Harrisonburg City County, VA Unemployment Rate Report

Harrisonburg City County, VA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Harrisonburg City County, Virginia has ranged from 0.9% in December 1998 to 11.2% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Harrisonburg City County is 3.9% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Harrisonburg City County, VA Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Harrisonburg City County, VA Current Unemployment - 3.9%

Harrisonburg City County, VA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2022	3.5%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.0%	2.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.0%	2.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.6%	2.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.5%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.7%	3.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.7%	2.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.9%	3.2%	3.7%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2021	5.7%	5.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.2%	5.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	5.2%	5.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	3.8%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	4.4%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	5.0%	4.5%	5.9%
7 / 2021	4.2%	4.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.1%	4.0%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.3%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.4%	3.1%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.6%	2.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.7%	2.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2020	3.1%	3.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	2.5%	2.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.8%	3.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	11.2%	10.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	10.5%	8.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	9.3%	8.2%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.2%	8.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.3%	6.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	5.5%	6.1%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.3%	5.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	3.9%	5.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.4%	5.7%	6.7%

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

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2018	3.9%	3.6%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.9%	3.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.6%	3.2%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.1%	2.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.2%	2.8%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.3%	3.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.9%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.9%	3.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.3%	2.8%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.2%	2.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.2%	2.7%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.2%	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2017	4.7%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.7%	4.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.5%	3.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.9%	3.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.5%	3.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	5.2%	3.8%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.9%	3.8%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.0%	3.9%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.2%	3.5%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.7%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.0%	3.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.3%	3.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2016	4.8%	4.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.6%	4.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.7%	4.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.8%	3.7%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.9%	3.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	6.0%	4.3%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.9%	4.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.5%	4.4%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.0%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.9%	4.0%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.3%	3.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.2%	3.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2015	5.6%	5.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.8%	5.0%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.6%	4.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.7%	4.3%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.0%	4.7%	5.6%
6 / 2015	6.5%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.9%	4.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.3%	4.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.6%	4.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.8%	4.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.4%	3.9%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.5%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2014	5.8%	5.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.2%	5.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.7%	5.5%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.0%	4.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.7%	5.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	7.2%	5.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	7.3%	5.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.3%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.9%	5.1%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.9%	4.8%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.0%	4.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.0%	4.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2013	6.6%	6.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	6.6%	6.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	6.5%	5.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	6.0%	5.3%	7.6%
5 / 2013	7.3%	5.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	7.9%	6.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	7.8%	5.9%	7.3%
8 / 2013	6.8%	5.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	6.5%	5.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	6.9%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	6.2%	5.2%	6.9%
12 / 2013	5.8%	5.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2012	6.8%	6.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	7.4%	6.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	7.4%	6.2%	8.2%
4 / 2012	6.7%	5.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.2%	6.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	8.5%	6.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	8.7%	6.4%	8.2%
8 / 2012	7.7%	6.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	6.8%	5.8%	7.8%
10 / 2012	6.9%	5.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	6.6%	5.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	6.4%	5.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2011	7.7%	7.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	7.3%	6.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	7.8%	6.6%	9.0%
4 / 2011	6.9%	6.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.8%	6.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	8.7%	6.9%	9.1%
7 / 2011	8.6%	6.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	8.3%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	8.3%	6.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	7.9%	6.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	7.3%	6.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	7.2%	6.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2010	8.5%	7.9%	9.8%
2 / 2010	9.0%	7.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	8.5%	7.7%	9.9%
4 / 2010	7.8%	7.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	8.5%	7.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	9.1%	7.2%	9.4%
7 / 2010	8.7%	7.1%	9.4%
8 / 2010	8.2%	7.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	7.6%	6.8%	9.5%
10 / 2010	8.1%	6.6%	9.4%
11 / 2010	7.8%	6.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	7.6%	6.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2009	5.8%	6.1%	7.8%
2 / 2009	6.0%	6.4%	8.3%
3 / 2009	6.3%	6.6%	8.7%
4 / 2009	6.0%	6.2%	9.0%
5 / 2009	6.6%	6.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	8.0%	7.0%	9.5%
7 / 2009	7.5%	6.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	6.9%	6.9%	9.6%
9 / 2009	7.1%	6.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	6.8%	6.8%	10.0%
11 / 2009	6.8%	6.8%	9.9%
12 / 2009	7.0%	7.2%	9.9%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2008	3.7%	3.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	3.5%	3.6%	4.9%
3 / 2008	3.5%	3.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.2%	3.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.2%	3.7%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.8%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.3%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.9%	4.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.0%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	4.1%	4.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	4.3%	4.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	4.4%	4.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2007	3.0%	3.3%	4.6%
2 / 2007	2.9%	3.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	2.9%	2.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	2.7%	2.7%	4.5%
5 / 2007	2.7%	2.8%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.3%	3.1%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.5%	3.1%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.1%	3.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	2.5%	3.0%	4.7%
10 / 2007	2.6%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 2007	2.9%	3.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	2.9%	3.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2006	3.7%	3.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	3.2%	3.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.1%	3.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.0%	2.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.3%	3.1%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.5%	3.3%	4.6%
7 / 2006	3.6%	3.3%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.3%	3.3%	4.7%
9 / 2006	2.6%	3.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	2.3%	2.7%	4.4%
11 / 2006	2.5%	2.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	2.1%	2.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2005	4.6%	3.9%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.1%	4.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	4.1%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	3.8%	3.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.9%	3.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.4%	3.8%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.0%	3.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.7%	3.5%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.3%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.4%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2005	3.7%	3.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	3.0%	3.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2004	4.4%	4.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	3.8%	4.2%	5.6%
3 / 2004	4.0%	4.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	3.5%	3.6%	5.6%
5 / 2004	3.6%	3.8%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.5%	4.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.0%	4.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	3.5%	3.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	3.4%	3.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.4%	3.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.6%	3.4%	5.4%
12 / 2004	3.8%	3.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2003	4.4%	4.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	3.9%	4.5%	5.9%
3 / 2003	4.4%	4.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	3.5%	3.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	3.8%	4.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	4.6%	4.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	3.9%	4.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	3.8%	4.1%	6.1%
9 / 2003	3.7%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2003	3.3%	3.7%	6.0%
11 / 2003	4.1%	3.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	3.4%	3.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2002	4.1%	4.6%	5.7%
2 / 2002	4.2%	4.5%	5.7%
3 / 2002	3.9%	4.4%	5.7%
4 / 2002	3.6%	4.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	3.8%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.3%	4.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	3.9%	4.3%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.1%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 2002	2.9%	3.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	2.6%	3.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	3.2%	4.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	3.8%	4.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2001	2.2%	2.6%	4.2%
2 / 2001	2.5%	2.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	2.6%	2.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	2.2%	2.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	2.7%	2.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.1%	3.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	2.6%	3.3%	4.6%
8 / 2001	3.2%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.1%	3.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	2.8%	3.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	3.2%	3.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	3.2%	3.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2000	2.2%	2.9%	4.0%
2 / 2000	2.6%	2.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.0%	2.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.2%	2.1%	3.8%
5 / 2000	2.5%	2.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	2.7%	2.4%	4.0%
7 / 2000	2.4%	2.4%	4.0%
8 / 2000	2.6%	2.4%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.0%	2.1%	3.9%
10 / 2000	1.7%	1.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	1.9%	1.8%	3.9%
12 / 2000	1.7%	1.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1999	1.3%	3.0%	4.3%
2 / 1999	1.6%	3.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	1.3%	2.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	1.2%	2.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	1.4%	2.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	1.4%	2.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	1.1%	2.9%	4.3%
8 / 1999	1.4%	2.9%	4.2%
9 / 1999	1.4%	2.8%	4.2%
10 / 1999	1.1%	2.5%	4.1%
11 / 1999	1.1%	2.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	1.0%	2.4%	4.0%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1998	1.7%	3.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	1.7%	3.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	1.6%	3.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	1.2%	2.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	1.4%	2.7%	4.4%
6 / 1998	1.5%	3.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	1.3%	3.0%	4.5%
8 / 1998	1.4%	3.0%	4.5%
9 / 1998	1.2%	2.9%	4.6%
10 / 1998	1.4%	2.7%	4.5%
11 / 1998	1.3%	2.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	0.9%	2.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1997	2.2%	5.0%	5.3%
2 / 1997	2.4%	4.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	2.2%	4.6%	5.2%
4 / 1997	2.2%	4.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	1.9%	4.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	1.9%	4.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	1.6%	3.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	1.7%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	1.4%	3.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	1.4%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 1997	1.3%	2.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	1.3%	2.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1996	3.1%	5.3%	5.6%
2 / 1996	2.4%	4.7%	5.5%
3 / 1996	2.1%	4.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	2.1%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	2.4%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	2.6%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 1996	2.3%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	2.2%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	2.0%	4.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.5%	4.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	1.9%	4.1%	5.4%
12 / 1996	1.7%	4.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1995	2.4%	5.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	2.2%	4.6%	5.4%
3 / 1995	1.9%	4.5%	5.4%
4 / 1995	2.3%	4.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	2.5%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	2.9%	4.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	2.7%	4.6%	5.7%
8 / 1995	2.8%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	2.5%	4.5%	5.6%
10 / 1995	2.0%	4.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	2.0%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	1.8%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1994	2.8%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	3.0%	5.6%	6.6%
3 / 1994	2.7%	5.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	2.5%	5.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	2.3%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 1994	2.3%	5.1%	6.1%
7 / 1994	1.8%	4.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	2.1%	4.8%	6.0%
9 / 1994	2.1%	4.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	2.1%	4.3%	5.8%
11 / 1994	1.9%	4.2%	5.6%
12 / 1994	1.8%	4.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1993	3.6%	6.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	3.2%	6.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	3.2%	5.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	3.1%	5.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	3.2%	5.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	3.6%	5.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	3.3%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	3.5%	5.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	2.6%	4.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	2.8%	4.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	2.3%	4.6%	6.6%
12 / 1993	2.2%	4.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1992	4.0%	7.1%	7.3%
2 / 1992	4.2%	7.3%	7.4%
3 / 1992	3.5%	6.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	3.3%	6.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	3.6%	6.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	3.8%	6.7%	7.8%
7 / 1992	3.3%	6.2%	7.7%
8 / 1992	3.3%	6.1%	7.6%
9 / 1992	3.4%	5.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	3.6%	5.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	3.5%	5.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	3.2%	5.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1991	5.2%	6.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	5.4%	6.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	5.2%	6.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	5.0%	5.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	5.5%	5.8%	6.9%
6 / 1991	6.3%	6.0%	6.9%
7 / 1991	5.1%	5.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	5.5%	5.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	5.8%	5.7%	6.9%
10 / 1991	5.1%	5.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	4.6%	5.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	5.0%	6.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Harrisonburg City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1990	5.2%	4.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	5.5%	4.2%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.0%	3.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	5.0%	3.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.7%	4.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	7.0%	4.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	6.0%	4.4%	5.5%
8 / 1990	6.6%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1990	7.1%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	6.6%	4.8%	5.9%
11 / 1990	7.5%	5.1%	6.2%
12 / 1990	7.1%	5.4%	6.3%