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Lynchburg, Virginia Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Lynchburg fell 0.3 percentage points in March 2013 to 6.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.7 percentage points higher than the Virginia rate. The unemployment rate in Lynchburg peaked in January 2010 at 8.4% and is now 2.4 percentage points lower. You can also compare Lynchburg unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate March 2013 Month/Month Year/Year
National 7.6% -0.1 -0.6
Virginia 5.3% -0.3 -0.6
Lynchburg 6.0% -0.3 -0.7
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with March 2013 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Lynchburg, Virginia, National

Lynchburg, Virginia monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Lynchburg, Virginia Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Lynchburg peaked in February 2010 at 10,291. There are now 2,960 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Lynchburg employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Lynchburg, Virginia) is also available.

Unemployed Persons March 2013 Month/Month Year/Year
Lynchburg 7,331 -306 -765

Number of Unemployed Persons

Lynchburg, Virginia Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate 		Virginia
Unemployment Rate 		Lynchburg
Unemployment Rate 		Lynchburg
Unemployed
April
2013 		7.5% 5.2% — —
March
2013 		7.6% 5.3% 6.0% 7,331
February
2013 		7.7% 5.6% 6.3% 7,637
January
2013 		7.9% 5.6% 6.4% 7,754
December
2012 		7.8% 5.6% 6.4% 7,777
November
2012 		7.8% 5.7% 6.5% 7,831
October
2012 		7.9% 5.8% 6.5% 7,900
September
2012 		7.8% 5.9% 6.6% 7,988
August
2012 		8.1% 5.9% 6.7% 8,082
July
2012 		8.2% 6.0% 6.8% 8,152
June
2012 		8.2% 6.0% 6.8% 8,175
May
2012 		8.2% 5.9% 6.8% 8,150
April
2012 		8.1% 5.9% 6.7% 8,108

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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