Unemployment Rate in Richmond County, VA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
2.5%
Rank #445/3,222 · #18 in VA
86th
Richmond 2.5%
VA 4.1% -40.1%
US 5.3% -53.2%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Richmond County's unemployment rate of 2.5% 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 Richmond County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #442 | Knox County, OH | 2.5% |
| #443 | Saunders County, NE | 2.5% |
| #444 | Fall River County, SD | 2.5% |
| #445 | Richmond County, VA | 2.5% |
| #446 | Murray County, OK | 2.5% |
| #447 | Dolores County, CO | 2.5% |
| #448 | Harrison County, MO | 2.5% |
About Unemployment Rate
Richmond County, Virginia has a unemployment rate of 2.5%, ranking #445 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 53.2% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Virginia, it ranks #18 of 133. This places it in the 86th 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.