Kenneth Cooper Alexander (Democratic) has been Mayor of Norfolk since 1 Jul 2016. In Aug 2026 the unemployment rate was 4.2% of the labour force, 1.4 percentage points lower than when Kenneth Cooper Alexander took office in July 2016; Virginia's moved −0.4 percentage points over the same months. Norfolk ranks 25th of 117 cities on the fall in unemployment; on population growth it is 70th of 71. On violent crime rate the two part most: −218 per 100,000 in Norfolk, −10 per 100,000 for Virginia. Over Paul D. Fraim's tenure, 1994 to 2016, the unemployment rate moved −2.3 percentage points. Typical rent is up 78.7% since day zero (5.8% a year).

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