ALBANY – The City of Newburgh has the highest rate of unemployment in the Hudson, according to the state labor department’s 12-month statistics ending in September.
Newburgh’s rate came in at 5.1 percent; region-wide, the rate is 3.6 percent.
With 5.0 percent joblessness, the City of Mount Vernon was rated second highest. The cities of Poughkeepsie and Yonkers each had 4.4 percent rates of unemployment.
Middletown’s rate of unemployment was 4.2 percent. The Town of Haverstraw, at 4.1 percent, rate ranked fifth; the City of New Rochelle and Village of Harrison each had a rate of unemployment at 4.0 percent.
The town of New Windsor and Poughkeepsie each had a rate of 3.7 percent.
The lowest rate of joblessness in the year-over-year in September was in the Village of Port Chester, at 2.7 percent. The Town of Rye was right behind with 2.8 percent joblessness.
