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

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
62 Tompkins County 4.4%
61 Saratoga County 4.7%
60 Columbia County 4.7%
59 Nassau County 4.8%
58 Albany County 4.9%
57 Putnam County 4.9%
56 Westchester County 5.2%
55 Rockland County 5.2%
54 Ontario County 5.3%
53 Suffolk County 5.4%
52 Schenectady County 5.4%
51 Rensselaer County 5.4%
50 Dutchess County 5.4%
49 Orange County 5.5%
48 Onondaga County 5.6%
47 Genesee County 5.6%
46 Ulster County 5.7%
45 Yates County 5.7%
44 Seneca County 5.7%
43 Otsego County 5.7%
42 Monroe County 5.8%
41 Livingston County 5.8%
40 New York County 6.0%
39 Cayuga County 6.0%
38 Washington County 6.1%
…
4 St. Lawrence County 7.8%
3 Lewis County 7.9%
2 Oswego County 8.1%
1 Bronx County 9.6%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2014

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.