Unemployment Rate in Fairfax County, VA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.2%
Rank #1,419/3,222 · #80 in VA
56th
Fairfax 4.2%
VA 4.1% +0.5%
US 5.3% -21.4%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Fairfax County's unemployment rate of 4.2% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Fairfax County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,416 | Iredell County, NC | 4.2% |
| #1,417 | Menominee County, MI | 4.2% |
| #1,418 | Collin County, TX | 4.2% |
| #1,419 | Fairfax County, VA | 4.2% |
| #1,420 | McCreary County, KY | 4.2% |
| #1,421 | Van Buren County, MI | 4.2% |
| #1,422 | Obion County, TN | 4.2% |
About Unemployment Rate
Fairfax County, Virginia has a unemployment rate of 4.2%, ranking #1,419 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 21.4% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Virginia, it ranks #80 of 133. This places it in the 56th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.