# Cities in Virginia by unemployed people, 2025

All 34 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployed_persons`
- Unit: persons
- 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. 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/virginia-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Virginia Beach, VA | 7,353 |
| 2 | Richmond, VA | 4,853 |
| 3 | Norfolk, VA | 4,235 |
| 4 | Chesapeake, VA | 4,179 |
| 5 | Newport News, VA | 3,518 |
| 6 | Alexandria, VA | 3,109 |
| 7 | Hampton, VA | 2,808 |
| 8 | Portsmouth, VA | 1,865 |
| 9 | Suffolk, VA | 1,797 |
| 10 | Roanoke, VA | 1,747 |
| 11 | Lynchburg, VA | 1,595 |
| 12 | Blacksburg, VA | 984 |
| 13 | Danville, VA | 974 |
| 14 | Harrisonburg, VA | 969 |
| 15 | Leesburg, VA | 862 |
| 16 | Petersburg, VA | 757 |
| 17 | Charlottesville, VA | 711 |
| 18 | Manassas, VA | 700 |
| 19 | Fredericksburg, VA | 585 |
| 20 | Winchester, VA | 489 |
| 21 | Hopewell, VA | 462 |
| 22 | Salem, VA | 437 |
| 23 | Fairfax, VA | 431 |
| 24 | Herndon, VA | 427 |
| 25 | Staunton, VA | 409 |
| 26 | Radford, VA | 403 |
| 27 | Waynesboro, VA | 376 |
| 28 | Williamsburg, VA | 352 |
| 29 | Colonial Heights, VA | 316 |
| 30 | Martinsville, VA | 314 |
| 31 | Manassas Park, VA | 302 |
| 32 | Falls Church, VA | 285 |
| 33 | Bristol, VA | 280 |
| 34 | Poquoson, VA | 196 |