Moderate Unemployment Area
Appalachia, VA Current Unemployment - 4.0%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
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1999
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1997
1996
1995
1994
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1992
1991
1990
Appalachia, VA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2022
4.4%
3.4%
4.0%
2 / 2022
3.8%
2.9%
3.8%
3 / 2022
3.4%
2.7%
3.6%
4 / 2022
3.2%
2.5%
3.6%
5 / 2022
3.7%
3.0%
3.6%
6 / 2022
3.7%
3.0%
3.6%
7 / 2022
3.9%
2.9%
3.5%
8 / 2022
4.0%
3.2%
3.7%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2021
7.3%
5.0%
6.3%
2 / 2021
6.9%
5.4%
6.2%
3 / 2021
6.7%
5.1%
6.0%
4 / 2021
5.0%
3.9%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.7%
4.1%
5.8%
6 / 2021
6.4%
4.5%
5.9%
7 / 2021
5.8%
4.2%
5.4%
8 / 2021
5.0%
4.0%
5.2%
9 / 2021
4.4%
3.4%
4.7%
10 / 2021
4.0%
3.1%
4.6%
11 / 2021
3.6%
2.8%
4.2%
12 / 2021
3.2%
2.7%
3.9%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2020
5.2%
3.0%
3.6%
2 / 2020
4.8%
2.8%
3.5%
3 / 2020
6.1%
3.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
11.9%
10.8%
14.7%
5 / 2020
8.7%
8.9%
13.3%
6 / 2020
8.9%
8.2%
11.1%
7 / 2020
9.4%
8.0%
10.2%
8 / 2020
7.3%
6.3%
8.4%
9 / 2020
7.4%
6.1%
7.9%
10 / 2020
5.8%
5.1%
6.9%
11 / 2020
5.6%
5.5%
6.7%
12 / 2020
6.0%
5.7%
6.7%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2019
5.5%
3.4%
4.0%
2 / 2019
4.9%
3.1%
3.8%
3 / 2019
4.8%
3.0%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.0%
2.4%
3.6%
5 / 2019
4.2%
2.7%
3.6%
6 / 2019
4.8%
2.9%
3.7%
7 / 2019
5.3%
3.0%
3.7%
8 / 2019
5.1%
2.9%
3.7%
9 / 2019
4.5%
2.6%
3.5%
10 / 2019
4.2%
2.5%
3.6%
11 / 2019
4.2%
2.5%
3.5%
12 / 2019
4.3%
2.4%
3.5%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2018
6.0%
3.6%
4.1%
2 / 2018
5.8%
3.4%
4.1%
3 / 2018
5.5%
3.2%
4.0%
4 / 2018
4.6%
2.8%
3.9%
5 / 2018
4.7%
2.8%
3.8%
6 / 2018
5.6%
3.3%
4.0%
7 / 2018
5.4%
3.1%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.0%
3.2%
3.8%
9 / 2018
4.5%
2.8%
3.7%
10 / 2018
4.3%
2.8%
3.8%
11 / 2018
4.2%
2.7%
3.7%
12 / 2018
4.7%
2.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2017
7.9%
4.4%
4.7%
2 / 2017
7.4%
4.2%
4.7%
3 / 2017
6.7%
3.9%
4.4%
4 / 2017
6.1%
3.5%
4.4%
5 / 2017
6.2%
3.7%
4.4%
6 / 2017
6.4%
3.8%
4.3%
7 / 2017
6.7%
3.8%
4.3%
8 / 2017
6.5%
3.9%
4.4%
9 / 2017
5.9%
3.5%
4.2%
10 / 2017
5.5%
3.3%
4.1%
11 / 2017
5.3%
3.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
5.6%
3.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2016
9.4%
4.3%
4.9%
2 / 2016
9.3%
4.2%
4.9%
3 / 2016
9.0%
4.1%
5.0%
4 / 2016
8.8%
3.7%
5.0%
5 / 2016
8.1%
3.9%
4.8%
6 / 2016
8.9%
4.3%
4.9%
7 / 2016
9.0%
4.3%
4.8%
8 / 2016
9.1%
4.4%
4.9%
9 / 2016
8.1%
4.2%
5.0%
10 / 2016
7.8%
4.0%
4.9%
11 / 2016
7.8%
3.9%
4.7%
12 / 2016
7.4%
3.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2015
9.4%
5.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
8.6%
5.0%
5.5%
3 / 2015
8.4%
4.8%
5.4%
4 / 2015
7.6%
4.3%
5.4%
5 / 2015
8.1%
4.7%
5.6%
6 / 2015
8.3%
4.6%
5.3%
7 / 2015
8.4%
4.5%
5.2%
8 / 2015
8.5%
4.4%
5.1%
9 / 2015
7.7%
4.1%
5.0%
10 / 2015
7.9%
4.0%
5.0%
11 / 2015
8.2%
3.9%
5.1%
12 / 2015
8.3%
3.8%
5.0%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2014
10.8%
5.6%
6.6%
2 / 2014
10.3%
5.7%
6.7%
3 / 2014
9.8%
5.5%
6.7%
4 / 2014
9.0%
4.8%
6.2%
5 / 2014
9.6%
5.3%
6.3%
6 / 2014
10.0%
5.4%
6.1%
7 / 2014
10.2%
5.5%
6.2%
8 / 2014
9.8%
5.5%
6.1%
9 / 2014
8.6%
5.1%
5.9%
10 / 2014
8.3%
4.8%
5.7%
11 / 2014
8.5%
4.7%
5.8%
12 / 2014
8.5%
4.6%
5.6%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2013
11.0%
6.4%
8.0%
2 / 2013
10.0%
6.0%
7.7%
3 / 2013
9.4%
5.7%
7.5%
4 / 2013
9.1%
5.3%
7.6%
5 / 2013
9.5%
5.7%
7.5%
6 / 2013
10.7%
6.1%
7.5%
7 / 2013
11.4%
5.9%
7.3%
8 / 2013
11.4%
5.8%
7.2%
9 / 2013
10.5%
5.6%
7.2%
10 / 2013
10.5%
5.6%
7.2%
11 / 2013
10.2%
5.2%
6.9%
12 / 2013
9.9%
5.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2012
8.3%
6.6%
8.3%
2 / 2012
8.5%
6.6%
8.3%
3 / 2012
8.3%
6.2%
8.2%
4 / 2012
7.8%
5.7%
8.2%
5 / 2012
8.4%
6.0%
8.2%
6 / 2012
9.0%
6.4%
8.2%
7 / 2012
9.9%
6.4%
8.2%
8 / 2012
9.5%
6.2%
8.1%
9 / 2012
9.2%
5.8%
7.8%
10 / 2012
9.2%
5.6%
7.8%
11 / 2012
9.4%
5.4%
7.7%
12 / 2012
9.6%
5.6%
7.9%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2011
8.4%
7.1%
9.1%
2 / 2011
7.9%
6.9%
9.0%
3 / 2011
7.4%
6.6%
9.0%
4 / 2011
7.0%
6.2%
9.1%
5 / 2011
7.4%
6.4%
9.0%
6 / 2011
8.3%
6.9%
9.1%
7 / 2011
8.2%
6.7%
9.0%
8 / 2011
8.1%
6.9%
9.0%
9 / 2011
7.6%
6.7%
9.0%
10 / 2011
7.4%
6.4%
8.8%
11 / 2011
7.1%
6.1%
8.6%
12 / 2011
7.3%
6.2%
8.5%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2010
9.4%
7.9%
9.8%
2 / 2010
9.0%
7.9%
9.8%
3 / 2010
8.8%
7.7%
9.9%
4 / 2010
7.9%
7.0%
9.9%
5 / 2010
8.3%
7.1%
9.6%
6 / 2010
8.6%
7.2%
9.4%
7 / 2010
8.9%
7.1%
9.4%
8 / 2010
8.4%
7.1%
9.5%
9 / 2010
7.9%
6.8%
9.5%
10 / 2010
7.7%
6.6%
9.4%
11 / 2010
7.6%
6.7%
9.8%
12 / 2010
7.8%
6.7%
9.3%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2009
5.7%
6.1%
7.8%
2 / 2009
5.9%
6.4%
8.3%
3 / 2009
6.2%
6.6%
8.7%
4 / 2009
6.1%
6.2%
9.0%
5 / 2009
6.5%
6.7%
9.4%
6 / 2009
7.1%
7.0%
9.5%
7 / 2009
7.0%
6.8%
9.5%
8 / 2009
6.7%
6.9%
9.6%
9 / 2009
6.6%
6.9%
9.8%
10 / 2009
6.9%
6.8%
10.0%
11 / 2009
7.0%
6.8%
9.9%
12 / 2009
7.5%
7.2%
9.9%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2008
4.7%
3.7%
5.0%
2 / 2008
4.6%
3.6%
4.9%
3 / 2008
4.5%
3.6%
5.1%
4 / 2008
3.9%
3.2%
5.0%
5 / 2008
4.5%
3.7%
5.4%
6 / 2008
5.2%
4.0%
5.6%
7 / 2008
5.1%
4.1%
5.8%
8 / 2008
5.0%
4.2%
6.1%
9 / 2008
4.4%
4.0%
6.1%
10 / 2008
4.3%
4.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
4.3%
4.3%
6.8%
12 / 2008
4.8%
4.9%
7.3%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2007
4.3%
3.3%
4.6%
2 / 2007
4.1%
3.2%
4.5%
3 / 2007
3.8%
2.9%
4.4%
4 / 2007
3.6%
2.7%
4.5%
5 / 2007
3.9%
2.8%
4.4%
6 / 2007
4.1%
3.1%
4.6%
7 / 2007
4.1%
3.1%
4.7%
8 / 2007
4.0%
3.1%
4.6%
9 / 2007
3.7%
3.0%
4.7%
10 / 2007
3.7%
2.9%
4.7%
11 / 2007
3.8%
3.0%
4.7%
12 / 2007
4.1%
3.3%
5.0%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2006
4.8%
3.3%
4.7%
2 / 2006
5.0%
3.4%
4.8%
3 / 2006
4.5%
3.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
4.3%
2.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
4.9%
3.1%
4.6%
6 / 2006
5.1%
3.3%
4.6%
7 / 2006
5.2%
3.3%
4.7%
8 / 2006
5.0%
3.3%
4.7%
9 / 2006
4.3%
3.1%
4.5%
10 / 2006
3.8%
2.7%
4.4%
11 / 2006
3.8%
2.8%
4.5%
12 / 2006
3.7%
2.8%
4.4%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2005
5.5%
3.9%
5.3%
2 / 2005
5.2%
4.0%
5.4%
3 / 2005
4.9%
3.8%
5.2%
4 / 2005
4.5%
3.5%
5.2%
5 / 2005
4.7%
3.6%
5.1%
6 / 2005
5.4%
3.8%
5.0%
7 / 2005
5.1%
3.6%
5.0%
8 / 2005
4.7%
3.5%
4.9%
9 / 2005
4.5%
3.5%
5.0%
10 / 2005
4.4%
3.2%
5.0%
11 / 2005
4.4%
3.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
4.3%
3.1%
4.9%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2004
6.3%
4.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
5.8%
4.2%
5.6%
3 / 2004
5.6%
4.2%
5.8%
4 / 2004
5.0%
3.6%
5.6%
5 / 2004
5.3%
3.8%
5.6%
6 / 2004
6.0%
4.2%
5.6%
7 / 2004
5.7%
4.0%
5.5%
8 / 2004
5.4%
3.8%
5.4%
9 / 2004
4.6%
3.5%
5.4%
10 / 2004
4.5%
3.4%
5.5%
11 / 2004
4.7%
3.4%
5.4%
12 / 2004
4.7%
3.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2003
7.0%
4.6%
5.8%
2 / 2003
6.7%
4.5%
5.9%
3 / 2003
6.0%
4.3%
5.9%
4 / 2003
5.5%
3.9%
6.0%
5 / 2003
5.4%
4.1%
6.1%
6 / 2003
6.6%
4.5%
6.3%
7 / 2003
6.0%
4.3%
6.2%
8 / 2003
5.5%
4.1%
6.1%
9 / 2003
5.1%
4.0%
6.1%
10 / 2003
5.0%
3.7%
6.0%
11 / 2003
5.1%
3.7%
5.8%
12 / 2003
5.1%
3.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2002
5.9%
4.6%
5.7%
2 / 2002
5.6%
4.5%
5.7%
3 / 2002
6.0%
4.4%
5.7%
4 / 2002
6.5%
4.2%
5.9%
5 / 2002
5.8%
4.2%
5.8%
6 / 2002
6.4%
4.4%
5.8%
7 / 2002
6.4%
4.3%
5.8%
8 / 2002
6.1%
4.3%
5.7%
9 / 2002
5.6%
3.9%
5.7%
10 / 2002
5.2%
3.8%
5.7%
11 / 2002
5.8%
4.0%
5.9%
12 / 2002
5.9%
4.0%
6.0%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2001
4.9%
2.6%
4.2%
2 / 2001
4.4%
2.7%
4.2%
3 / 2001
4.6%
2.8%
4.3%
4 / 2001
4.4%
2.6%
4.4%
5 / 2001
4.3%
2.8%
4.3%
6 / 2001
4.8%
3.2%
4.5%
7 / 2001
4.5%
3.3%
4.6%
8 / 2001
5.1%
3.6%
4.9%
9 / 2001
5.2%
3.6%
5.0%
10 / 2001
5.0%
3.8%
5.3%
11 / 2001
4.7%
3.9%
5.5%
12 / 2001
4.8%
3.9%
5.7%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2000
5.8%
2.9%
4.0%
2 / 2000
5.7%
2.9%
4.1%
3 / 2000
4.9%
2.6%
4.0%
4 / 2000
4.1%
2.1%
3.8%
5 / 2000
4.1%
2.4%
4.0%
6 / 2000
4.1%
2.4%
4.0%
7 / 2000
4.1%
2.4%
4.0%
8 / 2000
4.0%
2.4%
4.1%
9 / 2000
3.7%
2.1%
3.9%
10 / 2000
3.3%
1.8%
3.9%
11 / 2000
3.6%
1.8%
3.9%
12 / 2000
3.4%
1.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1999
8.3%
3.0%
4.3%
2 / 1999
8.6%
3.0%
4.4%
3 / 1999
7.4%
2.8%
4.2%
4 / 1999
8.2%
2.6%
4.3%
5 / 1999
9.6%
2.7%
4.2%
6 / 1999
10.2%
2.9%
4.3%
7 / 1999
9.9%
2.9%
4.3%
8 / 1999
10.5%
2.9%
4.2%
9 / 1999
9.9%
2.8%
4.2%
10 / 1999
9.2%
2.5%
4.1%
11 / 1999
8.5%
2.5%
4.1%
12 / 1999
7.6%
2.4%
4.0%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1998
10.2%
3.5%
4.6%
2 / 1998
10.2%
3.4%
4.6%
3 / 1998
9.9%
3.3%
4.7%
4 / 1998
8.7%
2.5%
4.3%
5 / 1998
10.8%
2.7%
4.4%
6 / 1998
12.7%
3.1%
4.5%
7 / 1998
11.8%
3.0%
4.5%
8 / 1998
11.6%
3.0%
4.5%
9 / 1998
10.5%
2.9%
4.6%
10 / 1998
9.7%
2.7%
4.5%
11 / 1998
8.8%
2.5%
4.4%
12 / 1998
8.1%
2.4%
4.4%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1997
14.8%
5.0%
5.3%
2 / 1997
13.8%
4.8%
5.2%
3 / 1997
12.5%
4.6%
5.2%
4 / 1997
10.4%
4.0%
5.1%
5 / 1997
13.1%
4.0%
4.9%
6 / 1997
13.8%
4.2%
5.0%
7 / 1997
12.9%
3.8%
4.9%
8 / 1997
12.1%
3.7%
4.8%
9 / 1997
11.6%
3.4%
4.9%
10 / 1997
9.2%
2.9%
4.7%
11 / 1997
9.0%
2.7%
4.6%
12 / 1997
9.0%
2.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1996
19.9%
5.3%
5.6%
2 / 1996
17.9%
4.7%
5.5%
3 / 1996
16.6%
4.5%
5.5%
4 / 1996
15.9%
4.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
17.7%
4.5%
5.6%
6 / 1996
16.8%
4.6%
5.3%
7 / 1996
16.7%
4.7%
5.5%
8 / 1996
15.0%
4.2%
5.1%
9 / 1996
14.7%
4.3%
5.2%
10 / 1996
13.3%
4.1%
5.2%
11 / 1996
13.4%
4.1%
5.4%
12 / 1996
13.3%
4.1%
5.4%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1995
13.3%
5.0%
5.6%
2 / 1995
12.3%
4.6%
5.4%
3 / 1995
12.3%
4.5%
5.4%
4 / 1995
12.2%
4.4%
5.8%
5 / 1995
13.4%
4.6%
5.6%
6 / 1995
15.3%
4.7%
5.6%
7 / 1995
18.5%
4.6%
5.7%
8 / 1995
21.4%
4.6%
5.7%
9 / 1995
23.7%
4.5%
5.6%
10 / 1995
21.6%
4.3%
5.5%
11 / 1995
20.5%
4.3%
5.6%
12 / 1995
19.5%
4.2%
5.6%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1994
13.8%
5.7%
6.6%
2 / 1994
14.0%
5.6%
6.6%
3 / 1994
13.1%
5.4%
6.5%
4 / 1994
12.6%
5.0%
6.4%
5 / 1994
13.4%
4.8%
6.1%
6 / 1994
13.3%
5.1%
6.1%
7 / 1994
12.2%
4.8%
6.1%
8 / 1994
13.2%
4.8%
6.0%
9 / 1994
12.8%
4.6%
5.9%
10 / 1994
12.3%
4.3%
5.8%
11 / 1994
11.2%
4.2%
5.6%
12 / 1994
10.5%
4.1%
5.5%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1993
16.6%
6.2%
7.3%
2 / 1993
15.2%
6.0%
7.1%
3 / 1993
14.0%
5.6%
7.0%
4 / 1993
13.6%
5.2%
7.1%
5 / 1993
13.3%
5.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
14.2%
5.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
13.5%
5.2%
6.9%
8 / 1993
13.7%
5.1%
6.8%
9 / 1993
12.1%
4.9%
6.7%
10 / 1993
11.3%
4.8%
6.8%
11 / 1993
10.5%
4.6%
6.6%
12 / 1993
9.9%
4.6%
6.5%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1992
15.8%
7.1%
7.3%
2 / 1992
15.8%
7.3%
7.4%
3 / 1992
15.3%
6.9%
7.4%
4 / 1992
13.8%
6.0%
7.4%
5 / 1992
15.1%
6.4%
7.6%
6 / 1992
17.9%
6.7%
7.8%
7 / 1992
15.1%
6.2%
7.7%
8 / 1992
14.9%
6.1%
7.6%
9 / 1992
15.1%
5.9%
7.6%
10 / 1992
16.0%
5.6%
7.3%
11 / 1992
15.3%
5.6%
7.4%
12 / 1992
14.9%
5.6%
7.4%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1991
12.1%
6.2%
6.4%
2 / 1991
12.2%
6.5%
6.6%
3 / 1991
12.6%
6.2%
6.8%
4 / 1991
12.6%
5.5%
6.7%
5 / 1991
13.8%
5.8%
6.9%
6 / 1991
14.6%
6.0%
6.9%
7 / 1991
14.7%
5.7%
6.8%
8 / 1991
14.1%
5.7%
6.9%
9 / 1991
13.4%
5.7%
6.9%
10 / 1991
13.1%
5.6%
7.0%
11 / 1991
13.1%
5.9%
7.0%
12 / 1991
14.0%
6.1%
7.3%
Month/Year
Appalachia, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1990
12.1%
4.5%
5.4%
2 / 1990
11.1%
4.2%
5.3%
3 / 1990
11.4%
3.9%
5.2%
4 / 1990
10.4%
3.7%
5.4%
5 / 1990
10.5%
4.0%
5.4%
6 / 1990
11.3%
4.2%
5.2%
7 / 1990
10.3%
4.4%
5.5%
8 / 1990
12.7%
4.6%
5.7%
9 / 1990
11.5%
4.8%
5.9%
10 / 1990
9.4%
4.8%
5.9%
11 / 1990
10.3%
5.1%
6.2%
12 / 1990
10.0%
5.4%
6.3%