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Waynesboro city: Unemployment Rate Trend

How Waynesboro 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
17.8%
2023
5.0%
Total change
-12.8 pp
% change
-71.9%
Year Unemployment Rate Change
2017 17.8%
2019 20.3% +2.5 pp (14%)
2020 14.9% -5.4 pp (-26.6%)
2021 0.7% -14.2 pp (-95.3%)
2022 5.2% +4.5 pp (642.9%)
2023 5.0% -0.2 pp (-3.8%)

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