Unemployment Rate in Monroe County, NY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.9%
Rank #1,976/3,222 · #26 in NY
39th
Monroe 4.9%
NY 6.4% -22.3%
US 5.3% -6.8%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Monroe County's unemployment rate of 4.9% 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 Monroe County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,973 | Nash County, NC | 4.9% |
| #1,974 | Seward County, KS | 4.9% |
| #1,975 | Norfolk County, MA | 4.9% |
| #1,976 | Monroe County, NY | 4.9% |
| #1,977 | Hughes County, OK | 4.9% |
| #1,978 | El Paso County, CO | 4.9% |
| #1,979 | Cayey Municipio, PR | 4.9% |
About Unemployment Rate
Monroe County, New York has a unemployment rate of 4.9%, ranking #1,976 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 6.8% below the national value of 5.3%. Within New York, it ranks #26 of 62. This places it in the 39th 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.