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Local
area unemployment statistics
| Area |
Civilian
Labor Force
|
Employed
|
Unemployed
|
Unemployment
Rate
|
| Alexandria |
80,300
|
77,610
|
2,690
|
3.3
|
| Bedford |
2,927
|
2,813
|
114
|
3.9
|
| Bristol |
7,796
|
7,536
|
260
|
3.3
|
| Buena
Vista |
3,747
|
3,574
|
173
|
4.6
|
| Charlottesville |
18,962
|
18,424
|
538
|
2.8
|
| Chesapeake |
109,903
|
106,206
|
3,697
|
3.4
|
| Colonial
Heights |
8,941
|
8,517
|
424
|
4.7
|
| Covington |
3,388
|
3,156
|
232
|
6.8
|
| Danville |
25,804
|
23,660
|
2,144
|
8.3
|
| Emporia |
2,663
|
2,541
|
122
|
4.6
|
| Fairfax |
13,104
|
13,012
|
92
|
0.7
|
| Falls
Church |
6,319
|
6,131
|
188
|
3.0
|
| Franklin |
3,894
|
3,753
|
141
|
3.6
|
| Fredericksburg |
10,533
|
9,876
|
657
|
6.2
|
| Galax |
3,137
|
2,921
|
216
|
6.9
|
| Hampton |
68,744
|
65,361
|
3,383
|
4.9
|
| Harrisonburg |
20,194
|
19,666
|
528
|
2.6
|
| Hopewell |
11,441
|
10,626
|
815
|
7.1
|
| Lexington |
3,288
|
3,224
|
64
|
1.9
|
| Lynchburg |
31,011
|
29,019
|
1,992
|
6.4
|
| Manassas |
20,777
|
19,735
|
1,042
|
5.0
|
| Manassas
Park |
4,615
|
4,487
|
128
|
2.8
|
| Martinsville |
6,737
|
5,842
|
895
|
13.3
|
| Newport
News |
87,514
|
83,100
|
4,414
|
5.0
|
| Norfolk |
86,785
|
81,288
|
5,497
|
6.3
|
| Norton |
1,461
|
1,410
|
51
|
3.5
|
| Petersburg |
16,552
|
15,375
|
1,177
|
7.1
|
| Poquoson |
6,299
|
6,136
|
163
|
2.6
|
| Portsmouth |
45,711
|
43,106
|
2,605
|
5.7
|
| Radford |
6,830
|
6,463
|
367
|
5.4
|
| Richmond |
99,393
|
93,883
|
5,510
|
5.5
|
| Roanoke |
51,264
|
48,819
|
2,445
|
4.8
|
| Salem |
13,984
|
13,556
|
428
|
3.1
|
| Staunton |
11,938
|
11,445
|
493
|
4.1
|
| Suffolk |
32,023
|
30,445
|
1,578
|
4.9
|
| Virginia
Beach |
218,939
|
211,606
|
7,333
|
3.3
|
| Waynesboro |
9,683
|
9,165
|
518
|
5.3
|
| Williamsburg |
6,485
|
5,930
|
555
|
8.6
|
| Winchester |
14,041
|
13,610
|
431
|
3.1
|
| Virginia |
3,737,374
|
3,578,906
|
158,468
|
4.2
|
Note:
as of February 2002
Data: Virginia Employment Commission
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2002
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