Unemployment Rates

Month	United States	Virginia	Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area	Roanoke County
June 2021	6.1	4.5	-	-
May 2021	5.5	4.1	3.9	3.2
April 2021	5.7	3.9	3.6	3.0
March 2021	6.2	5.1	4.9	4.1
February 2021	6.6	5.4	5.1	4.2
January 2021	6.8	5.7	5.4	4.6
December 2020	6.5	5.7	4.4	3.7
November 2020	6.4	4.5	4.2	3.5
October 2020	6.6	5.0	4.6	3.7
September 2020	7.7	6.1	5.6	4.6
August 2020	8.5	6.3	6.0	4.8
July 2020	10.5	8.0	7.6	6.2
June 2020	11.2	8.2	8.1	6.8
May 2020	13.0	8.9	8.9	7.9
April 2020	14.4	10.8	10.5	9.6
March 2020	4.5	3.3	3.4	3.1
February 2020	3.8	2.8	2.9	2.6
January 2020	4.0	3.0	3.1	2.8
December 2019	3.4	2.4	2.5	2.3
November 2019	3.3	2.4	2.5	2.2
October 2019	3.3	2.5	2.4	2.3
September 2019	3.3	2.5	2.5	2.3
August 2019	3.8	2.8	2.8	2.5
July 2019	4.0	2.9	2.9	2.6
June 2019	3.8	2.9	3.0	2.7
May 2019	3.4	3.0	2.8	2.6
April 2019	3.3	2.5	2.5	2.2
March 2019	3.9	3.0	3.0	2.9
February 2019	4.1	3.2	3.1	2.9
January 2019	4.4	3.2	3.1	2.8
Year	United States	Virginia	Roanoke MSA	Roanoke County
2020	8.1	6.2	6.0	5.1
2019	3.7	2.7	2.7	2.4
2018	3.9	3.0	3.0	2.8
2017	4.4	3.8	3.8	3.4
2016	4.9	4.0	3.9	3.5
2015	5.3	4.4	4.4	3.9
2014	6.2	5.2	5.2	4.5
2013	7.4	5.5	5.8	5.2
2012	8.1	5.9	6.1	5.2
2011	8.9	6.2	6.6	5.6
2010	9.6	6.9	7.4	6.2
2009	9.3	6.8	7.3	6.0
2008	5.8	4.0	3.9	3.2
2007	4.6	3.0	3.1	2.5
2006	4.6	3.1	3.1	2.6
2005	5.1	3.6	3.5	3.0
2004	5.5	3.8	3.9	3.3
2003	6.0	4.1	4.2	3.4
2002	5.8	4.2	4.2	3.3
2001	4.7	3.2	3.1	2.5
2000	4.0	2.3	2.2	1.7

Source: Virginia Employment Commission and Bureau of Labor Statistics (Not Seasonally Adjusted)