The Local Area Unemployment Statistics release include monthly and annual-average estimates of civilian labor force, employed people, unemployed people, and unemployment rates for different geographies. These data are based on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the household survey that is the source of the national unemployment rate. For more details, see the frequently asked questions here: https://www.bls.gov/lau/laufaq.htm.


   

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    Jan 1976    
 
 
    Aug 2026
Persons
Name Aug 2026 Jul 2026 Aug 2025
New York
9,618,544 9,652,649 9,556,372
Albany County
161,213 161,258 158,493
Allegany County
17,485 17,121 17,274
Bronx County
574,186 577,946 575,696
Broome County
82,471 82,812 81,340
Cattaraugus County
31,388 30,882 30,813
Cayuga County
34,677 33,941 33,553
Chautauqua County
51,402 50,929 50,653
Chemung County
34,132 34,177 33,706
Chenango County
20,815 20,415 20,486
Clinton County
31,660 31,438 31,171
Columbia County
29,797 29,390 28,537
Cortland County
20,677 20,388 20,266
Delaware County
18,232 17,561 18,001
Dutchess County
149,268 148,845 147,469
Erie County
449,257 449,112 443,119
Essex County
18,396 18,275 18,048
Franklin County
18,049 17,351 17,617
Fulton County
23,227 23,075 22,830
Genesee County
29,366 28,956 28,585
Greene County
20,759 20,595 20,290
Hamilton County
2,393 2,369 2,368
Herkimer County
27,147 26,911 26,608
Jefferson County
45,147 44,843 44,424
Kings County
1,264,924 1,274,465 1,270,157
Lewis County
12,396 12,022 11,998
Livingston County
28,477 28,353 28,172
Madison County
31,346 30,856 30,766
Monroe County
355,948 359,393 355,599
Montgomery County
22,193 21,829 21,572
Nassau County
698,992 703,970 689,602
New York County
920,100 927,228 924,485
Niagara County
96,163 95,872 94,653
Oneida County
98,055 97,898 96,591
Onondaga County
225,280 225,004 223,480
Ontario County
53,393 53,410 53,012
Orange County
184,541 184,440 182,510
Orleans County
17,957 17,634 17,590
Oswego County
53,967 53,617 53,394
Otsego County
26,268 25,806 25,523
Putnam County
53,130 53,416 52,155
Queens County
1,150,249 1,159,127 1,155,487
Rensselaer County
79,932 79,838 78,512
Richmond County
234,896 236,416 235,295
Rockland County
160,745 161,676 157,831
Saratoga County
124,591 124,519 122,500
Schenectady County
76,757 76,651 75,338
Schoharie County
13,913 13,771 13,605
Schuyler County
8,148 7,982 8,017
Seneca County
13,973 13,773 13,677
St. Lawrence County
40,345 39,603 39,611
Steuben County
37,445 37,240 37,282
Suffolk County
788,584 793,285 777,179
Sullivan County
38,866 38,595 37,276
Tioga County
21,343 21,267 20,946
Tompkins County
46,619 46,140 45,784
Ulster County
86,328 86,368 85,356
Warren County
32,164 32,186 32,175
Washington County
28,760 28,324 28,423
Wayne County
43,478 42,921 42,729
Westchester County
527,075 530,219 517,593
Wyoming County
18,329 17,657 17,692
Yates County
11,731 11,292 11,458
   

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