Prince William County, VA Unemployment Rate Report

Prince William County, VA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Prince William County, Virginia has ranged from 1.4% in October 2000 to 11.3% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Prince William County is 3.0% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Prince William County, VA Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Prince William County, VA Current Unemployment - 3.0%

Prince William County, VA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2022	3.3%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	2.8%	2.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.6%	2.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.4%	2.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.9%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.8%	3.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.8%	2.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.0%	3.2%	3.7%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2021	5.8%	5.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.5%	5.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	5.2%	5.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	4.1%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	4.2%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	4.5%	4.5%	5.9%
7 / 2021	4.1%	4.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	3.8%	4.0%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.4%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	2.9%	3.1%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.6%	2.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.6%	2.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2020	2.7%	3.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	2.4%	2.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.0%	3.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	11.3%	10.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	9.8%	8.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	8.9%	8.2%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.5%	8.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.7%	6.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.5%	6.1%	7.9%
10 / 2020	5.4%	5.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.8%	5.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.8%	5.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2019	3.2%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2019	2.9%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	2.7%	3.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.2%	2.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.5%	2.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.6%	2.9%	3.7%
7 / 2019	2.6%	3.0%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.7%	2.9%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.3%	2.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.3%	2.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.2%	2.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.1%	2.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2018	3.3%	3.6%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.2%	3.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.0%	3.2%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.5%	2.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.6%	2.8%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.0%	3.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	2.8%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	2.9%	3.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.6%	2.8%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.6%	2.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.5%	2.7%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.6%	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2017	4.0%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	3.9%	4.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.7%	3.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.2%	3.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.4%	3.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.5%	3.8%	4.3%
7 / 2017	3.5%	3.8%	4.3%
8 / 2017	3.5%	3.9%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.2%	3.5%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.0%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.0%	3.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	2.8%	3.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2016	3.9%	4.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	3.9%	4.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	3.7%	4.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.3%	3.7%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.4%	3.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	3.8%	4.3%	4.9%
7 / 2016	3.8%	4.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	3.9%	4.4%	4.9%
9 / 2016	3.8%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2016	3.7%	4.0%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.5%	3.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.5%	3.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2015	4.9%	5.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	4.8%	5.0%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.5%	4.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.0%	4.3%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.3%	4.7%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.3%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 2015	4.2%	4.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	4.0%	4.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	3.8%	4.1%	5.0%
10 / 2015	3.7%	4.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	3.6%	3.9%	5.1%
12 / 2015	3.5%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2014	5.3%	5.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	5.4%	5.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	5.2%	5.5%	6.7%
4 / 2014	4.6%	4.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.0%	5.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	5.1%	5.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	5.1%	5.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	5.1%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2014	4.7%	5.1%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.5%	4.8%	5.7%
11 / 2014	4.4%	4.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.3%	4.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2013	5.5%	6.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	5.3%	6.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	5.1%	5.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	4.8%	5.3%	7.6%
5 / 2013	5.1%	5.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	5.5%	6.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	5.4%	5.9%	7.3%
8 / 2013	5.3%	5.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	5.1%	5.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.4%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	4.9%	5.2%	6.9%
12 / 2013	4.8%	5.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2012	5.7%	6.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	5.7%	6.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	5.4%	6.2%	8.2%
4 / 2012	4.9%	5.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	5.3%	6.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	5.6%	6.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	5.6%	6.4%	8.2%
8 / 2012	5.3%	6.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	5.0%	5.8%	7.8%
10 / 2012	4.9%	5.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	4.7%	5.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	5.0%	5.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2011	6.0%	7.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	5.9%	6.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	5.6%	6.6%	9.0%
4 / 2011	5.3%	6.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	5.5%	6.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	5.9%	6.9%	9.1%
7 / 2011	5.8%	6.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	5.9%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	5.8%	6.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	5.6%	6.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	5.2%	6.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	5.4%	6.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2010	6.8%	7.9%	9.8%
2 / 2010	6.9%	7.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	6.6%	7.7%	9.9%
4 / 2010	6.0%	7.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	6.1%	7.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	6.1%	7.2%	9.4%
7 / 2010	6.0%	7.1%	9.4%
8 / 2010	5.9%	7.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	5.8%	6.8%	9.5%
10 / 2010	5.7%	6.6%	9.4%
11 / 2010	5.7%	6.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	5.6%	6.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2009	4.9%	6.1%	7.8%
2 / 2009	5.2%	6.4%	8.3%
3 / 2009	5.4%	6.6%	8.7%
4 / 2009	5.1%	6.2%	9.0%
5 / 2009	5.4%	6.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	5.7%	7.0%	9.5%
7 / 2009	5.5%	6.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	5.5%	6.9%	9.6%
9 / 2009	5.6%	6.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	5.7%	6.8%	10.0%
11 / 2009	5.6%	6.8%	9.9%
12 / 2009	5.9%	7.2%	9.9%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2008	3.1%	3.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	3.0%	3.6%	4.9%
3 / 2008	3.0%	3.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	2.7%	3.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	3.2%	3.7%	5.4%
6 / 2008	3.3%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	3.4%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	3.5%	4.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	3.4%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	3.4%	4.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	3.6%	4.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	4.0%	4.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2007	2.6%	3.3%	4.6%
2 / 2007	2.6%	3.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	2.4%	2.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	2.2%	2.7%	4.5%
5 / 2007	2.3%	2.8%	4.4%
6 / 2007	2.5%	3.1%	4.6%
7 / 2007	2.5%	3.1%	4.7%
8 / 2007	2.5%	3.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	2.4%	3.0%	4.7%
10 / 2007	2.4%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 2007	2.5%	3.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	2.7%	3.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2006	2.5%	3.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	2.6%	3.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	2.4%	3.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	2.3%	2.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	2.4%	3.1%	4.6%
6 / 2006	2.6%	3.3%	4.6%
7 / 2006	2.6%	3.3%	4.7%
8 / 2006	2.6%	3.3%	4.7%
9 / 2006	2.4%	3.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	2.1%	2.7%	4.4%
11 / 2006	2.2%	2.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	2.2%	2.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2005	3.0%	3.9%	5.3%
2 / 2005	3.1%	4.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	2.9%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	2.8%	3.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	2.9%	3.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	3.0%	3.8%	5.0%
7 / 2005	2.7%	3.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	2.7%	3.5%	4.9%
9 / 2005	2.6%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	2.4%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2005	2.4%	3.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	2.2%	3.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2004	3.4%	4.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	3.3%	4.2%	5.6%
3 / 2004	3.3%	4.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	2.9%	3.6%	5.6%
5 / 2004	3.0%	3.8%	5.6%
6 / 2004	3.3%	4.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	3.0%	4.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	2.9%	3.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	2.7%	3.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	2.6%	3.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	2.7%	3.4%	5.4%
12 / 2004	2.7%	3.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2003	3.8%	4.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	3.7%	4.5%	5.9%
3 / 2003	3.8%	4.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	3.5%	3.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	3.6%	4.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	3.9%	4.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	3.4%	4.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	3.3%	4.1%	6.1%
9 / 2003	3.1%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2003	2.9%	3.7%	6.0%
11 / 2003	3.0%	3.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	2.8%	3.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2002	3.5%	4.6%	5.7%
2 / 2002	3.5%	4.5%	5.7%
3 / 2002	3.5%	4.4%	5.7%
4 / 2002	3.4%	4.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	3.4%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	3.6%	4.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	3.4%	4.3%	5.8%
8 / 2002	3.6%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 2002	3.3%	3.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.2%	3.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	3.3%	4.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	3.3%	4.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2001	1.8%	2.6%	4.2%
2 / 2001	2.0%	2.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	2.1%	2.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	1.9%	2.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	2.1%	2.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	2.5%	3.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	2.3%	3.3%	4.6%
8 / 2001	2.8%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2001	2.9%	3.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.0%	3.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	3.1%	3.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	3.1%	3.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2000	2.1%	2.9%	4.0%
2 / 2000	2.3%	2.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	2.1%	2.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	1.6%	2.1%	3.8%
5 / 2000	1.9%	2.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	2.0%	2.4%	4.0%
7 / 2000	1.8%	2.4%	4.0%
8 / 2000	1.9%	2.4%	4.1%
9 / 2000	1.7%	2.1%	3.9%
10 / 2000	1.4%	1.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	1.4%	1.8%	3.9%
12 / 2000	1.4%	1.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1999	2.0%	3.0%	4.3%
2 / 1999	2.1%	3.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	1.9%	2.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	1.8%	2.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	1.9%	2.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	2.0%	2.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	1.9%	2.9%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.0%	2.9%	4.2%
9 / 1999	2.0%	2.8%	4.2%
10 / 1999	1.9%	2.5%	4.1%
11 / 1999	1.7%	2.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	1.5%	2.4%	4.0%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1998	2.4%	3.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	2.3%	3.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	2.3%	3.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	1.6%	2.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	1.9%	2.7%	4.4%
6 / 1998	2.1%	3.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	2.0%	3.0%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.0%	3.0%	4.5%
9 / 1998	2.2%	2.9%	4.6%
10 / 1998	1.9%	2.7%	4.5%
11 / 1998	1.8%	2.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	1.5%	2.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1997	3.2%	5.0%	5.3%
2 / 1997	3.4%	4.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	3.2%	4.6%	5.2%
4 / 1997	2.7%	4.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	2.7%	4.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	2.7%	4.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	2.3%	3.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	2.6%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	2.5%	3.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	2.0%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 1997	2.0%	2.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	2.0%	2.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1996	3.3%	5.3%	5.6%
2 / 1996	3.5%	4.7%	5.5%
3 / 1996	3.2%	4.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	2.9%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	3.0%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	2.9%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 1996	2.6%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	2.6%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	2.7%	4.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	2.5%	4.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	2.5%	4.1%	5.4%
12 / 1996	2.5%	4.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1995	3.6%	5.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	3.5%	4.6%	5.4%
3 / 1995	3.2%	4.5%	5.4%
4 / 1995	3.3%	4.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	3.4%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	3.5%	4.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	3.1%	4.6%	5.7%
8 / 1995	3.2%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	3.3%	4.5%	5.6%
10 / 1995	3.0%	4.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	3.0%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	3.0%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1994	3.6%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	3.6%	5.6%	6.6%
3 / 1994	3.5%	5.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	3.2%	5.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	3.4%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 1994	3.3%	5.1%	6.1%
7 / 1994	3.1%	4.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	3.3%	4.8%	6.0%
9 / 1994	3.5%	4.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	3.2%	4.3%	5.8%
11 / 1994	3.0%	4.2%	5.6%
12 / 1994	2.9%	4.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1993	4.4%	6.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	4.1%	6.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	3.9%	5.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	3.4%	5.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	3.4%	5.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	3.7%	5.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	3.5%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	3.7%	5.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	3.5%	4.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	3.4%	4.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	3.1%	4.6%	6.6%
12 / 1993	2.8%	4.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1992	5.0%	7.1%	7.3%
2 / 1992	5.3%	7.3%	7.4%
3 / 1992	5.1%	6.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	4.5%	6.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	4.8%	6.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	4.9%	6.7%	7.8%
7 / 1992	4.5%	6.2%	7.7%
8 / 1992	4.5%	6.1%	7.6%
9 / 1992	4.8%	5.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	4.3%	5.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	4.2%	5.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	4.1%	5.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1991	4.1%	6.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	4.4%	6.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	4.2%	6.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	3.7%	5.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	4.0%	5.8%	6.9%
6 / 1991	4.0%	6.0%	6.9%
7 / 1991	3.8%	5.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	3.9%	5.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	4.0%	5.7%	6.9%
10 / 1991	3.9%	5.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	4.0%	5.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	4.2%	6.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Prince William County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1990	2.1%	4.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	1.9%	4.2%	5.3%
3 / 1990	1.8%	3.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	1.8%	3.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	2.1%	4.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	2.2%	4.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	2.0%	4.4%	5.5%
8 / 1990	2.5%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1990	2.7%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	2.6%	4.8%	5.9%
11 / 1990	3.2%	5.1%	6.2%
12 / 1990	3.3%	5.4%	6.3%