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Richmond city: Unemployment Rate Trend

How Richmond 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
5.0%
2023
8.4%
Total change
+3.4 pp
% change
+68%
Year Unemployment Rate Change
2017 5.0%
2019 2.0% -3.0 pp (-60%)
2020 7.9% +5.9 pp (295%)
2021 6.2% -1.7 pp (-21.5%)
2022 6.1% -0.1 pp (-1.6%)
2023 8.4% +2.3 pp (37.7%)

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