Suffolk City County, VA Unemployment Rate Report

Suffolk City County, VA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Suffolk City County, Virginia has ranged from 1.9% in December 2000 to 9.7% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Suffolk City County is 3.5% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Suffolk City County, VA Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Suffolk City County, VA Current Unemployment - 3.5%

Suffolk City County, VA Unemployment Rate

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

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2021	6.3%	5.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.3%	5.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	5.7%	5.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	4.6%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	4.7%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	5.0%	4.5%	5.9%
7 / 2021	4.5%	4.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.2%	4.0%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.7%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.5%	3.1%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.2%	2.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.2%	2.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2020	3.2%	3.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	2.9%	2.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.5%	3.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	9.7%	10.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	8.7%	8.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	8.4%	8.2%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.6%	8.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	7.0%	6.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.9%	6.1%	7.9%
10 / 2020	5.6%	5.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	5.0%	5.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	5.3%	5.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2019	3.6%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.4%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.2%	3.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.6%	2.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.0%	2.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.2%	2.9%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.2%	3.0%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.2%	2.9%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.9%	2.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.8%	2.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.7%	2.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.7%	2.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2018	3.8%	3.6%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.6%	3.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.4%	3.2%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.9%	2.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.0%	2.8%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.5%	3.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.5%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.4%	3.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.1%	2.8%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.0%	2.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.9%	2.7%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.1%	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2017	4.8%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.6%	4.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.3%	3.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.9%	3.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.1%	3.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.2%	3.8%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.2%	3.8%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.3%	3.9%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.9%	3.5%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.6%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.5%	3.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.4%	3.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2016	4.9%	4.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.9%	4.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.8%	4.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.5%	3.7%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.5%	3.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.0%	4.3%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.9%	4.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.0%	4.4%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.9%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.6%	4.0%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.4%	3.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.3%	3.8%	4.7%

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

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2014	6.1%	5.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.1%	5.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	5.9%	5.5%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.4%	4.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.9%	5.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	5.9%	5.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.0%	5.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.0%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.7%	5.1%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.4%	4.8%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.3%	4.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.2%	4.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2013	7.1%	6.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	6.6%	6.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	6.3%	5.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	5.9%	5.3%	7.6%
5 / 2013	6.3%	5.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	6.7%	6.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	6.5%	5.9%	7.3%
8 / 2013	6.3%	5.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	6.2%	5.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	6.2%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.8%	5.2%	6.9%
12 / 2013	5.7%	5.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2012	7.6%	6.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	7.4%	6.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	7.1%	6.2%	8.2%
4 / 2012	6.6%	5.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	7.0%	6.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	7.3%	6.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	7.4%	6.4%	8.2%
8 / 2012	7.2%	6.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	6.7%	5.8%	7.8%
10 / 2012	6.6%	5.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	6.4%	5.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	6.5%	5.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2011	7.6%	7.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	7.5%	6.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	7.2%	6.6%	9.0%
4 / 2011	7.0%	6.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.3%	6.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	7.7%	6.9%	9.1%
7 / 2011	7.6%	6.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	7.8%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	7.7%	6.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	7.5%	6.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	7.2%	6.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	7.3%	6.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2010	7.8%	7.9%	9.8%
2 / 2010	7.8%	7.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	7.7%	7.7%	9.9%
4 / 2010	7.4%	7.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	7.6%	7.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	7.9%	7.2%	9.4%
7 / 2010	7.8%	7.1%	9.4%
8 / 2010	7.8%	7.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	7.6%	6.8%	9.5%
10 / 2010	7.3%	6.6%	9.4%
11 / 2010	7.3%	6.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	7.3%	6.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2009	6.0%	6.1%	7.8%
2 / 2009	6.5%	6.4%	8.3%
3 / 2009	6.4%	6.6%	8.7%
4 / 2009	6.3%	6.2%	9.0%
5 / 2009	6.7%	6.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	7.0%	7.0%	9.5%
7 / 2009	7.0%	6.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	7.1%	6.9%	9.6%
9 / 2009	7.0%	6.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	6.9%	6.8%	10.0%
11 / 2009	6.7%	6.8%	9.9%
12 / 2009	7.1%	7.2%	9.9%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2008	3.9%	3.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	3.8%	3.6%	4.9%
3 / 2008	3.8%	3.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.4%	3.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	3.8%	3.7%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.1%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.2%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.4%	4.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.1%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	4.1%	4.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	4.3%	4.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	4.9%	4.9%	7.3%

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

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2006	3.9%	3.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	3.8%	3.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.6%	3.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.2%	2.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.4%	3.1%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.7%	3.3%	4.6%
7 / 2006	3.7%	3.3%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.6%	3.3%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.8%	3.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.4%	2.7%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.2%	2.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	2.9%	2.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2005	4.1%	3.9%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.2%	4.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	3.9%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	3.7%	3.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.9%	3.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.3%	3.8%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.3%	3.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	4.1%	3.5%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.0%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.7%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2005	3.9%	3.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	3.7%	3.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2004	4.6%	4.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	4.2%	4.2%	5.6%
3 / 2004	5.1%	4.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	3.8%	3.6%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.0%	3.8%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.5%	4.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.6%	4.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.4%	3.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.0%	3.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	3.7%	3.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	3.8%	3.4%	5.4%
12 / 2004	3.8%	3.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2003	4.5%	4.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	4.3%	4.5%	5.9%
3 / 2003	4.1%	4.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	3.9%	3.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	4.8%	4.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	4.9%	4.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	4.8%	4.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	4.5%	4.1%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.1%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2003	3.9%	3.7%	6.0%
11 / 2003	4.0%	3.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	3.8%	3.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2002	4.4%	4.6%	5.7%
2 / 2002	4.8%	4.5%	5.7%
3 / 2002	4.5%	4.4%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.3%	4.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.4%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.7%	4.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.5%	4.3%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.6%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.2%	3.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.7%	3.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	3.8%	4.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	4.0%	4.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2001	2.6%	2.6%	4.2%
2 / 2001	2.6%	2.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	2.7%	2.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	2.6%	2.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	2.8%	2.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.2%	3.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	3.3%	3.3%	4.6%
8 / 2001	3.6%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.4%	3.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.4%	3.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	3.6%	3.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	3.7%	3.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2000	2.9%	2.9%	4.0%
2 / 2000	2.8%	2.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	2.7%	2.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.3%	2.1%	3.8%
5 / 2000	2.7%	2.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	2.8%	2.4%	4.0%
7 / 2000	2.9%	2.4%	4.0%
8 / 2000	2.8%	2.4%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.4%	2.1%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.0%	1.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	2.0%	1.8%	3.9%
12 / 2000	1.9%	1.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1999	3.3%	3.0%	4.3%
2 / 1999	4.3%	3.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	3.0%	2.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	3.1%	2.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	3.2%	2.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.7%	2.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.7%	2.9%	4.3%
8 / 1999	4.0%	2.9%	4.2%
9 / 1999	4.1%	2.8%	4.2%
10 / 1999	3.2%	2.5%	4.1%
11 / 1999	2.8%	2.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	2.6%	2.4%	4.0%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1998	4.1%	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	4.0%	2.7%	4.4%
6 / 1998	4.6%	3.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	4.2%	3.0%	4.5%
8 / 1998	4.1%	3.0%	4.5%
9 / 1998	3.6%	2.9%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.4%	2.7%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.2%	2.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	2.8%	2.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1997	7.2%	5.0%	5.3%
2 / 1997	5.7%	4.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	6.6%	4.6%	5.2%
4 / 1997	5.6%	4.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	6.7%	4.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	7.1%	4.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	5.1%	3.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	5.8%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	5.0%	3.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.9%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 1997	3.1%	2.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	3.3%	2.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1996	5.8%	5.3%	5.6%
2 / 1996	6.0%	4.7%	5.5%
3 / 1996	8.1%	4.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	5.7%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	6.1%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	8.3%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 1996	6.3%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	5.4%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	5.1%	4.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	4.5%	4.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	5.3%	4.1%	5.4%
12 / 1996	5.3%	4.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1995	6.7%	5.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	6.6%	4.6%	5.4%
3 / 1995	6.7%	4.5%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.9%	4.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.5%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	6.7%	4.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	6.9%	4.6%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.5%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	6.1%	4.5%	5.6%
10 / 1995	4.9%	4.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	5.7%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	5.4%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1994	8.2%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	7.9%	5.6%	6.6%
3 / 1994	7.5%	5.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	7.3%	5.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	7.9%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 1994	8.9%	5.1%	6.1%
7 / 1994	7.8%	4.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	7.8%	4.8%	6.0%
9 / 1994	7.3%	4.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	5.5%	4.3%	5.8%
11 / 1994	5.1%	4.2%	5.6%
12 / 1994	5.2%	4.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1993	7.4%	6.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	7.5%	6.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	7.9%	5.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	7.1%	5.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	7.0%	5.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	7.9%	5.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	6.7%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	6.3%	5.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	6.4%	4.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	6.1%	4.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	5.8%	4.6%	6.6%
12 / 1993	5.6%	4.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1992	7.5%	7.1%	7.3%
2 / 1992	8.9%	7.3%	7.4%
3 / 1992	8.8%	6.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	7.6%	6.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	8.6%	6.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	9.0%	6.7%	7.8%
7 / 1992	8.6%	6.2%	7.7%
8 / 1992	8.2%	6.1%	7.6%
9 / 1992	7.4%	5.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	5.6%	5.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	5.7%	5.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	6.4%	5.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1991	7.2%	6.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	8.1%	6.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	6.8%	6.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	5.7%	5.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	6.4%	5.8%	6.9%
6 / 1991	6.3%	6.0%	6.9%
7 / 1991	6.2%	5.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	6.2%	5.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	5.7%	5.7%	6.9%
10 / 1991	5.0%	5.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	5.6%	5.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	6.3%	6.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Suffolk City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1990	7.2%	4.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	7.6%	4.2%	5.3%
3 / 1990	6.0%	3.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	5.8%	3.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	6.0%	4.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	6.5%	4.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.9%	4.4%	5.5%
8 / 1990	6.7%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1990	6.2%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	4.9%	4.8%	5.9%
11 / 1990	5.6%	5.1%	6.2%
12 / 1990	7.0%	5.4%	6.3%