Unemployed people in New York

as of September, 2021:

663,530

Note: Seasonally adjusted value

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Unemployment Rate

7.1%

Labor Force

9,316,186

Employment

8,652,656

Employment-Population Ratio

56.0%

Labor Force Participation Rate

60.3%

Employment Indicators by County

County Employment Unemployment Unemployment Rate Labor Force
Albany 149,510 6,207 4.0 155,717
Allegany 18,934 801 4.1 19,735
Bronx 519,203 73,204 12.4 592,407
Broome 76,679 3,705 4.6 80,384
Cattaraugus 31,772 1,443 4.3 33,215
Cayuga 33,333 1,435 4.1 34,768
Chautauqua 50,601 2,475 4.7 53,076
Chemung 32,667 1,616 4.7 34,283
Chenango 20,582 812 3.8 21,394
Clinton 33,846 1,385 3.9 35,231
Columbia 28,986 984 3.3 29,970
Cortland 21,112 926 4.2 22,038
Delaware 17,665 741 4.0 18,406
Dutchess 131,942 5,749 4.2 137,691
Erie 417,146 20,650 4.7 437,796
Essex 15,808 653 4.0 16,461
Franklin 18,337 758 4.0 19,095
Fulton 21,091 1,079 4.9 22,170
Genesee 27,807 1,060 3.7 28,867
Greene 18,868 889 4.5 19,757
Hamilton 2,125 75 3.4 2,200
Herkimer 25,935 1,364 5.0 27,299
Jefferson 41,865 1,864 4.3 43,729
Kings 1,056,839 106,915 9.2 1,163,754
Lewis 10,898 455 4.0 11,353
Livingston 29,021 1,094 3.6 30,115
Madison 30,490 1,225 3.9 31,715
Monroe 343,506 16,761 4.7 360,267
Montgomery 20,416 1,102 5.1 21,518
Nassau 652,099 28,544 4.2 680,643
New York 816,200 60,359 6.9 876,559
Niagara 92,259 4,684 4.8 96,943
Oneida 95,008 4,417 4.4 99,425
Onondaga 205,585 9,554 4.4 215,139
Ontario 52,766 1,996 3.6 54,762
Orange 172,176 7,789 4.3 179,965
Orleans 16,461 732 4.3 17,193
Oswego 48,410 2,470 4.9 50,880
Otsego 24,820 1,012 3.9 25,832
Putnam 46,541 1,871 3.9 48,412
Queens 1,008,940 94,874 8.6 1,103,814
Rensselaer 76,960 3,158 3.9 80,118
Richmond 197,913 17,298 8.0 215,211
Rockland 144,004 6,065 4.0 150,069
Saratoga 113,710 3,935 3.3 117,645
Schenectady 72,413 3,393 4.5 75,806
Schoharie 13,762 561 3.9 14,323
Schuyler 7,604 323 4.1 7,927
Seneca 14,419 601 4.0 15,020
St. Lawrence 40,569 1,922 4.5 42,491
Steuben 39,788 1,789 4.3 41,577
Suffolk 712,888 31,351 4.2 744,239
Sullivan 34,139 1,557 4.4 35,696
Tioga 20,933 840 3.9 21,773
Tompkins 45,547 1,644 3.5 47,191
Ulster 81,060 3,562 4.2 84,622
Warren 29,890 1,223 3.9 31,113
Washington 26,784 1,104 4.0 27,888
Wayne 41,615 1,644 3.8 43,259
Westchester 448,531 20,803 4.4 469,334
Wyoming 17,000 632 3.6 17,632
Yates 11,312 370 3.2 11,682