The New York State Department of Labor today released preliminary local area unemployment rates for December 2020. Rates are calculated using methods prescribed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The State’s area unemployment rates rely in part on the results of the Current Population Survey, which contacts approximately 3,100 households in New York State each month. To recap last week’s statewide press release, New York State’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased from 8.4% in November to 8.2% in December 2020
Local Area Unemployment Rates* (%)
December 2019 and December 2020
(not seasonally adjusted)
*Data are preliminary and subject to change. |
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Metro Areas | 8.3 | 3.6 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy | 5.3 | 3.7 |
Binghamton | 6.2 | 4.9 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls | 7.5 | 4.7 |
Dutchess-Putnam | 5.3 | 3.7 |
Elmira | 6.7 | 4.5 |
Glens Falls | 5.9 | 5.1 |
Ithaca | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Kingston | 5.4 | 3.8 |
Nassau-Suffolk | 5.5 | 3.6 |
New York City | 11.0 | 3.1 |
Orange-Rockland-Westchester | 5.9 | 3.8 |
Rochester | 6.5 | 4.4 |
Syracuse | 6.4 | 4.5 |
Utica-Rome | 6.4 | 4.7 |
Watertown-Fort Drum | 6.3 | 6.9 |
Non-metro counties | 6.1 | 5.1 |
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