Unemployment Rate in Tompkins County, NY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.5%
Rank #2,326/3,222 · #42 in NY
28th
Tompkins 5.5%
NY 6.4% -12.8%
US 5.3% +4.6%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Tompkins County's unemployment rate of 5.5% 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 Tompkins County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,323 | Chester County, SC | 5.5% |
| #2,324 | Vinton County, OH | 5.5% |
| #2,325 | Carroll County, VA | 5.5% |
| #2,326 | Tompkins County, NY | 5.5% |
| #2,327 | Tippah County, MS | 5.5% |
| #2,328 | Danville city, VA | 5.5% |
| #2,329 | Buena Vista County, IA | 5.5% |
About Unemployment Rate
Tompkins County, New York has a unemployment rate of 5.5%, ranking #2,326 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 4.6% above the national value of 5.3%. Within New York, it ranks #42 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.