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Fairfax city: Unemployment Rate Trend

How Fairfax city's unemployment rate changed from 2017 to 2023, based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. The 2019 vintage reflects the pre-COVID peak; 2021 captures the immediate COVID-era disruption; 2022–2023 show the recovery.

2017
4.1%
2023
4.5%
Total change
+0.4 pp
% change
+9.8%
Year Unemployment Rate Change
2017 4.1%
2019 4.1% +0.0 pp (0%)
2020 4.0% -0.1 pp (-2.4%)
2021 3.6% -0.4 pp (-10%)
2022 3.7% +0.1 pp (2.8%)
2023 4.5% +0.8 pp (21.6%)

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