Unemployment Rate in Kings County, NY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
7.9%
Rank #2,933/3,222 · #61 in NY
9th
Kings 7.9%
NY 6.4% +24.4%
US 5.3% +49.2%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Kings County's unemployment rate of 7.9% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Kings County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,930 | Trujillo Alto Municipio, PR | 7.9% |
| #2,931 | Menifee County, KY | 7.9% |
| #2,932 | Franklin city, VA | 7.9% |
| #2,933 | Kings County, NY | 7.9% |
| #2,934 | Mackinac County, MI | 7.9% |
| #2,935 | Allen County, KS | 7.9% |
| #2,936 | Robertson County, TX | 7.9% |
About Unemployment Rate
Kings County, New York has a unemployment rate of 7.9%, ranking #2,933 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 49.2% above the national value of 5.3%. Within New York, it ranks #61 of 62. This places it in the 9th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.