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Cities in Virginia by unemployed people

Virginia Beach, VA had the highest unemployed people of 33 cities in 2014, at 11,127. Falls Church, VA had the lowest, at 273. The median was 1,078. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest11,127Virginia Beach, VA
Lowest273Falls Church, VA
Median1,07833 cities

All cities, 2014

Virginia Beach, VA: 11,127 personsVirginia Beach, VA11,127Norfolk, VA: 6,943 personsNorfolk, VA6,943Richmond, VA: 6,714 personsRichmond, VA6,714Chesapeake, VA: 6,014 personsChesapeake, VA6,014Newport News, VA: 5,527 personsNewport News, VA5,527Hampton, VA: 4,312 personsHampton, VA4,312Alexandria, VA: 3,497 personsAlexandria, VA3,497Portsmouth, VA: 3,193 personsPortsmouth, VA3,193Roanoke, VA: 2,859 personsRoanoke, VA2,859Suffolk, VA: 2,376 personsSuffolk, VA2,376Lynchburg, VA: 2,232 personsLynchburg, VA2,232Danville, VA: 1,654 personsDanville, VA1,654Petersburg, VA: 1,439 personsPetersburg, VA1,439Harrisonburg, VA: 1,435 personsHarrisonburg, VA1,435Blacksburg, VA: 1,245 personsBlacksburg, VA1,245Leesburg, VA: 1,094 personsLeesburg, VA1,094Manassas, VA: 1,078 personsManassas, VA1,078Charlottesville, VA: 1,019 personsCharlottesville, VA1,019Hopewell, VA: 845 personsHopewell, VA845Fredericksburg, VA: 812 personsFredericksburg, VA812Winchester, VA: 720 personsWinchester, VA720Salem, VA: 659 personsSalem, VA659Staunton, VA: 604 personsStaunton, VA604Radford, VA: 555 personsRadford, VA555Martinsville, VA: 536 personsMartinsville, VA536Fairfax, VA: 531 personsFairfax, VA531Waynesboro, VA: 524 personsWaynesboro, VA524Colonial Heights, VA: 490 personsColonial Heights, VA490Bristol, VA: 480 personsBristol, VA480Williamsburg, VA: 474 personsWilliamsburg, VA474Manassas Park, VA: 380 personsManassas Park, VA380Poquoson, VA: 278 personsPoquoson, VA278Falls Church, VA: 273 personsFalls Church, VA273Virginia Beach, VA: 11,127 personsVirginia Beach, VA11,127Norfolk, VA: 6,943 personsNorfolk, VA6,943Richmond, VA: 6,714 personsRichmond, VA6,714Chesapeake, VA: 6,014 personsChesapeake, VA6,014Newport News, VA: 5,527 personsNewport News, VA5,527Hampton, VA: 4,312 personsHampton, VA4,312Alexandria, VA: 3,497 personsAlexandria, VA3,497Portsmouth, VA: 3,193 personsPortsmouth, VA3,193Roanoke, VA: 2,859 personsRoanoke, VA2,859Suffolk, VA: 2,376 personsSuffolk, VA2,376Lynchburg, VA: 2,232 personsLynchburg, VA2,232Danville, VA: 1,654 personsDanville, VA1,654Petersburg, VA: 1,439 personsPetersburg, VA1,439Harrisonburg, VA: 1,435 personsHarrisonburg, VA1,435Blacksburg, VA: 1,245 personsBlacksburg, VA1,245Leesburg, VA: 1,094 personsLeesburg, VA1,094Manassas, VA: 1,078 personsManassas, VA1,078Charlottesville, VA: 1,019 personsCharlottesville, VA1,019Hopewell, VA: 845 personsHopewell, VA845Fredericksburg, VA: 812 personsFredericksburg, VA812Winchester, VA: 720 personsWinchester, VA720Salem, VA: 659 personsSalem, VA659Staunton, VA: 604 personsStaunton, VA604Radford, VA: 555 personsRadford, VA555Martinsville, VA: 536 personsMartinsville, VA536Fairfax, VA: 531 personsFairfax, VA531Waynesboro, VA: 524 personsWaynesboro, VA524Colonial Heights, VA: 490 personsColonial Heights, VA490Bristol, VA: 480 personsBristol, VA480Williamsburg, VA: 474 personsWilliamsburg, VA474Manassas Park, VA: 380 personsManassas Park, VA380Poquoson, VA: 278 personsPoquoson, VA278Falls Church, VA: 273 personsFalls Church, VA273
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Virginia Beach, VA11,127-8.1%
2Norfolk, VA6,943-8.7%
3Richmond, VA6,714-7.7%
4Chesapeake, VA6,014-9.8%
5Newport News, VA5,527-6.9%
6Hampton, VA4,312-9.9%
7Alexandria, VA3,497-4.9%
8Portsmouth, VA3,193-11%
9Roanoke, VA2,859-11%
10Suffolk, VA2,376-7.7%
11Lynchburg, VA2,232-9%
12Danville, VA1,654-12%
13Petersburg, VA1,439-7.6%
14Harrisonburg, VA1,435-8.8%
15Blacksburg, VA1,245-8.5%
16Leesburg, VA1,094-0.1%
17Manassas, VA1,078-7.2%
18Charlottesville, VA1,019-4%
19Hopewell, VA845-7.5%
20Fredericksburg, VA812-5.8%
21Winchester, VA720-11%
22Salem, VA659-10.6%
23Staunton, VA604-10.4%
24Radford, VA555-9%
25Martinsville, VA536-13.7%
26Fairfax, VA531+0.4%
27Waynesboro, VA524-11%
28Colonial Heights, VA490-10.1%
29Bristol, VA480-9.3%
30Williamsburg, VA474-7.4%
31Manassas Park, VA380-12.4%
32Poquoson, VA278-8.9%
33Falls Church, VA273-7.8%

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About this ranking

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.

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: unemployment (measure 04), 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Cities in Virginia by unemployed people, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Virginia by unemployed people, 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/unemployed-people/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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Cities in Virginia by unemployed people, 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/unemployed-people/virginia-cities?period=2014.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Virginia by unemployed people, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/virginia-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Virginia Beach, VA, with 11,127 in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Falls Church, VA, with 273 in 2014.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 cities have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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