Total Employment Growth by Decade,
Counties of Virginia, 1970-2022
Total Employment Growth by County
Average Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Total Employment Growth by County
Virginia:
1970-2022 = 1.84%
2022 = 3.84%
1970-1979 = 2.58%
1980-1989 = 2.84%
1990-1999 = 1.55%
2000-2009 = 1.12%
2010-2019 = 1.14%
2020-2022 = 1.69%
U.S.:
1970-2022 = 1.62%
2022 = 4.78%
1970-1979 = 2.21%
1980-1989 = 1.88%
1990-1999 = 1.73%
2000-2009 = 0.74%
2010-2019 = 1.51%
2020-2022 = 1.82%
View Distribution Totals as:Actual Percent
   
 
Total Employment Growth of Virginia's 82 Counties:
Average Growth Distributions by Decade over 1970-2022
1970-2022
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-1999
2000-2009
2010-2019
2020-2022
2022
More than 3.0%
10
25
15
19
5
2
15
52
3.0% to 2.5%
7
11
9
9
4
3
8
3
2.5% to 2.0%
6
8
7
8
6
3
6
8
2.0% to 1.5%
6
9
6
6
6
8
11
4
1.5% to 1.0%
16
5
10
12
9
10
8
7
1.0% to 0.5%
17
11
9
13
13
13
10
2
0.5% to 0.0%
16
8
12
5
9
14
8
1
0.0% or Below
4
5
14
10
30
29
16
5
Total
82
82
82
82
82
82
82
82
 
   
   
 
Virginia Total Employment Growth by County:
Average Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6.14
1
8.00
3
10.02
1
5.38
6
5.24
3
2.86
3
3.52
10
3.11
51
 
5.69
2
4.96
11
6.89
2
7.70
3
6.14
1
3.53
2
3.04
15
5.53
11
 
4.84
3
3.13
25
3.78
10
9.74
1
2.79
6
4.45
1
5.83
2
6.80
5
 
4.09
4
5.17
9
5.56
7
6.39
4
2.11
14
1.44
18
3.32
13
4.68
25
 
4.08
5
8.06
2
5.37
8
2.73
24
2.72
7
1.88
12
2.80
18
6.63
7
 
3.94
6
5.67
7
6.49
3
3.93
12
1.76
16
2.05
7
3.34
12
4.89
21
 
3.88
7
5.74
6
2.51
24
8.35
2
1.09
28
2.01
8
2.86
17
4.27
32
 
3.77
8
3.27
20
2.95
16
3.45
15
5.77
2
2.66
5
6.35
1
4.78
23
 
3.74
9
3.87
17
5.90
5
5.96
5
2.05
15
1.26
23
2.59
21
5.18
15
 
3.62
10
6.31
5
5.92
4
3.23
17
1.64
20
1.57
15
1.80
33
4.76
24
 
2.93
11
4.99
10
3.41
12
2.83
23
0.84
33
2.34
6
3.71
7
5.28
14
 
2.88
12
6.60
4
3.63
11
3.27
16
0.87
32
0.18
50
2.40
25
3.24
48
 
2.84
13
4.93
12
5.69
6
2.10
32
0.77
35
1.06
25
1.76
36
2.90
54
 
2.75
14
2.46
37
2.30
27
4.31
11
3.26
4
0.65
35
5.33
3
8.38
4
 
2.63
15
2.84
29
3.13
14
4.88
8
0.38
46
1.97
10
2.51
23
6.65
6
 
2.63
16
3.19
23
2.90
17
4.63
10
0.20
50
1.90
11
3.67
8
2.49
56
 
2.49
17
2.51
36
1.92
32
5.10
7
1.41
23
1.97
9
0.92
51
4.58
27
 
2.32
18
2.10
42
4.12
9
1.49
44
2.56
9
1.28
22
2.48
24
4.34
30
 
2.23
19
3.21
22
2.07
29
2.56
28
2.23
12
0.95
28
2.65
19
3.50
41
 
2.10
20
1.92
45
2.60
21
3.79
13
1.68
19
0.54
37
2.07
28
2.99
53
 
2.09
21
2.59
34
2.02
31
2.03
36
2.64
8
0.75
32
3.49
11
3.24
49
 
2.01
22
1.21
57
0.09
68
2.23
29
3.18
5
2.72
4
4.11
5
5.63
10
 
1.98
23
2.70
32
2.04
30
3.08
19
0.75
36
1.54
16
1.24
46
1.71
66
 
1.86
24
4.72
13
0.67
54
1.90
38
2.46
10
-0.30
66
1.36
44
4.38
29
 
1.80
25
2.79
30
1.48
40
2.16
31
1.41
22
0.86
30
2.86
16
4.93
20
 
1.66
26
2.04
43
1.52
37
1.01
54
2.30
11
1.48
17
1.51
40
2.37
58
 
1.65
27
2.30
39
1.41
42
2.72
25
0.47
44
1.30
21
1.90
30
3.52
40
 
1.57
28
0.29
73
2.16
28
4.74
9
-0.77
71
0.72
34
3.97
6
9.08
3
 
1.46
29
0.92
60
2.53
23
1.16
50
2.20
13
0.52
38
1.36
45
5.66
9
 
1.38
30
1.19
58
2.41
25
0.70
62
1.37
25
1.23
24
1.46
43
4.26
33
 
1.38
31
3.32
19
2.87
18
-0.32
73
1.71
17
-0.14
60
-0.39
72
2.43
57
 
1.38
32
1.35
56
1.07
44
3.16
18
-0.17
58
0.81
31
3.61
9
5.41
13
 
1.31
33
2.17
41
2.54
22
1.24
49
0.36
49
0.48
40
0.50
59
3.08
52
 
1.19
34
0.33
72
1.86
33
2.91
20
-0.12
56
0.52
39
2.65
20
4.33
31
 
1.18
35
2.52
35
1.81
35
0.84
58
1.04
29
-0.25
64
0.95
50
4.20
34
 
1.16
36
2.46
38
0.43
57
2.65
27
-0.11
54
0.27
46
1.47
42
1.43
71
 
1.13
37
1.43
54
1.68
36
3.55
14
-1.00
74
0.54
36
-0.65
75
1.77
64
 
1.12
38
5.32
8
0.40
60
0.84
59
-0.02
53
-1.17
78
1.79
34
3.52
39
 
1.11
39
2.19
40
1.49
38
1.04
53
0.72
39
-0.09
58
1.76
35
4.80
22
 
1.08
40
0.59
68
2.63
20
0.54
67
0.71
41
1.05
26
0.80
52
1.59
67
 
1.08
41
3.15
24
0.61
55
1.98
37
-2.62
82
1.82
13
2.58
22
9.23
2
 
1.05
42
1.64
52
0.51
56
1.42
45
1.70
18
-0.22
63
1.76
37
5.96
8
 
1.05
43
0.63
63
3.12
15
-0.51
75
0.61
43
1.62
14
0.24
64
2.58
55
 
1.03
44
0.12
76
0.80
51
2.85
21
0.68
42
0.31
45
2.32
26
3.56
37
 
1.01
45
3.43
18
0.88
49
0.25
70
1.03
30
-0.19
61
-0.11
69
3.45
43
 
1.00
46
0.63
64
1.44
41
1.83
39
-0.12
55
0.93
29
2.05
29
3.73
36
 
0.97
47
3.21
21
0.16
64
0.67
64
0.71
40
0.99
27
-2.00
80
-1.90
80
 
0.96
48
2.74
31
-0.61
75
1.05
52
1.56
21
-0.12
59
1.59
39
2.27
59
 
0.93
49
2.87
28
1.49
39
0.68
63
-1.56
80
0.48
41
3.29
14
4.99
18
 
0.90
50
1.71
51
0.11
66
1.79
40
1.12
27
0.40
42
-1.18
78
0.03
77
 
0.89
51
9.45
1
-5.15
82
0.22
71
-0.14
57
0.37
44
-0.14
70
10.12
1
 
0.88
52
1.82
48
-0.54
74
2.06
34
1.38
24
-0.26
65
0.62
57
5.02
17
 
0.87
53
0.72
62
3.38
13
0.57
65
0.37
47
-0.21
62
-0.68
76
1.47
69
 
0.86
54
1.39
55
0.10
67
2.07
33
0.41
45
0.24
49
1.13
48
1.22
72
 
0.82
55
3.90
16
-0.03
69
1.07
51
0.82
34
-1.55
79
0.45
60
3.42
45
 
0.80
56
2.02
44
0.41
59
1.73
41
0.73
38
-0.79
72
0.40
62
2.26
60
 
0.79
57
1.64
53
2.39
26
0.75
61
-0.59
67
0.01
53
-0.05
67
1.14
74
 
0.75
58
4.07
15
-0.43
73
-1.85
81
1.25
26
0.40
43
1.88
31
5.11
16
 
0.65
59
1.80
49
1.06
45
1.51
42
-0.99
73
-0.03
56
0.43
61
2.18
62
 
0.58
60
2.91
27
0.29
62
2.04
35
-1.46
79
-0.66
70
-0.14
71
2.25
61
 
0.54
61
1.86
46
0.99
48
0.29
69
-0.62
68
0.12
51
0.75
53
3.36
47
 
0.54
62
1.74
50
1.82
34
0.80
60
-0.51
64
-0.81
73
-0.57
74
3.46
42
 
0.45
63
0.19
74
0.72
53
0.99
55
0.14
51
0.26
47
0.34
63
2.08
63
 
0.45
64
1.00
59
0.86
50
-1.35
78
0.96
31
0.73
33
0.59
58
0.89
76
 
0.42
65
2.62
33
0.42
58
1.49
43
-0.68
69
-1.69
81
0.20
65
1.77
65
 
0.39
66
-2.81
82
2.81
19
2.68
26
-0.31
62
-0.52
68
0.74
54
0.00
78
 
0.26
67
0.15
75
0.28
63
-0.41
74
-0.19
59
1.35
20
0.66
56
3.15
50
 
0.22
68
0.86
61
-0.08
71
0.07
72
-0.51
63
-0.68
71
4.94
4
-1.42
79
 
0.21
69
0.62
66
1.06
46
1.35
47
-2.06
81
0.10
52
0.18
66
0.93
75
 
0.14
70
1.84
47
-0.39
72
-1.67
80
-0.71
70
1.38
19
0.98
49
4.64
26
 
0.12
71
0.46
70
0.34
61
0.46
68
-0.26
60
-0.89
74
1.74
38
4.54
28
 
0.12
72
-2.22
81
0.79
52
2.85
22
0.07
52
-0.03
55
-2.75
82
-4.52
82
 
0.10
73
0.04
77
0.12
65
0.92
56
-0.52
65
-0.01
54
-0.06
68
1.49
68
 
0.08
74
-0.08
78
1.04
47
0.88
57
-1.30
78
-0.55
69
1.49
41
4.99
19
 
0.08
75
2.99
26
-1.26
79
-0.62
76
0.75
37
-1.14
77
-1.03
77
-3.51
81
 
0.07
76
0.60
67
-1.56
81
1.32
48
0.37
48
-0.90
75
1.82
32
5.48
12
 
0.00
77
0.54
69
-0.04
70
0.56
66
-1.22
77
-0.04
57
0.67
55
3.54
38
 
-0.03
78
-0.79
80
-0.65
76
2.18
30
-1.07
76
-0.50
67
2.25
27
4.03
35
 
-0.15
79
0.44
71
1.29
43
-1.59
79
-0.28
61
-1.00
76
1.20
47
3.43
44
 
-0.39
80
0.62
65
-1.01
78
-0.82
77
-0.96
72
0.24
48
-0.48
73
1.44
70
 
-0.42
81
-0.30
79
-0.79
77
1.42
46
-0.54
66
-1.63
80
-1.23
79
1.19
73
 
-0.46
82
4.59
14
-1.27
80
-2.22
82
-1.02
75
-1.71
82
-2.63
81
3.41
46
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1.84
2.58
2.84
1.55
1.12
1.14
1.69
3.84
 
2.03
2.75
3.24
1.65
1.32
1.27
1.79
3.93
 
0.52
1.77
0.45
0.83
-0.44
-0.05
0.71
2.87
 
2.36
3.89
2.82
2.05
1.52
1.88
1.27
4.25
 
-0.39
0.74
-0.63
0.65
-2.13
-0.33
-1.29
1.42
 
1.00
1.16
1.34
1.39
0.25
0.66
1.60
4.73
 
0.90
2.14
1.25
0.87
0.10
0.60
-0.51
0.28
 
0.50
2.72
0.68
1.43
-2.35
-0.03
0.59
2.39
 
0.59
1.35
-0.36
1.99
-0.04
0.10
0.30
2.85
 
3.73
7.05
6.62
2.62
1.57
1.30
2.02
4.23
 
2.54
3.14
3.48
2.59
1.40
1.91
3.12
4.42
 
0.63
0.98
0.63
2.01
-0.09
-0.43
0.81
0.65
 
-0.26
1.39
1.12
-1.30
-2.93
-0.25
1.93
4.68
 
2.94
6.50
4.30
2.71
1.12
0.71
0.72
5.79
 
1.53
1.75
2.94
0.96
1.23
0.64
1.95
5.06
 
0.10
0.94
-0.02
0.55
-1.20
0.03
0.85
2.83
 
0.43
-0.81
0.13
0.23
1.26
1.62
-0.52
-0.40
 
4.24
5.51
6.72
2.92
3.55
2.90
2.92
4.16
 
1.66
3.23
2.33
2.49
0.59
-0.18
1.17
3.16
 
0.88
0.53
0.86
2.02
0.82
0.05
1.31
7.08
 
2.09
2.95
2.73
2.56
1.29
1.23
1.12
3.57
 
0.30
0.38
-0.34
1.48
0.06
-0.09
0.39
3.78
 
3.39
4.09
4.91
4.19
2.52
1.54
2.43
4.32
 
1.05
3.21
1.32
1.20
0.07
-0.71
1.55
4.80
 
0.82
5.12
0.09
-0.09
1.40
-1.93
-0.78
1.73
 
2.73
2.39
5.20
3.20
2.38
0.91
1.29
3.81
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1.62
2.21
1.88
1.73
0.74
1.51
1.82
4.78
 
1.73
2.26
2.07
1.74
0.85
1.67
1.93
4.99
 
0.96
1.94
0.80
1.62
0.04
0.37
0.98
3.15
Source: Calculations by the Virginia Regional Economic Analysis Project (VA-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
REAP_PI_CA1400_DECADES_1002A
 
   
   
 
Virginia Total Employment Growth by Region:
Average Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
 
Metropolitan Statistical Areas
 
 
1.27
1.97
2.00
1.10
0.22
0.75
2.27
5.33
 
2.37
3.65
2.85
2.24
1.64
1.73
1.57
4.55
 
2.09
2.95
2.73
2.56
1.29
1.23
1.12
3.57
 
0.85
2.41
0.74
1.06
-0.13
0.00
1.49
4.18
 
1.13
2.45
1.35
1.34
0.33
0.42
0.42
1.37
 
1.82
2.72
2.17
1.51
1.00
1.63
2.02
4.61
 
1.16
2.37
1.51
1.53
0.18
0.22
1.19
3.58
 
1.00
1.16
1.34
1.39
0.25
0.66
1.60
4.73
 
1.34
1.67
2.73
0.97
0.71
0.58
1.46
3.18
 
2.03
2.54
3.48
1.19
1.71
1.44
1.34
4.03
 
2.38
2.89
3.22
2.50
1.36
1.71
3.08
4.39
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1.84
2.58
2.84
1.55
1.12
1.14
1.69
3.84
 
2.03
2.75
3.24
1.65
1.32
1.27
1.79
3.93
 
0.52
1.77
0.45
0.83
-0.44
-0.05
0.71
2.87
 
2.36
3.89
2.82
2.05
1.52
1.88
1.27
4.25
 
-0.39
0.74
-0.63
0.65
-2.13
-0.33
-1.29
1.42
 
1.00
1.16
1.34
1.39
0.25
0.66
1.60
4.73
 
0.90
2.14
1.25
0.87
0.10
0.60
-0.51
0.28
 
0.50
2.72
0.68
1.43
-2.35
-0.03
0.59
2.39
 
0.59
1.35
-0.36
1.99
-0.04
0.10
0.30
2.85
 
3.73
7.05
6.62
2.62
1.57
1.30
2.02
4.23
 
2.54
3.14
3.48
2.59
1.40
1.91
3.12
4.42
 
0.63
0.98
0.63
2.01
-0.09
-0.43
0.81
0.65
 
-0.26
1.39
1.12
-1.30
-2.93
-0.25
1.93
4.68
 
2.94
6.50
4.30
2.71
1.12
0.71
0.72
5.79
 
1.53
1.75
2.94
0.96
1.23
0.64
1.95
5.06
 
0.10
0.94
-0.02
0.55
-1.20
0.03
0.85
2.83
 
0.43
-0.81
0.13
0.23
1.26
1.62
-0.52
-0.40
 
4.24
5.51
6.72
2.92
3.55
2.90
2.92
4.16
 
1.66
3.23
2.33
2.49
0.59
-0.18
1.17
3.16
 
0.88
0.53
0.86
2.02
0.82
0.05
1.31
7.08
 
2.09
2.95
2.73
2.56
1.29
1.23
1.12
3.57
 
0.30
0.38
-0.34
1.48
0.06
-0.09
0.39
3.78
 
3.39
4.09
4.91
4.19
2.52
1.54
2.43
4.32
 
1.05
3.21
1.32
1.20
0.07
-0.71
1.55
4.80
 
0.82
5.12
0.09
-0.09
1.40
-1.93
-0.78
1.73
 
2.73
2.39
5.20
3.20
2.38
0.91
1.29
3.81
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1.62
2.21
1.88
1.73
0.74
1.51
1.82
4.78
 
1.73
2.26
2.07
1.74
0.85
1.67
1.93
4.99
 
0.96
1.94
0.80
1.62
0.04
0.37
0.98
3.15
Source: Calculations by the Virginia Regional Economic Analysis Project (VA-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
REAP_PI_CA1400_DECADES_1002B
 
   
A Note on Total Employment
Employment numbers remain the most popular and frequently cited statistics used for tracking local area economic conditions and trends. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) employment estimates reported measure the number of full- and part-time wage and salary employees, plus the number of proprietors of unincorporated businesses. People holding more than one job are counted in the employment estimates for each job they hold. This means BEA employment estimates represent a job count, not a people count. Also, BEA employment is by place-of-work, rather than by place-of-residence.
Definition: The BEA employment series for states and local areas comprises estimates of the number of jobs, full-time plus part-time, by place of work. Full-time and part-time jobs are counted at equal weight. Employees, sole proprietors, and active partners are included, but unpaid family workers and volunteers are not included. Proprietors employment consists of the number of sole proprietorships and the number of partners in partnerships. The description "by place of work" applies to the wage and salary portion of the series and, with relatively little error, to the entire series. The proprietors employment portion of the series, however, is more nearly by place of residence because, for nonfarm sole proprietorships, the estimates are based on IRS tax data that reflect the address from which the proprietor's individual tax return is filed, which is usually the proprietor's residence. The nonfarm partnership portion of the proprietors employment series reflects the tax-filing address of the partnership, which may be either the residence of one of the partners or the business address of the partnership. The employment estimates are designed to be consistent with the estimates of wages and salaries and proprietors' income that are part of the personal income series. The employment estimates are based on the same sets of source data as the corresponding earnings estimates and are prepared with parallel methodologies. Two forms of proprietors' income-the income of limited partnerships and the income of tax-exempt cooperatives-have no corresponding employment estimates.
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