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Unemployment rate in the Bronx

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 1 of 62 · Regions of New York Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · The Bronx · New York · United States · World
−0.6 pp since 2015
The Bronx New York United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
The Bronx
7.0%
New York
4.3%
United States
3.6% · 2023
World
4.8%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance The Bronx · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 7.0% · 2025
First value 8.4% · 1990
Highest 16.2% · 2020
Lowest 5.5% · 2019
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearThe BronxChange New YorkUnited StatesWorld
2025 7.0% +0.4 pp 4.3% — 4.8%
2024 6.6% ±0.0 pp 4.2% — 4.8%
2023 6.6% −1.3 pp 4.0% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 7.9% −6.0 pp 4.3% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 13.9% −2.3 pp 7.1% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 16.2% +10.7 pp 9.8% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 5.5% −0.2 pp 3.9% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 5.7% −0.5 pp 4.1% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 6.2% −0.9 pp 4.6% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 7.1% −0.5 pp 4.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 7.6% −2.0 pp 5.2% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 9.6% −2.2 pp 6.3% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 11.8% −0.8 pp 7.8% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 12.6% +0.6 pp 8.6% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 12.0% −0.1 pp 8.4% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 12.1% +0.1 pp 8.7% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 12.0% +4.5 pp 8.4% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 7.5% +0.9 pp 5.4% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 6.6% +0.1 pp 4.4% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 6.5% −0.9 pp 4.5% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 7.4% −1.7 pp 5.0% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 9.1% −1.4 pp 5.8% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 10.5% +0.7 pp 6.4% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 9.8% +2.4 pp 6.2% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 7.4% +0.3 pp 4.9% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 7.1% −1.1 pp 4.5% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 8.2% −1.7 pp 5.2% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 9.9% −1.7 pp 5.6% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 11.6% +1.1 pp 6.4% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 10.5% +0.9 pp 6.2% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 9.6% −0.5 pp 6.3% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 10.1% −2.1 pp 6.9% — 5.8%
1993 12.2% −1.0 pp 8.0% — 5.5%
1992 13.2% +2.6 pp 8.7% — 5.3%
1991 10.6% +2.2 pp 7.3% — 5.1%
1990 8.4% 5.3% — —

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Regions of New York

2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
56 Albany County 3.5%
7 Allegany County 5.1%
2 Bronx County 5.5%
22 Broome County 4.4%
10 Cattaraugus County 4.8%
29 Cayuga County 4.1%
15 Chautauqua County 4.4%
36 Chemung County 3.9%
16 Chenango County 4.4%
26 Clinton County 4.2%
61 Columbia County 3.3%
13 Cortland County 4.5%
17 Delaware County 4.4%
59 Dutchess County 3.4%
31 Erie County 4.0%
18 Essex County 4.4%
8 Franklin County 4.8%
19 Fulton County 4.4%
41 Genesee County 3.8%
27 Greene County 4.2%
1 Hamilton County 5.7%
14 Herkimer County 4.5%
3 Jefferson County 5.3%
37 Kings County 3.9%
4 Lewis County 5.2%
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2019

What it means

The share of people who want a job and are looking for one but do not have one.

How it is calculated

Unemployed people divided by the labour force (employed plus unemployed), following the international definition; annual average.