Unemployment Rate in Bedford County, VA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Bedford County Compares
National Distribution
Where Bedford County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Bedford County: 3.1%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #696 | Columbia County, WI | 3.1% |
| #697 | Hamilton County, KS | 3.1% |
| #698 | McIntosh County, ND | 3.1% |
| #699 | Bedford County, VA | 3.1% |
| #700 | Carver County, MN | 3.1% |
| #701 | Brown County, IL | 3.1% |
| #702 | Chippewa County, WI | 3.1% |
Unemployment Rate in Bedford County, Virginia
Bedford County, Virginia has a unemployment rate of 3.1%, which ranks #699 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 42.3% below the national value of 5.3%.
Within Virginia, Bedford County ranks #38 of 133 out of 133 counties. This places it in the 78th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.
About this data
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.