Unemployment Rate in Richmond County, NY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.6%
Rank #2,336/3,222 · #43 in NY
28th
Richmond 5.6%
NY 6.4% -12.5%
US 5.3% +5.0%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Richmond County's unemployment rate of 5.6% 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 Richmond County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,333 | Harrison County, TX | 5.6% |
| #2,334 | Craighead County, AR | 5.6% |
| #2,335 | Calhoun County, AR | 5.6% |
| #2,336 | Richmond County, NY | 5.6% |
| #2,337 | Florence County, SC | 5.6% |
| #2,338 | Gray County, TX | 5.6% |
| #2,339 | Frio County, TX | 5.6% |
About Unemployment Rate
Richmond County, New York has a unemployment rate of 5.6%, ranking #2,336 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 5.0% above the national value of 5.3%. Within New York, it ranks #43 of 62. This places it in the 28th 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.