Yonkers Unemployment Rate Stable At 5.3 Percent

ALBANY – A number of area cities had higher unemployment rates that the counties. 

The City of Mount Vernon had a 6.2 percent rate.

The City of Newburgh had a 5.6 percent rate of joblessness.

The cities of Poughkeepsie and Yonkers each scored 5.3 percent rates of unemployment.

The Town of Haverstraw had a 5.2 percent rate while the City of Middletown had a 5.0 percent rate.

Unemployment in the Mid-Hudson Valley remained relatively stable in September

Columbia County, with 3.6 percent, down from 3.7 percent, had the lowest rate in the state.

Putnam and Ulster counties each had 4.3 percent joblessness.

Putnam rose by 0.1 percent and Ulster was down by 0.2 percent in September 2016.

Dutchess and Rockland counties each scored 4.4 percent unemployment in September.

In Dutchess, joblessness rose by 0.1 percent while in Rockland, unemployment remained flat.

Orange, Sullivan and Westchester counties each had 4.5 percent joblessness in September.

Orange and Westchester counties’ rates were flat while Sullivan County’s fell by 0.2 percent

Sullivan County’s rate dropped by 0.2 percent when compared with September 2016.

Greene County’s rate of joblessness was 4.6 percent, down from 0.2 percent

Region-wide in the Mid-Hudson, the unemployment was 4.5 percent,

A number of area cities had higher unemployment rates that the counties.

The City of Mount Vernon had a 6.2 percent rate.

The City of Newburgh had a 5.6 percent rate of joblessness.

The cities of Poughkeepsie and Yonkers each scored 5.3 percent rates of unemployment.

The Town of Haverstraw had a 5.2 percent rate

The City of Middletown had a 5.0 percent rate.