ALBANY – Hudson Valley unemployment during the month of February ranged from a high of 7.2 percent in both Sullivan and Greene counties to a low of 5.8 percent in Columbia County.
Numbers began to rise even higher in March as the pandemic took hold.
In February, Westchester County saw a jobless rate of 6.9 percent, followed by 6.8 percent in Ulster County, 6.7 percent in Orange County, 6.4 percent in Dutchess, and 6.3 percent in Rockland.
Putnam County had a rate of 6.1 percent unemployment.
| COUNTY | FEB. 2021 | JAN. 2021 | FEB. 2020 |
| Columbia | 5.8% | 5.6% | 3.8% |
| Dutchess | 6.4% | 6.1% | 3.9% |
| Greene | 7.2% | 6.7% | 5.1% |
| Orange | 6.7% | 6.6% | 4.1% |
| Putnam | 6.1% | 5.7% | 4.1% |
| Rockland | 6.3% | 6.1q% | 3.7% |
| Sullivan | 7.2% | 7.0% | 4.8% |
| Ulster | 6.8% | 6.7% | 4.2% |
| Westchester | 6.9% | 6.6% | 3.9% |
