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Unemployment remains higher in Chautauqua County in September 2021 than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic began.
State officials recently released New York’s latest unemployment rates, but typically compare employment statistics to the same period one year ago. Compared to one year ago at this time, unemployment has decreased from 6.3% in September 2020 to 4.7% in September 2021.
The county’s unemployment rate in September 2019, before the pandemic began, was 3.8%. The county’s labor force has not yet reached pre-pandemic levels either, decreasing from 54,500 in September 2019 to 53,100 in September 2021 while the number of county residents employed has decreased from 52,400 in September 2019 to 50,600 in September 2021. Over the course of two years from September 2019 to September 2021, there are 400 more people unemployed in Chautauqua County.
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