County
Sept. 2015
Aug. 2015
Sept. 2014
County Rank
Columbia
3.7%
3.6%
4.3%
1
Dutchess
4.6%
4.4%
5.1%
15
Greene
5.2%
5.1%
6.0%
40
Orange
4.7%
4.6%
5.3%
20
Putnam
4.4%
4.3%
4.7%
9
Rockland
4.6%
4.6%
5.0%
15
Sullivan
5.3%
4.8%
5.9%
45
Ulster
4.8%
4.8%
5.4%
26
Westchester
4.7%
4.5%
5.0%
20
ALBANY – Unemployment in September in the Hudson Valley fell from previous year levels. Joblessness rose slightly from August to September.
State Labor Department figures released Tuesday showed Columbia County, at 3.7 percent, had the lowest unemployment rate in the state in September. Putnam County came in second in the Hudson Valley with 4.4 percent joblessness followed by Rockland and Dutchess counties, each with 4.6 percent unemployment.
Westchester and Orange counties each had 4.7 percent joblessness followed by Ulster County with 4.8 percent, Greene County with 5.2 percent and Sullivan County with 5.3 percent.
Region-wide the unemployment rate in September was 4.7 percent, the lowest September level since 2007.
