Unemployment Rate in Suffolk County, NY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.7%
Rank #1,827/3,222 · #22 in NY
43th
Suffolk 4.7%
NY 6.4% -25.6%
US 5.3% -10.8%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Suffolk County's unemployment rate of 4.7% 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 Suffolk County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,824 | Kendall County, TX | 4.7% |
| #1,825 | Pender County, NC | 4.7% |
| #1,826 | Sabine County, TX | 4.7% |
| #1,827 | Suffolk County, NY | 4.7% |
| #1,828 | Montgomery County, IL | 4.7% |
| #1,829 | Eagle County, CO | 4.7% |
| #1,830 | Monroe County, WV | 4.7% |
About Unemployment Rate
Suffolk County, New York has a unemployment rate of 4.7%, ranking #1,827 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 10.8% below the national value of 5.3%. Within New York, it ranks #22 of 62. This places it in the 43th 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.