Danville, Virginia Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Danville fell 0.2 percentage points in December 2011 to 9.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 2.9 percentage points higher than the Virginia rate. The unemployment rate in Danville peaked in January 2010 at 12.2% and is now 3.1 percentage points lower. You can also compare Danville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Virginia	6.2%	0.0	-0.4
Danville	9.1%	-0.2	-1.6

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Danville, Virginia, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Danville, Virginia Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Danville peaked in July 2009 at 6,409. There are now 1,624 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Danville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Danville, Virginia) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Danville	4,785	-124	-705

Number of Unemployed Persons

Danville, Virginia Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Virginia Unemployment Rate	Danville Unemployment Rate	Danville Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	6.2%	9.1%	4,785
November 2011	8.7%	6.2%	9.3%	4,909
October 2011	8.9%	6.4%	9.6%	5,105
September 2011	9.0%	6.5%	9.7%	5,152
August 2011	9.1%	6.3%	9.6%	5,098
July 2011	9.1%	6.1%	9.5%	5,009
June 2011	9.1%	6.0%	9.5%	5,034
May 2011	9.0%	6.0%	9.5%	5,037
April 2011	9.0%	6.1%	9.7%	5,098
March 2011	8.9%	6.2%	9.8%	5,084
February 2011	9.0%	6.4%	10.0%	5,157
January 2011	9.1%	6.5%	10.4%	5,335