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Cities in Virginia by civilian labor force

Virginia Beach, VA had the highest civilian labor force of 33 cities in 2014, at 232,444. Martinsville, VA had the lowest, at 5,553. The median was 19,629. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest232,444Virginia Beach, VA
Lowest5,553Martinsville, VA
Median19,62933 cities

All cities, 2014

Virginia Beach, VA: 232,444 personsVirginia Beach, VA232,444Chesapeake, VA: 117,597 personsChesapeake, VA117,597Richmond, VA: 112,657 personsRichmond, VA112,657Norfolk, VA: 112,319 personsNorfolk, VA112,319Alexandria, VA: 93,849 personsAlexandria, VA93,849Newport News, VA: 90,928 personsNewport News, VA90,928Hampton, VA: 65,741 personsHampton, VA65,741Roanoke, VA: 50,222 personsRoanoke, VA50,222Portsmouth, VA: 45,187 personsPortsmouth, VA45,187Suffolk, VA: 42,480 personsSuffolk, VA42,480Lynchburg, VA: 36,084 personsLynchburg, VA36,084Leesburg, VA: 26,857 personsLeesburg, VA26,857Charlottesville, VA: 24,295 personsCharlottesville, VA24,295Harrisonburg, VA: 24,277 personsHarrisonburg, VA24,277Manassas, VA: 22,179 personsManassas, VA22,179Blacksburg, VA: 20,501 personsBlacksburg, VA20,501Danville, VA: 19,629 personsDanville, VA19,629Winchester, VA: 14,473 personsWinchester, VA14,473Petersburg, VA: 13,810 personsPetersburg, VA13,810Fredericksburg, VA: 13,705 personsFredericksburg, VA13,705Fairfax, VA: 13,286 personsFairfax, VA13,286Salem, VA: 13,157 personsSalem, VA13,157Staunton, VA: 12,075 personsStaunton, VA12,075Waynesboro, VA: 10,098 personsWaynesboro, VA10,098Hopewell, VA: 9,673 personsHopewell, VA9,673Colonial Heights, VA: 8,726 personsColonial Heights, VA8,726Radford, VA: 8,487 personsRadford, VA8,487Manassas Park, VA: 8,186 personsManassas Park, VA8,186Falls Church, VA: 7,814 personsFalls Church, VA7,814Bristol, VA: 7,740 personsBristol, VA7,740Williamsburg, VA: 6,652 personsWilliamsburg, VA6,652Poquoson, VA: 6,317 personsPoquoson, VA6,317Martinsville, VA: 5,553 personsMartinsville, VA5,553Virginia Beach, VA: 232,444 personsVirginia Beach, VA232,444Chesapeake, VA: 117,597 personsChesapeake, VA117,597Richmond, VA: 112,657 personsRichmond, VA112,657Norfolk, VA: 112,319 personsNorfolk, VA112,319Alexandria, VA: 93,849 personsAlexandria, VA93,849Newport News, VA: 90,928 personsNewport News, VA90,928Hampton, VA: 65,741 personsHampton, VA65,741Roanoke, VA: 50,222 personsRoanoke, VA50,222Portsmouth, VA: 45,187 personsPortsmouth, VA45,187Suffolk, VA: 42,480 personsSuffolk, VA42,480Lynchburg, VA: 36,084 personsLynchburg, VA36,084Leesburg, VA: 26,857 personsLeesburg, VA26,857Charlottesville, VA: 24,295 personsCharlottesville, VA24,295Harrisonburg, VA: 24,277 personsHarrisonburg, VA24,277Manassas, VA: 22,179 personsManassas, VA22,179Blacksburg, VA: 20,501 personsBlacksburg, VA20,501Danville, VA: 19,629 personsDanville, VA19,629Winchester, VA: 14,473 personsWinchester, VA14,473Petersburg, VA: 13,810 personsPetersburg, VA13,810Fredericksburg, VA: 13,705 personsFredericksburg, VA13,705Fairfax, VA: 13,286 personsFairfax, VA13,286Salem, VA: 13,157 personsSalem, VA13,157Staunton, VA: 12,075 personsStaunton, VA12,075Waynesboro, VA: 10,098 personsWaynesboro, VA10,098Hopewell, VA: 9,673 personsHopewell, VA9,673Colonial Heights, VA: 8,726 personsColonial Heights, VA8,726Radford, VA: 8,487 personsRadford, VA8,487Manassas Park, VA: 8,186 personsManassas Park, VA8,186Falls Church, VA: 7,814 personsFalls Church, VA7,814Bristol, VA: 7,740 personsBristol, VA7,740Williamsburg, VA: 6,652 personsWilliamsburg, VA6,652Poquoson, VA: 6,317 personsPoquoson, VA6,317Martinsville, VA: 5,553 personsMartinsville, VA5,553
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Virginia Beach, VA232,444+0.6%
2Chesapeake, VA117,597+1.1%
3Richmond, VA112,657+2%
4Norfolk, VA112,319-0.4%
5Alexandria, VA93,849+0.1%
6Newport News, VA90,928+0.5%
7Hampton, VA65,741-0.1%
8Roanoke, VA50,222+0.9%
9Portsmouth, VA45,187-0.6%
10Suffolk, VA42,480+1.2%
11Lynchburg, VA36,084+1%
12Leesburg, VA26,857+2.8%
13Charlottesville, VA24,295+3.8%
14Harrisonburg, VA24,277+1%
15Manassas, VA22,179-0.3%
16Blacksburg, VA20,501+0.2%
17Danville, VA19,629-0.8%
18Winchester, VA14,473+0.8%
19Petersburg, VA13,810+0.4%
20Fredericksburg, VA13,705-0.4%
21Fairfax, VA13,286+1.3%
22Salem, VA13,157+0.8%
23Staunton, VA12,075+1%
24Waynesboro, VA10,098+0.7%
25Hopewell, VA9,673+0.3%
26Colonial Heights, VA8,726+0.8%
27Radford, VA8,487+1.8%
28Manassas Park, VA8,186-7.1%
29Falls Church, VA7,814-0.4%
30Bristol, VA7,740-1%
31Williamsburg, VA6,652-3.2%
32Poquoson, VA6,317-0.5%
33Martinsville, VA5,553-2.4%

Other periods

About this ranking

Employed plus unemployed residents, 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. Counts people where they live, not jobs: for wage and salary jobs by state use oews_employment. 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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. 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: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Cities in Virginia by civilian labor force, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Virginia by civilian labor force, 2014. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/virginia-cities?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Cities in Virginia by civilian labor force, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/virginia-cities?period=2014.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Virginia by civilian labor force, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/virginia-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Virginia Beach, VA, with 232,444 in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Martinsville, VA, with 5,553 in 2014.

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