Unemployment Rate in Wise County, VA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Wise County Compares
National Distribution
Where Wise County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Wise County: 8.2%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #2,969 | Vance County, NC | 8.2% |
| #2,970 | Bulloch County, GA | 8.2% |
| #2,971 | Tuolumne County, CA | 8.2% |
| #2,972 | Wise County, VA | 8.2% |
| #2,973 | McDowell County, WV | 8.2% |
| #2,974 | Crosby County, TX | 8.2% |
| #2,975 | Dallas County, AR | 8.2% |
Unemployment Rate in Wise County, Virginia
Wise County, Virginia has a unemployment rate of 8.2%, which ranks #2,972 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 55.1% above the national value of 5.3%.
Within Virginia, Wise County ranks #127 of 133 out of 133 counties. This places it in the 8th 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.