Blackwater, VA Unemployment Rate Report

Blackwater, VA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Blackwater, Virginia has ranged from 2.5% in December 2021 to 16.3% in June 1992. The current unemployment rate for Blackwater is 3.6% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Blackwater, VA Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Blackwater, VA Current Unemployment - 3.6%

Blackwater, VA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2022	3.9%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.3%	2.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.1%	2.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.8%	2.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.4%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.3%	3.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.4%	2.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.6%	3.2%	3.7%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2021	5.8%	5.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.7%	5.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	5.6%	5.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	3.8%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	4.4%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	4.6%	4.5%	5.9%
7 / 2021	4.3%	4.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	3.7%	4.0%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.0%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	2.9%	3.1%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.7%	2.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.5%	2.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2020	4.8%	3.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	4.7%	2.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	5.1%	3.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	10.9%	10.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	8.5%	8.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	7.7%	8.2%	11.1%
7 / 2020	7.5%	8.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	5.7%	6.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.2%	6.1%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.6%	5.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.5%	5.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.9%	5.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2019	4.5%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.2%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	4.0%	3.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.1%	2.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.4%	2.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.8%	2.9%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.6%	3.0%	3.7%
8 / 2019	5.0%	2.9%	3.7%
9 / 2019	4.4%	2.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.9%	2.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.9%	2.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	4.0%	2.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2018	4.8%	3.6%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.9%	3.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.6%	3.2%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.1%	2.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.1%	2.8%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.5%	3.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.2%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.2%	3.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.8%	2.8%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.7%	2.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.4%	2.7%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.8%	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2017	6.6%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	6.0%	4.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	5.6%	3.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	5.1%	3.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	5.1%	3.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	5.0%	3.8%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.1%	3.8%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.2%	3.9%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.7%	3.5%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.5%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.5%	3.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.4%	3.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2016	7.4%	4.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	7.2%	4.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	7.2%	4.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	6.9%	3.7%	5.0%
5 / 2016	6.2%	3.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	6.8%	4.3%	4.9%
7 / 2016	7.1%	4.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	7.2%	4.4%	4.9%
9 / 2016	6.9%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2016	6.6%	4.0%	4.9%
11 / 2016	6.4%	3.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	6.3%	3.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2015	8.2%	5.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	7.7%	5.0%	5.5%
3 / 2015	7.5%	4.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	6.9%	4.3%	5.4%
5 / 2015	7.3%	4.7%	5.6%
6 / 2015	7.2%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 2015	7.1%	4.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	7.3%	4.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	7.0%	4.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	6.7%	4.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	6.9%	3.9%	5.1%
12 / 2015	6.9%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2014	9.2%	5.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	9.0%	5.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	8.7%	5.5%	6.7%
4 / 2014	7.7%	4.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	8.2%	5.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	8.5%	5.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	8.4%	5.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	8.4%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2014	7.5%	5.1%	5.9%
10 / 2014	7.1%	4.8%	5.7%
11 / 2014	7.4%	4.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	7.5%	4.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2013	9.8%	6.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	9.0%	6.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.4%	5.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	7.8%	5.3%	7.6%
5 / 2013	8.0%	5.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	9.0%	6.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	9.3%	5.9%	7.3%
8 / 2013	9.4%	5.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	8.9%	5.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	8.7%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	8.2%	5.2%	6.9%
12 / 2013	8.0%	5.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2012	8.1%	6.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	8.3%	6.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	7.8%	6.2%	8.2%
4 / 2012	7.4%	5.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	7.6%	6.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	8.1%	6.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	8.7%	6.4%	8.2%
8 / 2012	8.8%	6.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	8.3%	5.8%	7.8%
10 / 2012	8.4%	5.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	8.4%	5.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	8.9%	5.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2011	8.1%	7.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	7.8%	6.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	7.4%	6.6%	9.0%
4 / 2011	7.2%	6.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.6%	6.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	7.9%	6.9%	9.1%
7 / 2011	7.9%	6.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	8.1%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	7.7%	6.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	7.3%	6.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	7.1%	6.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	7.3%	6.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2010	9.0%	7.9%	9.8%
2 / 2010	9.3%	7.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	8.4%	7.7%	9.9%
4 / 2010	7.5%	7.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	7.7%	7.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	7.6%	7.2%	9.4%
7 / 2010	7.7%	7.1%	9.4%
8 / 2010	7.7%	7.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	7.5%	6.8%	9.5%
10 / 2010	7.3%	6.6%	9.4%
11 / 2010	7.5%	6.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	7.7%	6.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2009	6.5%	6.1%	7.8%
2 / 2009	6.8%	6.4%	8.3%
3 / 2009	6.8%	6.6%	8.7%
4 / 2009	6.6%	6.2%	9.0%
5 / 2009	7.1%	6.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	7.4%	7.0%	9.5%
7 / 2009	7.3%	6.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	6.9%	6.9%	9.6%
9 / 2009	7.4%	6.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	7.8%	6.8%	10.0%
11 / 2009	7.7%	6.8%	9.9%
12 / 2009	8.3%	7.2%	9.9%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2008	4.6%	3.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	5.3%	3.6%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.9%	3.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	4.4%	3.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	5.1%	3.7%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.1%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.9%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	6.2%	4.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.0%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.3%	4.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	5.4%	4.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	5.7%	4.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2007	4.6%	3.3%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.2%	3.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.0%	2.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.9%	2.7%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.3%	2.8%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.6%	3.1%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.4%	3.1%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.1%	3.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.1%	3.0%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.7%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.8%	3.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.2%	3.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2006	5.0%	3.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.2%	3.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.4%	3.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.4%	2.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.7%	3.1%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.7%	3.3%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.5%	3.3%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.3%	3.3%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.2%	3.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.5%	2.7%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.6%	2.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.8%	2.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2005	5.5%	3.9%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.9%	4.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.2%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.0%	3.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.0%	3.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.3%	3.8%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.0%	3.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.0%	3.5%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.9%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.5%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.6%	3.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.7%	3.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2004	7.0%	4.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	6.7%	4.2%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.2%	4.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	5.4%	3.6%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.7%	3.8%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.2%	4.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.7%	4.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.3%	3.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	5.1%	3.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.7%	3.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.7%	3.4%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.1%	3.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2003	6.7%	4.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.7%	4.5%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.2%	4.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.8%	3.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	5.9%	4.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	6.4%	4.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	5.8%	4.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	5.9%	4.1%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.8%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.5%	3.7%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.6%	3.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.9%	3.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2002	6.6%	4.6%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.8%	4.5%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.7%	4.4%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.0%	4.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.7%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	5.8%	4.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	5.8%	4.3%	5.8%
8 / 2002	5.6%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.2%	3.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.2%	3.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.5%	4.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	5.9%	4.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2001	4.8%	2.6%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.6%	2.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	4.6%	2.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.2%	2.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.3%	2.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.1%	3.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.8%	3.3%	4.6%
8 / 2001	5.7%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2001	5.5%	3.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.4%	3.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.4%	3.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.5%	3.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2000	5.8%	2.9%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.4%	2.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.6%	2.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.1%	2.1%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.3%	2.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.2%	2.4%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.0%	2.4%	4.0%
8 / 2000	4.0%	2.4%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.9%	2.1%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.6%	1.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.3%	1.8%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.4%	1.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1999	9.6%	3.0%	4.3%
2 / 1999	10.2%	3.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	10.1%	2.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	9.7%	2.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	10.1%	2.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	10.6%	2.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	8.8%	2.9%	4.3%
8 / 1999	8.7%	2.9%	4.2%
9 / 1999	8.2%	2.8%	4.2%
10 / 1999	7.2%	2.5%	4.1%
11 / 1999	6.5%	2.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	6.1%	2.4%	4.0%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1998	9.2%	3.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	8.9%	3.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	8.3%	3.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	6.2%	2.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	7.5%	2.7%	4.4%
6 / 1998	8.4%	3.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	8.0%	3.0%	4.5%
8 / 1998	7.5%	3.0%	4.5%
9 / 1998	7.5%	2.9%	4.6%
10 / 1998	6.6%	2.7%	4.5%
11 / 1998	9.4%	2.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	8.2%	2.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1997	12.1%	5.0%	5.3%
2 / 1997	11.4%	4.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	10.3%	4.6%	5.2%
4 / 1997	9.2%	4.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	8.7%	4.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	9.9%	4.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	7.8%	3.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	7.2%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	6.8%	3.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	9.2%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 1997	8.2%	2.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	7.5%	2.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1996	15.4%	5.3%	5.6%
2 / 1996	13.6%	4.7%	5.5%
3 / 1996	12.1%	4.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	10.6%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	11.2%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	11.1%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 1996	11.5%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	11.1%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	12.3%	4.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	10.7%	4.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	11.8%	4.1%	5.4%
12 / 1996	11.3%	4.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1995	12.0%	5.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	11.2%	4.6%	5.4%
3 / 1995	9.9%	4.5%	5.4%
4 / 1995	9.2%	4.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	8.9%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	9.4%	4.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	10.5%	4.6%	5.7%
8 / 1995	13.1%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	15.2%	4.5%	5.6%
10 / 1995	13.5%	4.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	14.0%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	13.3%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1994	11.6%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	11.9%	5.6%	6.6%
3 / 1994	10.4%	5.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	10.3%	5.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	10.6%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 1994	10.8%	5.1%	6.1%
7 / 1994	10.3%	4.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	10.4%	4.8%	6.0%
9 / 1994	10.5%	4.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	9.3%	4.3%	5.8%
11 / 1994	9.4%	4.2%	5.6%
12 / 1994	9.5%	4.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1993	13.5%	6.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	13.0%	6.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	11.3%	5.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	11.7%	5.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	11.0%	5.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	11.8%	5.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	11.0%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	10.5%	5.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	10.0%	4.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	10.9%	4.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	10.0%	4.6%	6.6%
12 / 1993	9.7%	4.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1992	16.1%	7.1%	7.3%
2 / 1992	15.3%	7.3%	7.4%
3 / 1992	14.3%	6.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	14.7%	6.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	14.3%	6.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	16.3%	6.7%	7.8%
7 / 1992	14.7%	6.2%	7.7%
8 / 1992	14.3%	6.1%	7.6%
9 / 1992	14.6%	5.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	13.6%	5.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	12.9%	5.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	13.0%	5.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1991	12.2%	6.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	10.8%	6.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	9.4%	6.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	8.7%	5.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	9.4%	5.8%	6.9%
6 / 1991	10.0%	6.0%	6.9%
7 / 1991	9.7%	5.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	9.9%	5.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	9.7%	5.7%	6.9%
10 / 1991	9.2%	5.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	12.7%	5.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	14.2%	6.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Blackwater, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1990	10.2%	4.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	9.5%	4.2%	5.3%
3 / 1990	11.4%	3.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	8.6%	3.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	9.8%	4.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	9.2%	4.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	8.9%	4.4%	5.5%
8 / 1990	9.5%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1990	10.3%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	8.2%	4.8%	5.9%
11 / 1990	9.2%	5.1%	6.2%
12 / 1990	9.3%	5.4%	6.3%