Unemployment Rate in Essex County, VA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Essex County Compares
National Distribution
Where Essex County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Essex County: 3.9%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #1,235 | Houston County, TN | 3.9% |
| #1,236 | Walker County, GA | 3.9% |
| #1,237 | Fulton County, OH | 3.9% |
| #1,238 | Essex County, VA | 3.9% |
| #1,239 | Buchanan County, VA | 3.9% |
| #1,240 | Jenkins County, GA | 3.9% |
| #1,241 | Montezuma County, CO | 3.9% |
Unemployment Rate in Essex County, Virginia
Essex County, Virginia has a unemployment rate of 3.9%, which ranks #1,238 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 27.2% below the national value of 5.3%.
Within Virginia, Essex County ranks #72 of 133 out of 133 counties. This places it in the 62th 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.