Virginia Beach City County, VA Unemployment Rate Report

Virginia Beach City County, VA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Virginia Beach City County, Virginia has ranged from 1.8% in October 2000 to 12.2% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Virginia Beach City County is 3.0% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Virginia Beach City County, VA Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Virginia Beach City County, VA Current Unemployment - 3.0%

Virginia Beach City County, VA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2022	3.2%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	2.7%	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	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2021	4.7%	5.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.0%	5.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	4.8%	5.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	3.7%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	3.8%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	4.2%	4.5%	5.9%
7 / 2021	3.7%	4.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	3.6%	4.0%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.2%	3.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	2.9%	3.1%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.6%	2.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.5%	2.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2020	2.9%	3.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	2.4%	2.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.1%	3.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	12.2%	10.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	9.4%	8.9%	13.3%
6 / 2020	8.2%	8.2%	11.1%
7 / 2020	7.7%	8.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.0%	6.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	5.9%	6.1%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.8%	5.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.5%	5.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.3%	5.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2019	3.3%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.0%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	2.9%	3.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.4%	2.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.6%	2.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.8%	2.9%	3.7%
7 / 2019	2.8%	3.0%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.9%	2.9%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.5%	2.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.5%	2.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.4%	2.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.4%	2.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City 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	2.6%	2.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.7%	2.8%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.1%	3.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.0%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.1%	3.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.8%	2.8%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.7%	2.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.7%	2.7%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.8%	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2017	4.2%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	3.9%	4.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.7%	3.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.3%	3.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.5%	3.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.6%	3.8%	4.3%
7 / 2017	3.7%	3.8%	4.3%
8 / 2017	3.7%	3.9%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.4%	3.5%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.2%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.2%	3.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.0%	3.1%	4.1%

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

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

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2014	5.3%	5.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	5.3%	5.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	5.1%	5.5%	6.7%
4 / 2014	4.5%	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	5.2%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2014	4.8%	5.1%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.6%	4.8%	5.7%
11 / 2014	4.6%	4.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.5%	4.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2013	5.9%	6.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	5.6%	6.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	5.3%	5.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	5.0%	5.3%	7.6%
5 / 2013	5.4%	5.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	5.8%	6.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	5.6%	5.9%	7.3%
8 / 2013	5.5%	5.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	5.4%	5.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.3%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.1%	5.2%	6.9%
12 / 2013	4.9%	5.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2012	6.3%	6.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	6.3%	6.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	5.9%	6.2%	8.2%
4 / 2012	5.4%	5.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	5.7%	6.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	6.0%	6.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	6.0%	6.4%	8.2%
8 / 2012	5.8%	6.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	5.5%	5.8%	7.8%
10 / 2012	5.3%	5.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	5.2%	5.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	5.4%	5.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2011	6.4%	7.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	6.2%	6.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	6.0%	6.6%	9.0%
4 / 2011	5.7%	6.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	5.9%	6.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	6.4%	6.9%	9.1%
7 / 2011	6.3%	6.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	6.4%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	6.4%	6.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	6.1%	6.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	5.9%	6.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	6.0%	6.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2010	7.1%	7.9%	9.8%
2 / 2010	7.0%	7.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	6.9%	7.7%	9.9%
4 / 2010	6.3%	7.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	6.5%	7.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	6.6%	7.2%	9.4%
7 / 2010	6.5%	7.1%	9.4%
8 / 2010	6.4%	7.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	6.2%	6.8%	9.5%
10 / 2010	6.1%	6.6%	9.4%
11 / 2010	6.2%	6.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	6.2%	6.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2009	5.3%	6.1%	7.8%
2 / 2009	5.6%	6.4%	8.3%
3 / 2009	5.7%	6.6%	8.7%
4 / 2009	5.5%	6.2%	9.0%
5 / 2009	5.9%	6.7%	9.4%
6 / 2009	6.2%	7.0%	9.5%
7 / 2009	6.1%	6.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	6.1%	6.9%	9.6%
9 / 2009	6.3%	6.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	6.3%	6.8%	10.0%
11 / 2009	6.2%	6.8%	9.9%
12 / 2009	6.6%	7.2%	9.9%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2008	3.4%	3.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	3.3%	3.6%	4.9%
3 / 2008	3.4%	3.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.0%	3.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	3.4%	3.7%	5.4%
6 / 2008	3.6%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	3.7%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	3.9%	4.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	3.7%	4.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	3.7%	4.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	4.0%	4.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	4.4%	4.9%	7.3%

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

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

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2005	3.6%	3.9%	5.3%
2 / 2005	3.7%	4.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	3.5%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	3.3%	3.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.5%	3.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	3.6%	3.8%	5.0%
7 / 2005	3.5%	3.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.3%	3.5%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.3%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.2%	3.2%	5.0%
11 / 2005	3.1%	3.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	2.8%	3.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2004	3.9%	4.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	3.7%	4.2%	5.6%
3 / 2004	3.8%	4.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	3.3%	3.6%	5.6%
5 / 2004	3.5%	3.8%	5.6%
6 / 2004	3.8%	4.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	3.7%	4.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	3.4%	3.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	3.3%	3.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	3.3%	3.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	3.3%	3.4%	5.4%
12 / 2004	3.3%	3.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2003	3.8%	4.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	3.7%	4.5%	5.9%
3 / 2003	3.6%	4.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	3.5%	3.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	3.6%	4.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	4.1%	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	3.4%	3.7%	6.0%
11 / 2003	3.5%	3.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	3.3%	3.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2002	3.7%	4.6%	5.7%
2 / 2002	3.7%	4.5%	5.7%
3 / 2002	3.6%	4.4%	5.7%
4 / 2002	3.5%	4.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	3.6%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	3.8%	4.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	3.6%	4.3%	5.8%
8 / 2002	3.7%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 2002	3.4%	3.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.2%	3.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	3.5%	4.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	3.5%	4.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2001	2.5%	2.6%	4.2%
2 / 2001	2.5%	2.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	2.7%	2.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	2.4%	2.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	2.6%	2.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.0%	3.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	2.8%	3.3%	4.6%
8 / 2001	3.2%	3.6%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.1%	3.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.3%	3.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	3.5%	3.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	3.4%	3.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 2000	2.6%	2.9%	4.0%
2 / 2000	2.6%	2.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	2.5%	2.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.0%	2.1%	3.8%
5 / 2000	2.4%	2.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	2.4%	2.4%	4.0%
7 / 2000	2.3%	2.4%	4.0%
8 / 2000	2.4%	2.4%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.1%	2.1%	3.9%
10 / 2000	1.8%	1.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	1.8%	1.8%	3.9%
12 / 2000	1.9%	1.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1999	2.5%	3.0%	4.3%
2 / 1999	2.7%	3.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	2.5%	2.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	2.4%	2.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	2.6%	2.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	2.8%	2.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.1%	2.9%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.8%	2.9%	4.2%
9 / 1999	2.8%	2.8%	4.2%
10 / 1999	2.6%	2.5%	4.1%
11 / 1999	2.5%	2.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	2.2%	2.4%	4.0%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1998	3.2%	3.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	3.0%	3.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	3.0%	3.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	2.3%	2.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	2.6%	2.7%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.1%	3.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	2.8%	3.0%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.8%	3.0%	4.5%
9 / 1998	2.8%	2.9%	4.6%
10 / 1998	2.8%	2.7%	4.5%
11 / 1998	2.5%	2.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	2.2%	2.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1997	4.4%	5.0%	5.3%
2 / 1997	4.4%	4.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	4.5%	4.6%	5.2%
4 / 1997	4.2%	4.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	4.2%	4.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	4.4%	4.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.1%	3.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	3.9%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	3.6%	3.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.0%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 1997	2.8%	2.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	2.7%	2.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1996	3.9%	5.3%	5.6%
2 / 1996	4.0%	4.7%	5.5%
3 / 1996	3.9%	4.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	3.8%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	4.2%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	4.5%	4.6%	5.3%
7 / 1996	4.5%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	4.1%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	4.3%	4.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	4.1%	4.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	4.2%	4.1%	5.4%
12 / 1996	4.0%	4.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1995	4.6%	5.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	4.1%	4.6%	5.4%
3 / 1995	4.3%	4.5%	5.4%
4 / 1995	4.5%	4.4%	5.8%
5 / 1995	4.3%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	4.5%	4.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	4.3%	4.6%	5.7%
8 / 1995	4.1%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	4.3%	4.5%	5.6%
10 / 1995	4.2%	4.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	4.4%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	3.7%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1994	5.2%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 1994	5.1%	5.6%	6.6%
3 / 1994	4.9%	5.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	4.6%	5.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	4.5%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 1994	5.2%	5.1%	6.1%
7 / 1994	4.9%	4.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	4.8%	4.8%	6.0%
9 / 1994	4.7%	4.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	4.6%	4.3%	5.8%
11 / 1994	4.5%	4.2%	5.6%
12 / 1994	4.1%	4.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1993	5.0%	6.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	4.7%	6.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	4.6%	5.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	4.5%	5.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	4.6%	5.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	4.9%	5.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	4.5%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	4.4%	5.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	4.4%	4.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	4.4%	4.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	4.1%	4.6%	6.6%
12 / 1993	4.1%	4.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1992	5.5%	7.1%	7.3%
2 / 1992	5.9%	7.3%	7.4%
3 / 1992	5.5%	6.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	5.0%	6.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	5.4%	6.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	5.6%	6.7%	7.8%
7 / 1992	5.6%	6.2%	7.7%
8 / 1992	4.9%	6.1%	7.6%
9 / 1992	5.0%	5.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	4.6%	5.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	4.6%	5.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	5.0%	5.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1991	4.9%	6.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	5.2%	6.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	5.0%	6.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	4.2%	5.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	4.7%	5.8%	6.9%
6 / 1991	4.7%	6.0%	6.9%
7 / 1991	4.3%	5.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	4.6%	5.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	4.8%	5.7%	6.9%
10 / 1991	4.7%	5.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	5.4%	5.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	4.8%	6.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Virginia Beach City County, VA%	Virginia%	National %
1 / 1990	4.1%	4.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	3.7%	4.2%	5.3%
3 / 1990	3.2%	3.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.2%	3.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	3.6%	4.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	3.9%	4.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	3.8%	4.4%	5.5%
8 / 1990	4.2%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1990	4.4%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	4.0%	4.8%	5.9%
11 / 1990	4.3%	5.1%	6.2%
12 / 1990	4.8%	5.4%	6.3%