Unemployment Rate in Orleans County, NY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.1%
Rank #2,073/3,222 · #31 in NY
36th
Orleans 5.1%
NY 6.4% -20.0%
US 5.3% -4.1%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Orleans County's unemployment rate of 5.1% 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 Orleans County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,070 | Lincoln County, NM | 5.1% |
| #2,071 | Bertie County, NC | 5.1% |
| #2,072 | Plymouth County, MA | 5.1% |
| #2,073 | Orleans County, NY | 5.1% |
| #2,074 | Claiborne Parish, LA | 5.1% |
| #2,075 | Itawamba County, MS | 5.1% |
| #2,076 | Lafayette Parish, LA | 5.1% |
About Unemployment Rate
Orleans County, New York has a unemployment rate of 5.1%, ranking #2,073 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 4.1% below the national value of 5.3%. Within New York, it ranks #31 of 62. This places it in the 36th 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.