# Counties in New York by unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 62 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed civilians aged 16 and over as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate-acs/new-york-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Bronx County | 11.4 |
| 2 | Kings County | 7.9 |
| 3 | New York County | 7.6 |
| 4 | Queens County | 7.3 |
| 5 | Allegany County | 7.1 |
| 6 | Broome County | 7.1 |
| 7 | Oswego County | 7 |
| 8 | Schuyler County | 6.5 |
| 9 | Delaware County | 6.5 |
| 10 | Chenango County | 6.4 |
| 11 | Otsego County | 6.4 |
| 12 | Chemung County | 6.2 |
| 13 | Westchester County | 6.1 |
| 14 | Steuben County | 6 |
| 15 | Chautauqua County | 5.9 |
| 15 | Niagara County | 5.9 |
| 17 | Jefferson County | 5.9 |
| 18 | Sullivan County | 5.9 |
| 19 | Schenectady County | 5.8 |
| 20 | Rockland County | 5.6 |
| 21 | Richmond County | 5.6 |
| 22 | Tompkins County | 5.5 |
| 23 | Tioga County | 5.5 |
| 24 | Orange County | 5.5 |
| 25 | Columbia County | 5.4 |
| 26 | Ulster County | 5.4 |
| 27 | Rensselaer County | 5.3 |
| 28 | St. Lawrence County | 5.3 |
| 29 | Dutchess County | 5.2 |
| 30 | Onondaga County | 5.2 |
| 31 | Lewis County | 5.2 |
| 32 | Livingston County | 5.2 |
| 33 | Orleans County | 5.1 |
| 34 | Albany County | 5 |
| 35 | Washington County | 5 |
| 36 | Schoharie County | 5 |
| 37 | Cattaraugus County | 5 |
| 38 | Monroe County | 4.9 |
| 39 | Erie County | 4.9 |
| 40 | Nassau County | 4.8 |
| 41 | Montgomery County | 4.7 |
| 41 | Suffolk County | 4.7 |
| 43 | Oneida County | 4.7 |
| 44 | Cortland County | 4.6 |
| 44 | Genesee County | 4.6 |
| 46 | Seneca County | 4.5 |
| 47 | Hamilton County | 4.5 |
| 48 | Putnam County | 4.4 |
| 49 | Warren County | 4.3 |
| 50 | Herkimer County | 4.3 |
| 51 | Madison County | 4.3 |
| 52 | Clinton County | 4.1 |
| 53 | Essex County | 4 |
| 54 | Greene County | 3.9 |
| 55 | Franklin County | 3.9 |
| 56 | Cayuga County | 3.8 |
| 57 | Ontario County | 3.7 |
| 58 | Wyoming County | 3.7 |
| 59 | Fulton County | 3.5 |
| 60 | Wayne County | 3.3 |
| 61 | Saratoga County | 3.3 |
| 62 | Yates County | 3.1 |