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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > New York–New Jersey > Table

Local Area Unemployment Statistics - New York

Status of the Civilian Labor Force - New York State

Civilian Labor Force - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2010

 9,589,044 9,605,948 9,621,227 9,630,479 9,631,529 9,623,572 9,609,354 9,593,332 9,577,587 9,563,891 9,551,431 9,539,098  

2011

 9,528,314 9,517,986 9,506,231 9,493,559 9,483,635 9,480,227 9,486,165 9,500,945 9,521,336 9,543,711 9,562,510 9,574,444  

2012

 9,581,121 9,586,612 9,591,657 9,594,584 9,597,583 9,602,266 9,608,455 9,617,913 9,631,758 9,645,555 9,655,584 9,659,771  

2013

 9,655,271 9,651,505 9,651,758 9,660,078 9,672,985 9,685,182 9,692,150 9,687,837 9,671,445 9,650,536 9,631,855 9,617,388  

2014

 9,557,444 9,548,508 9,540,438 9,531,103 9,521,124 9,514,317 9,511,481 9,514,182 9,521,660 9,529,358 9,534,612 9,540,144  

2015

 (r)9,544,579 (r)9,552,949 (r)9,561,497 (r)9,568,011 (r)9,569,402 (r)9,563,755 (r)9,554,722 (r)9,547,385 (r)9,545,316 (r)9,552,323 (r)9,567,364 (r)9,582,950  

2016

 (r)9,591,743 (r)9,590,442 (r)9,579,507 (r)9,564,084 (r)9,550,935 (r)9,543,083 (r)9,539,996 (r)9,539,455 (r)9,539,105 (r)9,536,267 (r)9,531,775 (r)9,529,163  

2017

 (r)9,530,913 (r)9,537,224 (r)9,545,838 (r)9,555,504 (r)9,564,471 (r)9,570,659 (r)9,572,659 (r)9,568,287 (r)9,557,643 (r)9,543,205 (r)9,527,547 (r)9,513,789  

2018

 (r)9,505,817 (r)9,506,088 (r)9,512,599 (r)9,518,802 (r)9,520,394 (r)9,518,221 (r)9,514,970 (r)9,515,399 (r)9,521,482 (r)9,531,730 (r)9,542,679 (r)9,549,429  

2019

 (r)9,547,462 (r)9,534,512 (r)9,514,746 (r)9,495,586 (r)9,483,005 (r)9,480,192 (r)9,488,460 (r)9,501,909 (r)9,516,997 (r)9,527,899 (r)9,529,070 (r)9,527,712  

2020

 9,542,921 9,551,655 9,411,433 9,084,012 9,089,160 (p)9,388,334              

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Employment Level - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2010

 8,737,735 8,757,142 8,776,986 8,792,421 8,801,543 8,801,658 8,792,951 8,779,428 8,764,345 8,752,287 8,744,834 8,740,995  

2011

 8,739,920 8,738,380 8,733,288 8,723,458 8,711,503 8,702,587 8,701,473 8,708,594 8,721,554 8,736,516 8,748,504 8,754,959  

2012

 8,757,122 8,758,084 8,757,816 8,756,373 8,757,979 8,765,976 8,780,838 8,801,370 8,824,815 8,845,696 8,860,603 8,868,947  

2013

 8,869,350 8,872,227 8,880,955 8,897,969 8,917,413 8,932,756 8,941,331 8,942,726 8,938,974 8,934,550 8,933,068 8,934,768  

2014

 8,891,979 8,896,686 8,900,374 8,901,572 8,903,144 8,909,035 8,918,415 8,931,022 8,946,039 8,961,204 8,974,604 8,987,189  

2015

 (r)8,997,585 (r)9,010,168 (r)9,023,616 (r)9,037,463 (r)9,049,193 (r)9,056,618 (r)9,061,246 (r)9,065,479 (r)9,072,213 (r)9,084,409 (r)9,100,847 (r)9,116,556  

2016

 (r)9,126,494 (r)9,127,609 (r)9,119,809 (r)9,106,300 (r)9,091,949 (r)9,080,187 (r)9,072,562 (r)9,068,476 (r)9,066,158 (r)9,064,636 (r)9,065,980 (r)9,071,509  

2017

 (r)9,080,374 (r)9,091,221 (r)9,100,810 (r)9,108,274 (r)9,113,926 (r)9,117,029 (r)9,117,049 (r)9,113,232 (r)9,105,971 (r)9,096,611 (r)9,085,925 (r)9,077,369  

2018

 (r)9,074,847 (r)9,080,635 (r)9,093,681 (r)9,108,362 (r)9,119,951 (r)9,128,479 (r)9,135,281 (r)9,142,250 (r)9,150,233 (r)9,158,403 (r)9,165,087 (r)9,167,089  

2019

 (r)9,161,783 (r)9,148,538 (r)9,130,757 (r)9,115,005 (r)9,106,058 (r)9,105,741 (r)9,115,194 (r)9,129,585 (r)9,145,414 (r)9,156,652 (r)9,157,857 (r)9,156,258  

2020

 9,178,410 9,197,589 9,022,695 7,691,738 7,770,529 (p)7,915,715              

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Unemployment Level - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2010

 851,309 848,806 844,241 838,058 829,986 821,914 816,403 813,904 813,242 811,604 806,597 798,103  

2011

 788,394 779,606 772,943 770,101 772,132 777,640 784,692 792,351 799,782 807,195 814,006 819,485  

2012

 823,999 828,528 833,841 838,211 839,604 836,290 827,617 816,543 806,943 799,859 794,981 790,824  

2013

 785,921 779,278 770,803 762,109 755,572 752,426 750,819 745,111 732,471 715,986 698,787 682,620  

2014

 665,465 651,822 640,064 629,531 617,980 605,282 593,066 583,160 575,621 568,154 560,008 552,955  

2015

 (r)546,994 (r)542,781 (r)537,881 (r)530,548 (r)520,209 (r)507,137 (r)493,476 (r)481,906 (r)473,103 (r)467,914 (r)466,517 (r)466,394  

2016

 (r)465,249 (r)462,833 (r)459,698 (r)457,784 (r)458,986 (r)462,896 (r)467,434 (r)470,979 (r)472,947 (r)471,631 (r)465,795 (r)457,654  

2017

 (r)450,539 (r)446,003 (r)445,028 (r)447,230 (r)450,545 (r)453,630 (r)455,610 (r)455,055 (r)451,672 (r)446,594 (r)441,622 (r)436,420  

2018

 (r)430,970 (r)425,453 (r)418,918 (r)410,440 (r)400,443 (r)389,742 (r)379,689 (r)373,149 (r)371,249 (r)373,327 (r)377,592 (r)382,340  

2019

 (r)385,679 (r)385,974 (r)383,989 (r)380,581 (r)376,947 (r)374,451 (r)373,266 (r)372,324 (r)371,583 (r)371,247 (r)371,213 (r)371,454  

2020

 364,511 354,066 388,738 1,392,274 1,318,631 (p)1,472,619              

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Unemployment Rate - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2010

 8.9 8.8 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.4 8.4  

2011

 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.6  

2012

 8.6 8.6 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.6 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.2  

2013

 8.1 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.4 7.3 7.1  

2014

 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.8  

2015

 (r)5.7 (r)5.7 (r)5.6 (r)5.5 (r)5.4 (r)5.3 (r)5.2 (r)5.0 (r)5.0 (r)4.9 (r)4.9 (r)4.9  

2016

 (r)4.9 (r)4.8 (r)4.8 (r)4.8 (r)4.8 (r)4.9 (r)4.9 (r)4.9 (r)5.0 (r)4.9 (r)4.9 (r)4.8  

2017

 (r)4.7 (r)4.7 (r)4.7 (r)4.7 (r)4.7 (r)4.7 (r)4.8 (r)4.8 (r)4.7 (r)4.7 (r)4.6 (r)4.6  

2018

 (r)4.5 (r)4.5 (r)4.4 (r)4.3 (r)4.2 (r)4.1 (r)4.0 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 (r)4.0 (r)4.0  

2019

 (r)4.0 (r)4.0 (r)4.0 (r)4.0 (r)4.0 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 (r)3.9  

2020

 3.8 3.7 4.1 15.3 14.5 (p)15.7              

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Civilian Labor Force - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2010

 9,546,265 9,565,198 9,574,286 9,648,949 9,616,724 9,675,506 9,721,397 9,678,098 9,575,209 9,547,937 9,518,599 9,476,174 9,595,362

2011

 9,482,821 9,482,067 9,482,877 9,465,985 9,480,448 9,542,714 9,582,947 9,571,346 9,515,444 9,546,828 9,527,167 9,527,694 9,517,361

2012

 9,515,496 9,570,383 9,566,682 9,525,644 9,612,651 9,706,110 9,724,329 9,640,779 9,607,579 9,676,954 9,592,623 9,607,545 9,612,232

2013

 9,646,616 9,622,195 9,589,730 9,604,061 9,678,363 9,787,875 9,824,404 9,742,720 9,664,308 9,616,157 9,592,800 9,540,803 9,659,170

2014

 9,508,660 9,536,612 9,554,495 9,457,965 9,514,310 9,604,492 9,647,205 9,566,812 9,475,494 9,539,184 9,494,485 9,453,294 9,529,418

2015

 (r)9,521,794 (r)9,523,261 (r)9,526,303 (r)9,540,313 (r)9,605,045 (r)9,645,718 (r)9,666,601 (r)9,593,996 (r)9,492,625 (r)9,542,145 (r)9,518,769 (r)9,528,453 (r)9,558,752

2016

 (r)9,548,351 (r)9,584,554 (r)9,602,722 (r)9,532,717 (r)9,519,574 (r)9,604,854 (r)9,653,323 (r)9,592,984 (r)9,537,820 (r)9,535,094 (r)9,472,041 (r)9,439,099 (r)9,551,928

2017

 (r)9,484,471 (r)9,530,985 (r)9,564,246 (r)9,544,495 (r)9,536,535 (r)9,630,646 (r)9,688,390 (r)9,606,618 (r)9,584,867 (r)9,521,411 (r)9,471,196 (r)9,425,072 (r)9,549,078

2018

 (r)9,442,262 (r)9,530,727 (r)9,526,818 (r)9,483,047 (r)9,494,365 (r)9,606,105 (r)9,652,822 (r)9,520,862 (r)9,485,760 (r)9,533,682 (r)9,493,530 (r)9,492,448 (r)9,521,869

2019

 (r)9,515,496 (r)9,542,016 (r)9,529,122 (r)9,449,425 (r)9,457,173 (r)9,538,972 (r)9,596,950 (r)9,539,835 (r)9,504,828 (r)9,543,205 (r)9,487,235 (r)9,468,280 (r)9,514,378

2020

 9,527,725 9,566,614 9,431,634 9,039,687 9,064,228 (p)9,441,085              

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Employment Level - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2010

 8,632,868 8,659,214 8,703,452 8,832,434 8,824,164 8,865,867 8,882,378 8,866,954 8,785,730 8,767,814 8,718,557 8,697,247 8,769,723

2011

 8,633,127 8,647,877 8,701,218 8,729,548 8,740,381 8,760,229 8,780,064 8,784,635 8,726,310 8,760,081 8,747,192 8,726,027 8,728,057

2012

 8,635,675 8,673,664 8,717,093 8,743,936 8,802,540 8,858,766 8,855,026 8,820,927 8,836,721 8,901,067 8,848,186 8,827,014 8,793,385

2013

 8,767,800 8,784,026 8,827,208 8,897,883 8,952,071 9,017,316 9,050,599 8,996,181 8,947,803 8,901,830 8,922,109 8,900,624 8,913,788

2014

 8,805,387 8,816,417 8,878,943 8,887,015 8,924,306 9,009,079 9,016,120 8,961,858 8,926,841 9,000,232 8,949,306 8,932,866 8,925,698

2015

 (r)8,916,116 (r)8,930,942 (r)8,988,617 (r)9,040,050 (r)9,092,928 (r)9,142,475 (r)9,147,313 (r)9,109,957 (r)9,047,405 (r)9,093,517 (r)9,070,012 (r)9,075,496 (r)9,054,569

2016

 (r)9,045,389 (r)9,077,142 (r)9,117,614 (r)9,093,925 (r)9,108,268 (r)9,151,672 (r)9,164,122 (r)9,107,460 (r)9,067,483 (r)9,074,057 (r)9,045,965 (r)9,005,990 (r)9,088,257

2017

 (r)8,985,918 (r)9,025,322 (r)9,115,615 (r)9,126,556 (r)9,113,010 (r)9,187,820 (r)9,210,611 (r)9,126,918 (r)9,148,316 (r)9,102,738 (r)9,058,683 (r)9,010,206 (r)9,100,976

2018

 (r)8,965,257 (r)9,043,997 (r)9,089,256 (r)9,097,720 (r)9,143,427 (r)9,211,440 (r)9,251,438 (r)9,132,506 (r)9,139,465 (r)9,184,839 (r)9,155,614 (r)9,117,427 (r)9,127,699

2019

 (r)9,062,792 (r)9,108,350 (r)9,128,552 (r)9,107,179 (r)9,112,109 (r)9,175,542 (r)9,196,608 (r)9,146,284 (r)9,162,134 (r)9,188,847 (r)9,145,859 (r)9,116,352 (r)9,137,551

2020

 9,136,585 9,190,899 9,030,852 7,675,229 7,778,853 (p)7,972,332              

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Unemployment Level - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2010

 913,397 905,984 870,834 816,515 792,560 809,639 839,019 811,144 789,479 780,123 800,042 778,927 825,639

2011

 849,694 834,190 781,659 736,437 740,067 782,485 802,883 786,711 789,134 786,747 779,975 801,667 789,304

2012

 879,821 896,719 849,589 781,708 810,111 847,344 869,303 819,852 770,858 775,887 744,437 780,531 818,847

2013

 878,816 838,169 762,522 706,178 726,292 770,559 773,805 746,539 716,505 714,327 670,691 640,179 745,382

2014

 703,273 720,195 675,552 570,950 590,004 595,413 631,085 604,954 548,653 538,952 545,179 520,428 603,720

2015

 (r)605,678 (r)592,319 (r)537,686 (r)500,263 (r)512,117 (r)503,243 (r)519,288 (r)484,039 (r)445,220 (r)448,628 (r)448,757 (r)452,957 (r)504,183

2016

 (r)502,962 (r)507,412 (r)485,108 (r)438,792 (r)411,306 (r)453,182 (r)489,201 (r)485,524 (r)470,337 (r)461,037 (r)426,076 (r)433,109 (r)463,671

2017

 (r)498,553 (r)505,663 (r)448,631 (r)417,939 (r)423,525 (r)442,826 (r)477,779 (r)479,700 (r)436,551 (r)418,673 (r)412,513 (r)414,866 (r)448,102

2018

 (r)477,005 (r)486,730 (r)437,562 (r)385,327 (r)350,938 (r)394,665 (r)401,384 (r)388,356 (r)346,295 (r)348,843 (r)337,916 (r)375,021 (r)394,170

2019

 (r)452,704 (r)433,666 (r)400,570 (r)342,246 (r)345,064 (r)363,430 (r)400,342 (r)393,551 (r)342,694 (r)354,358 (r)341,376 (r)351,928 (r)376,827

2020

 391,140 375,715 400,782 1,364,458 1,285,375 (p)1,468,753              

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Unemployment Rate - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2010

 9.6 9.5 9.1 8.5 8.2 8.4 8.6 8.4 8.2 8.2 8.4 8.2 8.6

2011

 9.0 8.8 8.2 7.8 7.8 8.2 8.4 8.2 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.4 8.3

2012

 9.2 9.4 8.9 8.2 8.4 8.7 8.9 8.5 8.0 8.0 7.8 8.1 8.5

2013

 9.1 8.7 8.0 7.4 7.5 7.9 7.9 7.7 7.4 7.4 7.0 6.7 7.7

2014

 7.4 7.6 7.1 6.0 6.2 6.2 6.5 6.3 5.8 5.6 5.7 5.5 6.3

2015

 (r)6.4 (r)6.2 (r)5.6 (r)5.2 (r)5.3 (r)5.2 (r)5.4 (r)5.0 (r)4.7 (r)4.7 (r)4.7 (r)4.8 (r)5.3

2016

 (r)5.3 (r)5.3 (r)5.1 (r)4.6 (r)4.3 (r)4.7 (r)5.1 (r)5.1 (r)4.9 (r)4.8 (r)4.5 (r)4.6 (r)4.9

2017

 (r)5.3 (r)5.3 (r)4.7 (r)4.4 (r)4.4 (r)4.6 (r)4.9 (r)5.0 (r)4.6 (r)4.4 (r)4.4 (r)4.4 (r)4.7

2018

 (r)5.1 (r)5.1 (r)4.6 (r)4.1 (r)3.7 (r)4.1 (r)4.2 (r)4.1 (r)3.7 (r)3.7 (r)3.6 (r)4.0 (r)4.1

2019

 (r)4.8 (r)4.5 (r)4.2 (r)3.6 (r)3.6 (r)3.8 (r)4.2 (r)4.1 (r)3.6 (r)3.7 (r)3.6 (r)3.7 (r)4.0

2020

 4.1 3.9 4.2 15.1 14.2 (p)15.6              

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).