Low Unemployment Area
Independence, VA Current Unemployment - 2.5%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Independence, VA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2022
2.8%
3.4%
4.0%
2 / 2022
2.6%
2.9%
3.8%
3 / 2022
2.3%
2.7%
3.6%
4 / 2022
2.0%
2.5%
3.6%
5 / 2022
2.4%
3.0%
3.6%
6 / 2022
2.3%
3.0%
3.6%
7 / 2022
2.3%
2.9%
3.5%
8 / 2022
2.5%
3.2%
3.7%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2021
4.8%
5.0%
6.3%
2 / 2021
4.5%
5.4%
6.2%
3 / 2021
4.2%
5.1%
6.0%
4 / 2021
3.3%
3.9%
6.1%
5 / 2021
3.0%
4.1%
5.8%
6 / 2021
3.5%
4.5%
5.9%
7 / 2021
3.2%
4.2%
5.4%
8 / 2021
2.9%
4.0%
5.2%
9 / 2021
2.4%
3.4%
4.7%
10 / 2021
2.2%
3.1%
4.6%
11 / 2021
2.0%
2.8%
4.2%
12 / 2021
1.7%
2.7%
3.9%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2020
3.4%
3.0%
3.6%
2 / 2020
3.6%
2.8%
3.5%
3 / 2020
5.3%
3.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
10.8%
10.8%
14.7%
5 / 2020
7.2%
8.9%
13.3%
6 / 2020
6.7%
8.2%
11.1%
7 / 2020
6.3%
8.0%
10.2%
8 / 2020
5.1%
6.3%
8.4%
9 / 2020
4.7%
6.1%
7.9%
10 / 2020
3.5%
5.1%
6.9%
11 / 2020
3.5%
5.5%
6.7%
12 / 2020
3.8%
5.7%
6.7%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2019
3.7%
3.4%
4.0%
2 / 2019
3.5%
3.1%
3.8%
3 / 2019
3.3%
3.0%
3.8%
4 / 2019
2.4%
2.4%
3.6%
5 / 2019
2.5%
2.7%
3.6%
6 / 2019
2.7%
2.9%
3.7%
7 / 2019
3.0%
3.0%
3.7%
8 / 2019
3.0%
2.9%
3.7%
9 / 2019
2.5%
2.6%
3.5%
10 / 2019
2.5%
2.5%
3.6%
11 / 2019
2.7%
2.5%
3.5%
12 / 2019
3.1%
2.4%
3.5%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2018
4.1%
3.6%
4.1%
2 / 2018
4.0%
3.4%
4.1%
3 / 2018
3.6%
3.2%
4.0%
4 / 2018
2.7%
2.8%
3.9%
5 / 2018
2.7%
2.8%
3.8%
6 / 2018
3.1%
3.3%
4.0%
7 / 2018
3.0%
3.1%
3.9%
8 / 2018
3.2%
3.2%
3.8%
9 / 2018
2.8%
2.8%
3.7%
10 / 2018
2.7%
2.8%
3.8%
11 / 2018
2.6%
2.7%
3.7%
12 / 2018
2.8%
2.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2017
5.8%
4.4%
4.7%
2 / 2017
5.0%
4.2%
4.7%
3 / 2017
4.8%
3.9%
4.4%
4 / 2017
3.6%
3.5%
4.4%
5 / 2017
3.7%
3.7%
4.4%
6 / 2017
3.8%
3.8%
4.3%
7 / 2017
3.8%
3.8%
4.3%
8 / 2017
4.0%
3.9%
4.4%
9 / 2017
3.3%
3.5%
4.2%
10 / 2017
3.2%
3.3%
4.1%
11 / 2017
3.3%
3.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
3.2%
3.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2016
5.5%
4.3%
4.9%
2 / 2016
6.0%
4.2%
4.9%
3 / 2016
5.5%
4.1%
5.0%
4 / 2016
4.9%
3.7%
5.0%
5 / 2016
4.8%
3.9%
4.8%
6 / 2016
5.2%
4.3%
4.9%
7 / 2016
5.0%
4.3%
4.8%
8 / 2016
5.6%
4.4%
4.9%
9 / 2016
5.0%
4.2%
5.0%
10 / 2016
5.5%
4.0%
4.9%
11 / 2016
4.4%
3.9%
4.7%
12 / 2016
4.5%
3.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2015
8.4%
5.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
7.6%
5.0%
5.5%
3 / 2015
7.2%
4.8%
5.4%
4 / 2015
5.7%
4.3%
5.4%
5 / 2015
5.8%
4.7%
5.6%
6 / 2015
5.8%
4.6%
5.3%
7 / 2015
5.5%
4.5%
5.2%
8 / 2015
5.5%
4.4%
5.1%
9 / 2015
5.1%
4.1%
5.0%
10 / 2015
4.9%
4.0%
5.0%
11 / 2015
4.8%
3.9%
5.1%
12 / 2015
4.7%
3.8%
5.0%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2014
8.7%
5.6%
6.6%
2 / 2014
8.8%
5.7%
6.7%
3 / 2014
10.1%
5.5%
6.7%
4 / 2014
7.3%
4.8%
6.2%
5 / 2014
7.4%
5.3%
6.3%
6 / 2014
7.5%
5.4%
6.1%
7 / 2014
8.5%
5.5%
6.2%
8 / 2014
7.7%
5.5%
6.1%
9 / 2014
7.1%
5.1%
5.9%
10 / 2014
6.5%
4.8%
5.7%
11 / 2014
6.6%
4.7%
5.8%
12 / 2014
7.2%
4.6%
5.6%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2013
12.8%
6.4%
8.0%
2 / 2013
11.9%
6.0%
7.7%
3 / 2013
10.5%
5.7%
7.5%
4 / 2013
9.4%
5.3%
7.6%
5 / 2013
9.0%
5.7%
7.5%
6 / 2013
9.3%
6.1%
7.5%
7 / 2013
10.5%
5.9%
7.3%
8 / 2013
9.4%
5.8%
7.2%
9 / 2013
8.6%
5.6%
7.2%
10 / 2013
8.2%
5.6%
7.2%
11 / 2013
7.8%
5.2%
6.9%
12 / 2013
8.1%
5.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2012
11.0%
6.6%
8.3%
2 / 2012
11.4%
6.6%
8.3%
3 / 2012
9.8%
6.2%
8.2%
4 / 2012
9.8%
5.7%
8.2%
5 / 2012
9.0%
6.0%
8.2%
6 / 2012
9.0%
6.4%
8.2%
7 / 2012
9.1%
6.4%
8.2%
8 / 2012
9.7%
6.2%
8.1%
9 / 2012
8.8%
5.8%
7.8%
10 / 2012
8.9%
5.6%
7.8%
11 / 2012
8.4%
5.4%
7.7%
12 / 2012
9.6%
5.6%
7.9%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2011
13.1%
7.1%
9.1%
2 / 2011
12.5%
6.9%
9.0%
3 / 2011
11.6%
6.6%
9.0%
4 / 2011
10.4%
6.2%
9.1%
5 / 2011
10.5%
6.4%
9.0%
6 / 2011
10.7%
6.9%
9.1%
7 / 2011
10.2%
6.7%
9.0%
8 / 2011
10.9%
6.9%
9.0%
9 / 2011
10.3%
6.7%
9.0%
10 / 2011
10.0%
6.4%
8.8%
11 / 2011
9.9%
6.1%
8.6%
12 / 2011
10.2%
6.2%
8.5%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2010
13.8%
7.9%
9.8%
2 / 2010
14.4%
7.9%
9.8%
3 / 2010
14.4%
7.7%
9.9%
4 / 2010
12.2%
7.0%
9.9%
5 / 2010
11.7%
7.1%
9.6%
6 / 2010
11.5%
7.2%
9.4%
7 / 2010
11.5%
7.1%
9.4%
8 / 2010
12.4%
7.1%
9.5%
9 / 2010
11.7%
6.8%
9.5%
10 / 2010
11.4%
6.6%
9.4%
11 / 2010
12.0%
6.7%
9.8%
12 / 2010
12.4%
6.7%
9.3%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2009
9.9%
6.1%
7.8%
2 / 2009
10.2%
6.4%
8.3%
3 / 2009
10.3%
6.6%
8.7%
4 / 2009
10.0%
6.2%
9.0%
5 / 2009
10.9%
6.7%
9.4%
6 / 2009
10.9%
7.0%
9.5%
7 / 2009
10.4%
6.8%
9.5%
8 / 2009
10.9%
6.9%
9.6%
9 / 2009
10.6%
6.9%
9.8%
10 / 2009
11.3%
6.8%
10.0%
11 / 2009
11.0%
6.8%
9.9%
12 / 2009
12.0%
7.2%
9.9%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2008
6.1%
3.7%
5.0%
2 / 2008
5.8%
3.6%
4.9%
3 / 2008
6.2%
3.6%
5.1%
4 / 2008
4.5%
3.2%
5.0%
5 / 2008
6.8%
3.7%
5.4%
6 / 2008
6.4%
4.0%
5.6%
7 / 2008
6.3%
4.1%
5.8%
8 / 2008
6.8%
4.2%
6.1%
9 / 2008
6.7%
4.0%
6.1%
10 / 2008
6.6%
4.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
6.7%
4.3%
6.8%
12 / 2008
8.7%
4.9%
7.3%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2007
6.2%
3.3%
4.6%
2 / 2007
7.7%
3.2%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.9%
2.9%
4.4%
4 / 2007
4.8%
2.7%
4.5%
5 / 2007
4.9%
2.8%
4.4%
6 / 2007
4.6%
3.1%
4.6%
7 / 2007
4.1%
3.1%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.3%
3.1%
4.6%
9 / 2007
5.4%
3.0%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.1%
2.9%
4.7%
11 / 2007
3.4%
3.0%
4.7%
12 / 2007
3.9%
3.3%
5.0%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2006
4.6%
3.3%
4.7%
2 / 2006
6.2%
3.4%
4.8%
3 / 2006
5.3%
3.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
4.5%
2.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
5.0%
3.1%
4.6%
6 / 2006
5.8%
3.3%
4.6%
7 / 2006
6.0%
3.3%
4.7%
8 / 2006
6.0%
3.3%
4.7%
9 / 2006
6.3%
3.1%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.5%
2.7%
4.4%
11 / 2006
5.6%
2.8%
4.5%
12 / 2006
5.5%
2.8%
4.4%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2005
4.9%
3.9%
5.3%
2 / 2005
4.9%
4.0%
5.4%
3 / 2005
5.0%
3.8%
5.2%
4 / 2005
4.1%
3.5%
5.2%
5 / 2005
4.4%
3.6%
5.1%
6 / 2005
4.6%
3.8%
5.0%
7 / 2005
4.4%
3.6%
5.0%
8 / 2005
4.4%
3.5%
4.9%
9 / 2005
4.5%
3.5%
5.0%
10 / 2005
4.4%
3.2%
5.0%
11 / 2005
5.4%
3.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
5.5%
3.1%
4.9%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2004
5.1%
4.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
5.1%
4.2%
5.6%
3 / 2004
4.9%
4.2%
5.8%
4 / 2004
4.2%
3.6%
5.6%
5 / 2004
4.5%
3.8%
5.6%
6 / 2004
5.3%
4.2%
5.6%
7 / 2004
6.4%
4.0%
5.5%
8 / 2004
5.2%
3.8%
5.4%
9 / 2004
4.7%
3.5%
5.4%
10 / 2004
4.4%
3.4%
5.5%
11 / 2004
4.2%
3.4%
5.4%
12 / 2004
5.0%
3.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2003
7.4%
4.6%
5.8%
2 / 2003
7.3%
4.5%
5.9%
3 / 2003
7.0%
4.3%
5.9%
4 / 2003
7.3%
3.9%
6.0%
5 / 2003
6.3%
4.1%
6.1%
6 / 2003
6.2%
4.5%
6.3%
7 / 2003
10.4%
4.3%
6.2%
8 / 2003
4.8%
4.1%
6.1%
9 / 2003
4.8%
4.0%
6.1%
10 / 2003
4.8%
3.7%
6.0%
11 / 2003
4.5%
3.7%
5.8%
12 / 2003
4.5%
3.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2002
8.1%
4.6%
5.7%
2 / 2002
7.1%
4.5%
5.7%
3 / 2002
6.5%
4.4%
5.7%
4 / 2002
6.1%
4.2%
5.9%
5 / 2002
10.0%
4.2%
5.8%
6 / 2002
5.7%
4.4%
5.8%
7 / 2002
10.1%
4.3%
5.8%
8 / 2002
10.5%
4.3%
5.7%
9 / 2002
6.5%
3.9%
5.7%
10 / 2002
9.7%
3.8%
5.7%
11 / 2002
8.8%
4.0%
5.9%
12 / 2002
6.6%
4.0%
6.0%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2001
8.1%
2.6%
4.2%
2 / 2001
7.2%
2.7%
4.2%
3 / 2001
7.6%
2.8%
4.3%
4 / 2001
6.5%
2.6%
4.4%
5 / 2001
5.6%
2.8%
4.3%
6 / 2001
6.5%
3.2%
4.5%
7 / 2001
13.6%
3.3%
4.6%
8 / 2001
8.4%
3.6%
4.9%
9 / 2001
7.7%
3.6%
5.0%
10 / 2001
6.9%
3.8%
5.3%
11 / 2001
6.3%
3.9%
5.5%
12 / 2001
6.3%
3.9%
5.7%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 2000
5.3%
2.9%
4.0%
2 / 2000
5.2%
2.9%
4.1%
3 / 2000
4.2%
2.6%
4.0%
4 / 2000
3.3%
2.1%
3.8%
5 / 2000
3.6%
2.4%
4.0%
6 / 2000
4.9%
2.4%
4.0%
7 / 2000
5.4%
2.4%
4.0%
8 / 2000
5.6%
2.4%
4.1%
9 / 2000
5.9%
2.1%
3.9%
10 / 2000
5.9%
1.8%
3.9%
11 / 2000
6.0%
1.8%
3.9%
12 / 2000
5.8%
1.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1999
7.9%
3.0%
4.3%
2 / 1999
7.8%
3.0%
4.4%
3 / 1999
6.5%
2.8%
4.2%
4 / 1999
4.9%
2.6%
4.3%
5 / 1999
4.7%
2.7%
4.2%
6 / 1999
4.6%
2.9%
4.3%
7 / 1999
5.1%
2.9%
4.3%
8 / 1999
5.1%
2.9%
4.2%
9 / 1999
5.0%
2.8%
4.2%
10 / 1999
5.1%
2.5%
4.1%
11 / 1999
6.9%
2.5%
4.1%
12 / 1999
4.8%
2.4%
4.0%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1998
6.0%
3.5%
4.6%
2 / 1998
5.1%
3.4%
4.6%
3 / 1998
4.3%
3.3%
4.7%
4 / 1998
6.4%
2.5%
4.3%
5 / 1998
3.0%
2.7%
4.4%
6 / 1998
5.9%
3.1%
4.5%
7 / 1998
5.9%
3.0%
4.5%
8 / 1998
6.0%
3.0%
4.5%
9 / 1998
5.8%
2.9%
4.6%
10 / 1998
4.8%
2.7%
4.5%
11 / 1998
4.4%
2.5%
4.4%
12 / 1998
7.9%
2.4%
4.4%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1997
7.3%
5.0%
5.3%
2 / 1997
6.1%
4.8%
5.2%
3 / 1997
5.6%
4.6%
5.2%
4 / 1997
8.8%
4.0%
5.1%
5 / 1997
3.3%
4.0%
4.9%
6 / 1997
4.2%
4.2%
5.0%
7 / 1997
6.8%
3.8%
4.9%
8 / 1997
3.6%
3.7%
4.8%
9 / 1997
4.8%
3.4%
4.9%
10 / 1997
4.5%
2.9%
4.7%
11 / 1997
4.6%
2.7%
4.6%
12 / 1997
4.2%
2.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1996
8.6%
5.3%
5.6%
2 / 1996
7.9%
4.7%
5.5%
3 / 1996
6.1%
4.5%
5.5%
4 / 1996
7.0%
4.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
7.1%
4.5%
5.6%
6 / 1996
6.9%
4.6%
5.3%
7 / 1996
5.7%
4.7%
5.5%
8 / 1996
6.7%
4.2%
5.1%
9 / 1996
7.6%
4.3%
5.2%
10 / 1996
6.7%
4.1%
5.2%
11 / 1996
6.8%
4.1%
5.4%
12 / 1996
6.3%
4.1%
5.4%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1995
4.8%
5.0%
5.6%
2 / 1995
3.9%
4.6%
5.4%
3 / 1995
3.2%
4.5%
5.4%
4 / 1995
5.2%
4.4%
5.8%
5 / 1995
4.5%
4.6%
5.6%
6 / 1995
4.9%
4.7%
5.6%
7 / 1995
6.9%
4.6%
5.7%
8 / 1995
6.7%
4.6%
5.7%
9 / 1995
4.8%
4.5%
5.6%
10 / 1995
4.9%
4.3%
5.5%
11 / 1995
6.0%
4.3%
5.6%
12 / 1995
6.5%
4.2%
5.6%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1994
5.8%
5.7%
6.6%
2 / 1994
4.8%
5.6%
6.6%
3 / 1994
4.1%
5.4%
6.5%
4 / 1994
5.2%
5.0%
6.4%
5 / 1994
4.2%
4.8%
6.1%
6 / 1994
4.6%
5.1%
6.1%
7 / 1994
4.4%
4.8%
6.1%
8 / 1994
4.8%
4.8%
6.0%
9 / 1994
4.0%
4.6%
5.9%
10 / 1994
3.7%
4.3%
5.8%
11 / 1994
4.0%
4.2%
5.6%
12 / 1994
3.7%
4.1%
5.5%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1993
6.4%
6.2%
7.3%
2 / 1993
5.7%
6.0%
7.1%
3 / 1993
5.1%
5.6%
7.0%
4 / 1993
5.4%
5.2%
7.1%
5 / 1993
5.2%
5.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
5.6%
5.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
5.1%
5.2%
6.9%
8 / 1993
5.3%
5.1%
6.8%
9 / 1993
4.6%
4.9%
6.7%
10 / 1993
5.0%
4.8%
6.8%
11 / 1993
4.6%
4.6%
6.6%
12 / 1993
4.1%
4.6%
6.5%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1992
9.7%
7.1%
7.3%
2 / 1992
8.6%
7.3%
7.4%
3 / 1992
7.3%
6.9%
7.4%
4 / 1992
5.5%
6.0%
7.4%
5 / 1992
7.3%
6.4%
7.6%
6 / 1992
7.9%
6.7%
7.8%
7 / 1992
7.2%
6.2%
7.7%
8 / 1992
6.9%
6.1%
7.6%
9 / 1992
5.1%
5.9%
7.6%
10 / 1992
6.1%
5.6%
7.3%
11 / 1992
7.5%
5.6%
7.4%
12 / 1992
6.5%
5.6%
7.4%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1991
12.7%
6.2%
6.4%
2 / 1991
16.4%
6.5%
6.6%
3 / 1991
9.9%
6.2%
6.8%
4 / 1991
8.4%
5.5%
6.7%
5 / 1991
8.0%
5.8%
6.9%
6 / 1991
7.9%
6.0%
6.9%
7 / 1991
8.0%
5.7%
6.8%
8 / 1991
10.1%
5.7%
6.9%
9 / 1991
7.3%
5.7%
6.9%
10 / 1991
7.6%
5.6%
7.0%
11 / 1991
7.7%
5.9%
7.0%
12 / 1991
8.1%
6.1%
7.3%
Month/Year
Independence, VA%
Virginia%
National %
1 / 1990
9.5%
4.5%
5.4%
2 / 1990
7.7%
4.2%
5.3%
3 / 1990
6.9%
3.9%
5.2%
4 / 1990
6.3%
3.7%
5.4%
5 / 1990
5.5%
4.0%
5.4%
6 / 1990
7.2%
4.2%
5.2%
7 / 1990
12.9%
4.4%
5.5%
8 / 1990
10.9%
4.6%
5.7%
9 / 1990
14.2%
4.8%
5.9%
10 / 1990
8.0%
4.8%
5.9%
11 / 1990
12.2%
5.1%
6.2%
12 / 1990
12.3%
5.4%
6.3%