ALBANY – The Hudson Valley region registered an unemployment rate of 4.3 percent, the lowest September since 2007.
Columbia County had the lowest unemployment rate in the state in September at 3.7 percent. Columbia was tied with Tompkins County. Unemployment rose by 0.1 percent from September 2015 to this September, according to the state Labor Department.
Dutchess County, which ranged 10th in the state, had an unemployment rate of 4.2 percent, down from 4.4 percent one year earlier.
Greene County, at 4.7 percent joblessness, was ranked 29th in the state, down from 5.1 percent in September 2015.
Orange County, with 4.4 percent joblessness, was ranked17th in the state, declined by 0.1 percent.
Putnam County fell from 4.3 percent in September 2015 to 4.1 this September to be ranked fifth in the state.
With an unemployment rate of 4.3 percent in September, Rockland County, which dropped 0.2 percent from last year, was ranked 13th.
Sullivan County dropped 0.3 percent in September to 4.7 percent unemployment to be ranked 29th in the state.
Ulster County, at 4.4 percent unemployment in September, fell from 4.6 percent one year earlier and was ranked 17th in the state.
Westchester County, at 4.4 percent joblessness in September, dropped 0.1 percent and was ranked 17th along with Orange and Ulster counties.
Labor Department analyst Johny Nelson expects the good numbers to continue.
“Our region is very much tied to the regional picture, so anything that is happening at the national levels, certainly we are not immune from it,” Nelson said. “For now what we are seeing is definitely positive job trends and certainly the employment numbers reflect that.”
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