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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
3.3%
2023
2.4%
Total change
-0.9 pp
% change
-27.3%
Year Unemployment Rate Change
2017 3.3%
2019 2.8% -0.5 pp (-15.2%)
2020 3.3% +0.5 pp (17.9%)
2021 3.0% -0.3 pp (-9.1%)
2022 3.3% +0.3 pp (10%)
2023 2.4% -0.9 pp (-27.3%)

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