NEW CITY, NY — According to the New York Department of Labor, Rockland County's unemployment rate stands at 4.4 percent. That number is too high to put Rockland in the state's list of counties with the lowest rates.
In fact, no Hudson Valley counties made it onto the most recent list. The cut off was 4.2 percent.
Still, Rockland has a stronger job market than New York as a whole. The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased from 4.8 percent to 4.9 percent in September 2017.
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The data is based on preliminary local area unemployment rates for September 2017. 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.
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The counties in New York State with the lowest unemployment rates in September 2017 include:
- Columbia County (3.6%)
- Saratoga County (3.8%)
- Seneca County (4.0%)
- Yates County (4.0%)
- Genesee County (4.1%)
- Nassau County (4.1%)
- Ontario County (4.1%)
- Albany County (4.2%)
- Rensselaer County (4.2%)
- Warren County (4.2%)
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