9 / 1992	6.8%	5.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	6.2%	5.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	6.6%	5.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	6.3%	5.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1991	6.2%	6.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	6.7%	6.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	6.6%	6.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	5.7%	5.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	6.3%	5.8%	6.9%
6 / 1991	6.5%	6.0%	6.9%
7 / 1991	6.7%	5.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	7.0%	5.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	7.2%	5.7%	6.9%
10 / 1991	7.0%	5.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	7.0%	5.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	7.0%	6.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Roanoke City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1990	4.9%	4.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	4.4%	4.2%	5.3%
3 / 1990	4.1%	3.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.9%	3.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	4.0%	4.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	4.2%	4.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	4.5%	4.4%	5.5%
8 / 1990	4.7%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.1%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	5.1%	4.8%	5.9%
11 / 1990	5.4%	5.1%	6.2%
12 / 1990	5.5%	5.4%	6.3%