Newport News City County, VA Unemployment Rate Report

Newport News City County, VA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Newport News City County, Virginia has ranged from 2.0% in October 2000 to 13.9% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Newport News City County is 4.4% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Newport News City County, VA Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Newport News City County, VA Current Unemployment - 4.4%

Newport News City County, VA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2022	4.8%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.3%	2.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.9%	2.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.7%	2.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.1%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.9%	3.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.0%	2.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.4%	3.2%	3.7%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2021	7.9%	5.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	7.6%	5.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	7.2%	5.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.8%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.8%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.2%	4.5%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.6%	4.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.4%	4.0%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.8%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.5%	3.1%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.2%	2.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.9%	2.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2020	3.9%	3.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.6%	2.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.2%	3.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	13.9%	10.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	12.2%	8.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	11.4%	8.2%	11.1%
7 / 2020	11.6%	8.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	9.3%	6.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	9.1%	6.1%	7.9%
10 / 2020	7.2%	5.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.3%	5.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	6.4%	5.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2019	4.3%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.0%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.7%	3.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.1%	2.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.3%	2.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.6%	2.9%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.6%	3.0%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.6%	2.9%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.2%	2.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.1%	2.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.0%	2.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.1%	2.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2018	4.4%	3.6%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.3%	3.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.8%	3.2%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.3%	2.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.3%	2.8%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.8%	3.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.8%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.9%	3.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.5%	2.8%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.3%	2.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.2%	2.7%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.6%	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2017	5.6%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.4%	4.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.8%	3.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.3%	3.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.4%	3.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.6%	3.8%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.7%	3.8%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.8%	3.9%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.3%	3.5%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.1%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.1%	3.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.1%	3.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2016	5.5%	4.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	5.6%	4.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	5.3%	4.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	5.0%	3.7%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.8%	3.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.3%	4.3%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.4%	4.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.5%	4.4%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.3%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.9%	4.0%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.9%	3.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.8%	3.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2015	6.5%	5.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.3%	5.0%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.9%	4.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.2%	4.3%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.6%	4.7%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.5%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.4%	4.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.3%	4.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.9%	4.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.9%	4.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.0%	3.9%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.8%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2014	6.9%	5.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.8%	5.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.6%	5.5%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.9%	4.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.2%	5.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.3%	5.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.5%	5.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.4%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.0%	5.1%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.8%	4.8%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.9%	4.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.7%	4.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2013	7.9%	6.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	7.3%	6.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	6.8%	5.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	6.4%	5.3%	7.6%
5 / 2013	6.6%	5.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	7.0%	6.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	6.8%	5.9%	7.3%
8 / 2013	6.7%	5.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	6.5%	5.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	6.6%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	6.3%	5.2%	6.9%
12 / 2013	6.2%	5.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2012	8.5%	6.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	8.1%	6.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	7.6%	6.2%	8.2%
4 / 2012	7.1%	5.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	7.5%	6.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	7.7%	6.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	7.8%	6.4%	8.2%
8 / 2012	7.7%	6.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	7.1%	5.8%	7.8%
10 / 2012	7.0%	5.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	6.8%	5.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	6.9%	5.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2011	8.7%	7.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	8.5%	6.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	8.1%	6.6%	9.0%
4 / 2011	7.6%	6.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.8%	6.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	8.2%	6.9%	9.1%
7 / 2011	8.2%	6.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	8.4%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	8.3%	6.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	8.1%	6.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	7.8%	6.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	7.9%	6.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2010	9.2%	7.9%	9.8%
2 / 2010	9.0%	7.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	8.8%	7.7%	9.9%
4 / 2010	8.1%	7.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	8.3%	7.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	8.3%	7.2%	9.4%
7 / 2010	8.2%	7.1%	9.4%
8 / 2010	8.2%	7.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	8.0%	6.8%	9.5%
10 / 2010	7.9%	6.6%	9.4%
11 / 2010	8.1%	6.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.0%	6.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2009	7.2%	6.1%	7.8%
2 / 2009	7.6%	6.4%	8.3%
3 / 2009	7.4%	6.6%	8.7%
4 / 2009	6.7%	6.2%	9.0%
5 / 2009	7.2%	6.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	7.5%	7.0%	9.5%
7 / 2009	7.3%	6.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	7.3%	6.9%	9.6%
9 / 2009	7.5%	6.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	7.6%	6.8%	10.0%
11 / 2009	7.7%	6.8%	9.9%
12 / 2009	8.1%	7.2%	9.9%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2008	4.4%	3.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.3%	3.6%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.2%	3.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.7%	3.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.3%	3.7%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.5%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.5%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.8%	4.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.8%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	4.8%	4.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	5.3%	4.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	5.9%	4.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2007	3.9%	3.3%	4.6%
2 / 2007	3.7%	3.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	3.4%	2.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.0%	2.7%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.2%	2.8%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.5%	3.1%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.5%	3.1%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.5%	3.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.6%	3.0%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.6%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.7%	3.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.2%	3.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2006	4.3%	3.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.3%	3.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.8%	3.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.3%	2.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.5%	3.1%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.6%	3.3%	4.6%
7 / 2006	3.7%	3.3%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.7%	3.3%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.4%	3.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.0%	2.7%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.2%	2.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.3%	2.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2005	5.4%	3.9%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.5%	4.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.1%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.3%	3.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.4%	3.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.3%	3.8%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.2%	3.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	4.1%	3.5%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.4%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.0%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.3%	3.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.1%	3.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2004	5.1%	4.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.0%	4.2%	5.6%
3 / 2004	4.9%	4.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.1%	3.6%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.4%	3.8%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.5%	4.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.5%	4.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.5%	3.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.2%	3.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.2%	3.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.5%	3.4%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.1%	3.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2003	5.2%	4.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	4.9%	4.5%	5.9%
3 / 2003	4.7%	4.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	4.2%	3.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	4.6%	4.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	5.0%	4.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	5.0%	4.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	4.9%	4.1%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.8%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2003	4.7%	3.7%	6.0%
11 / 2003	4.6%	3.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	4.4%	3.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2002	5.1%	4.6%	5.7%
2 / 2002	4.9%	4.5%	5.7%
3 / 2002	4.9%	4.4%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.4%	4.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.5%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.6%	4.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.5%	4.3%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.6%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.4%	3.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	4.2%	3.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.4%	4.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	4.5%	4.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	Newport News 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	3.1%	2.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.1%	2.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.6%	3.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	3.4%	3.3%	4.6%
8 / 2001	3.9%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.8%	3.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.9%	3.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	4.3%	3.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	4.3%	3.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2000	3.5%	2.9%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.3%	2.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.0%	2.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.4%	2.1%	3.8%
5 / 2000	2.7%	2.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	2.7%	2.4%	4.0%
7 / 2000	2.6%	2.4%	4.0%
8 / 2000	2.7%	2.4%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.4%	2.1%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.0%	1.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	2.1%	1.8%	3.9%
12 / 2000	2.1%	1.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1999	4.2%	3.0%	4.3%
2 / 1999	4.2%	3.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	3.8%	2.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	3.8%	2.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	3.6%	2.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	4.0%	2.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.8%	2.9%	4.3%
8 / 1999	4.4%	2.9%	4.2%
9 / 1999	4.5%	2.8%	4.2%
10 / 1999	3.8%	2.5%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.9%	2.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.5%	2.4%	4.0%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1998	4.5%	3.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	4.5%	3.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	4.2%	3.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	3.2%	2.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	3.9%	2.7%	4.4%
6 / 1998	4.4%	3.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	4.3%	3.0%	4.5%
8 / 1998	4.3%	3.0%	4.5%
9 / 1998	4.3%	2.9%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.9%	2.7%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.4%	2.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	3.3%	2.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1997	6.4%	5.0%	5.3%
2 / 1997	6.2%	4.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	5.9%	4.6%	5.2%
4 / 1997	5.0%	4.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	5.3%	4.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	5.7%	4.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.6%	3.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.8%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	4.7%	3.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	4.0%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 1997	3.9%	2.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	4.0%	2.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1996	5.9%	5.3%	5.6%
2 / 1996	5.9%	4.7%	5.5%
3 / 1996	5.5%	4.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	5.0%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	5.3%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.3%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 1996	4.9%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	5.0%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	5.5%	4.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.2%	4.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	5.6%	4.1%	5.4%
12 / 1996	5.3%	4.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1995	6.8%	5.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	6.1%	4.6%	5.4%
3 / 1995	5.7%	4.5%	5.4%
4 / 1995	5.7%	4.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	5.4%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	5.6%	4.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	5.1%	4.6%	5.7%
8 / 1995	5.7%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	5.5%	4.5%	5.6%
10 / 1995	5.2%	4.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	5.2%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	5.6%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1994	8.0%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	7.9%	5.6%	6.6%
3 / 1994	7.3%	5.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	6.7%	5.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	6.2%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 1994	6.0%	5.1%	6.1%
7 / 1994	5.3%	4.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	6.1%	4.8%	6.0%
9 / 1994	5.8%	4.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	5.8%	4.3%	5.8%
11 / 1994	5.8%	4.2%	5.6%
12 / 1994	5.4%	4.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1993	7.7%	6.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	7.3%	6.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	6.6%	5.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	5.8%	5.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	5.8%	5.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	6.2%	5.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	5.9%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	6.1%	5.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	6.4%	4.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	6.7%	4.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	6.5%	4.6%	6.6%
12 / 1993	6.6%	4.6%	6.5%

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

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

Month/Year	Newport News City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1990	5.3%	4.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	5.4%	4.2%	5.3%
3 / 1990	4.8%	3.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	4.6%	3.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	4.7%	4.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.0%	4.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	4.5%	4.4%	5.5%
8 / 1990	5.2%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.7%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	5.2%	4.8%	5.9%
11 / 1990	5.9%	5.1%	6.2%
12 / 1990	5.9%	5.4%	6.3%