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Unemployed people in Charlottesville, VA

Unemployed people in Charlottesville, VA was 711 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 14.5% from 2024. That is the 17th highest of 34 cities in 2025.

2025, persons711
Change on 2024+14.5%
Rank17th of 34Cities in Virginia ranked
Series high1,6902020
Series low3081998

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Unemployed people in Charlottesville, VA, 1990 to 2025

05001,0001,5002,00019901996200220082014202020251990: 520 persons1991: 931 persons1992: 916 persons1993: 642 persons1994: 640 persons1995: 521 persons1996: 570 persons1997: 449 persons1998: 308 persons1999: 311 persons2000: 575 persons2001: 680 persons2002: 764 persons2003: 813 persons2004: 801 persons2005: 745 persons2006: 662 persons2007: 667 persons2008: 879 persons2009: 1,444 persons2010: 1,349 persons2011: 1,236 persons2012: 1,148 persons2013: 1,062 persons2014: 1,019 persons2015: 895 persons2016: 833 persons2017: 768 persons2018: 652 persons2019: 606 persons2020: 1,690 persons2021: 884 persons2022: 606 persons2023: 578 persons2024: 621 persons2025: 711 persons05001,0001,5002,00019902002201420251990: 520 persons1991: 931 persons1992: 916 persons1993: 642 persons1994: 640 persons1995: 521 persons1996: 570 persons1997: 449 persons1998: 308 persons1999: 311 persons2000: 575 persons2001: 680 persons2002: 764 persons2003: 813 persons2004: 801 persons2005: 745 persons2006: 662 persons2007: 667 persons2008: 879 persons2009: 1,444 persons2010: 1,349 persons2011: 1,236 persons2012: 1,148 persons2013: 1,062 persons2014: 1,019 persons2015: 895 persons2016: 833 persons2017: 768 persons2018: 652 persons2019: 606 persons2020: 1,690 persons2021: 884 persons2022: 606 persons2023: 578 persons2024: 621 persons2025: 711 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
2025711
2024621
2023578
2022606
2021884
20201,690
2019606
2018652
2017768
2016833
2015895
20141,019
20131,062
20121,148
20111,236
20101,349
20091,444
2008879
2007667
2006662
2005745
2004801
2003813
2002764
2001680
2000575
1999311
1998308
1997449
1996570
1995521
1994640
1993642
1992916
1991931
1990520

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Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, Charlottesville, VA, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Charlottesville, VA, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/charlottesville-va. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Charlottesville, VA, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/charlottesville-va.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Charlottesville, VA, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/charlottesville-va (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the unemployed people in Charlottesville, VA?

Unemployed people in Charlottesville, VA was 711 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 14.5% from 2024. That is the 17th highest of 34 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Charlottesville, VA?

1,690 in 2020, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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