Unemployment Rate in Powhatan County, VA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
3.6%
Rank #1,090/3,222 · #61 in VA
66th
Powhatan 3.6%
VA 4.1% -12.0%
US 5.3% -31.2%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Powhatan County's unemployment rate of 3.6% 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 Powhatan County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,087 | Haskell County, KS | 3.6% |
| #1,088 | Poweshiek County, IA | 3.6% |
| #1,089 | Scott County, IA | 3.6% |
| #1,090 | Powhatan County, VA | 3.6% |
| #1,091 | Pontotoc County, OK | 3.7% |
| #1,092 | Pike County, AL | 3.7% |
| #1,093 | Canyon County, ID | 3.7% |
About Unemployment Rate
Powhatan County, Virginia has a unemployment rate of 3.6%, ranking #1,090 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 31.2% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Virginia, it ranks #61 of 133. This places it in the 66th 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.