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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in The Bronx

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 6 of 62 · Regions of New York Updated Oct 21, 2026

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

Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
−0.2% since 2015

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

Compared with Labour force · people
The Bronx 621K
The Bronx 621K
New York 10M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics

The series at a glance The Bronx · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 620,523 · 2025
First value 460,498 · 1990
Highest 626,104 · 2017
Lowest 446,595 · 1994
Average change +0.9% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearThe BronxChange The BronxNew York
2025 620,523 +1.4% 621K 10M
2024 612,037 +1.6% 612K 9.9M
2023 602,278 +0.4% 602K 9.8M
2022 599,592 −2.7% 600K 9.7M
2021 616,205 +1.8% 616K 9.6M
2020 605,309 −2.0% 605K 9.6M
2019 617,896 −0.4% 618K 9.9M
2018 620,499 −0.9% 620K 9.8M
2017 626,104 +1.0% 626K 9.8M
2016 620,159 −0.3% 620K 9.8M
2015 622,040 +0.5% 622K 9.7M
2014 618,836 +1.0% 619K 9.7M
2013 612,650 +1.7% 613K 9.8M
2012 602,593 +2.1% 603K 9.7M
2011 590,118 +0.6% 590K 9.6M
2010 586,668 +10% 587K 9.6M
2009 532,902 +2.1% 533K 9.6M
2008 522,040 +2.8% 522K 9.6M
2007 507,875 +1.0% 508K 9.5M
2006 502,767 −0.1% 503K 9.5M
2005 503,370 +0.3% 503K 9.4M
2004 501,807 +0.6% 502K 9.3M
2003 498,767 +0.1% 499K 9.3M
2002 498,256 +2.9% 498K 9.3M
2001 484,262 −0.3% 484K 9.1M
2000 485,486 +0.6% 485K 9.1M
1999 482,406 +0.2% 482K 9.1M
1998 481,517 +0.4% 482K 9.1M
1997 479,775 +3.9% 480K 9M
1996 461,597 +3.2% 462K 8.8M
1995 447,184 +0.1% 447K 8.7M
1994 446,595 −1.6% 447K 8.7M
1993 453,688 −1.0% 454K 8.7M
1992 458,164 +1.0% 458K 8.8M
1991 453,446 −1.5% 453K 8.8M
1990 460,498 460K 8.8M

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

Ranking · Regions of New York

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
1 Kings County 1.2M
2 Queens County 1.2M
3 New York County 929K
4 Suffolk County 773K
5 Nassau County 692K
6 Bronx County 619K
7 Westchester County 475K
8 Erie County 452K
9 Monroe County 368K
10 Onondaga County 227K
11 Richmond County 225K
12 Orange County 177K
13 Albany County 159K
14 Rockland County 151K
15 Dutchess County 144K
16 Saratoga County 117K
17 Oneida County 104K
18 Niagara County 102K
19 Ulster County 88,776
20 Broome County 88,769
21 Rensselaer County 81,873
22 Schenectady County 76,772
23 Chautauqua County 58,289
24 Oswego County 55,548
25 Ontario County 55,260
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2014

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.