Alexandria is among the Virginia suburbs experiencing the biggest increases in unemployment since the Trump administration began dramatic federal downsizing in January, according to a Brookings Institution report released Wednesday.
The report, “Early warning signs for the DC region’s economy amid federal downsizing,” identifies Alexandria alongside Arlington County, Fairfax County, and Loudoun County as jurisdictions where unemployment has risen most sharply. The pattern reflects that while higher concentrations of federal jobs are located in Washington, D.C., the vast majority of the region’s federal workers live in Virginia and Maryland suburbs, according to the researchers.
