Very High Unemployment Area
Brooklyn, NY Current Unemployment - 7.1%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Brooklyn, NY Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2022
7.5%
5.3%
4.0%
2 / 2022
6.7%
5.1%
3.8%
3 / 2022
6.2%
4.7%
3.6%
4 / 2022
6.0%
4.2%
3.6%
5 / 2022
5.8%
4.1%
3.6%
6 / 2022
6.3%
4.3%
3.6%
7 / 2022
6.8%
4.8%
3.5%
8 / 2022
7.1%
4.9%
3.7%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2021
13.5%
9.4%
6.3%
2 / 2021
13.6%
9.7%
6.2%
3 / 2021
11.6%
8.5%
6.0%
4 / 2021
11.1%
7.7%
6.1%
5 / 2021
10.4%
7.0%
5.8%
6 / 2021
10.8%
7.3%
5.9%
7 / 2021
10.4%
7.1%
5.4%
8 / 2021
9.8%
6.7%
5.2%
9 / 2021
8.4%
5.7%
4.7%
10 / 2021
7.9%
5.3%
4.6%
11 / 2021
7.2%
4.9%
4.2%
12 / 2021
6.8%
4.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2020
3.6%
4.1%
3.6%
2 / 2020
3.5%
4.3%
3.5%
3 / 2020
4.6%
4.2%
4.4%
4 / 2020
14.6%
15.0%
14.7%
5 / 2020
18.2%
14.2%
13.3%
6 / 2020
20.5%
15.5%
11.1%
7 / 2020
20.5%
16.0%
10.2%
8 / 2020
15.6%
12.5%
8.4%
9 / 2020
14.0%
10.1%
7.9%
10 / 2020
13.1%
8.9%
6.9%
11 / 2020
12.1%
8.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
11.3%
8.5%
6.7%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2019
5.0%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2019
4.7%
4.5%
3.8%
3 / 2019
4.4%
4.2%
3.8%
4 / 2019
3.8%
3.6%
3.6%
5 / 2019
4.0%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2019
4.0%
3.8%
3.7%
7 / 2019
4.4%
4.2%
3.7%
8 / 2019
4.3%
4.1%
3.7%
9 / 2019
3.6%
3.6%
3.5%
10 / 2019
3.8%
3.7%
3.6%
11 / 2019
3.5%
3.6%
3.5%
12 / 2019
3.2%
3.7%
3.5%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2018
4.7%
5.1%
4.1%
2 / 2018
4.7%
5.1%
4.1%
3 / 2018
4.4%
4.6%
4.0%
4 / 2018
4.0%
4.1%
3.9%
5 / 2018
3.8%
3.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
4.4%
4.1%
4.0%
7 / 2018
4.5%
4.2%
3.9%
8 / 2018
4.5%
4.1%
3.8%
9 / 2018
4.0%
3.7%
3.7%
10 / 2018
4.2%
3.7%
3.8%
11 / 2018
4.0%
3.6%
3.7%
12 / 2018
4.2%
4.0%
3.9%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2017
5.2%
5.3%
4.7%
2 / 2017
5.1%
5.3%
4.7%
3 / 2017
4.6%
4.7%
4.4%
4 / 2017
4.4%
4.4%
4.4%
5 / 2017
4.6%
4.4%
4.4%
6 / 2017
4.7%
4.6%
4.3%
7 / 2017
5.3%
4.9%
4.3%
8 / 2017
5.4%
5.0%
4.4%
9 / 2017
4.8%
4.6%
4.2%
10 / 2017
4.6%
4.4%
4.1%
11 / 2017
4.3%
4.4%
4.2%
12 / 2017
4.1%
4.4%
4.1%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2016
5.7%
5.3%
4.9%
2 / 2016
5.6%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2016
5.5%
5.1%
5.0%
4 / 2016
5.0%
4.6%
5.0%
5 / 2016
4.8%
4.3%
4.8%
6 / 2016
5.3%
4.7%
4.9%
7 / 2016
5.8%
5.1%
4.8%
8 / 2016
5.8%
5.1%
4.9%
9 / 2016
5.6%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2016
5.4%
4.8%
4.9%
11 / 2016
4.8%
4.5%
4.7%
12 / 2016
4.6%
4.6%
4.7%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2015
7.1%
6.4%
5.7%
2 / 2015
6.8%
6.2%
5.5%
3 / 2015
6.2%
5.6%
5.4%
4 / 2015
5.9%
5.2%
5.4%
5 / 2015
6.0%
5.3%
5.6%
6 / 2015
5.8%
5.2%
5.3%
7 / 2015
6.0%
5.4%
5.2%
8 / 2015
5.7%
5.0%
5.1%
9 / 2015
5.2%
4.7%
5.0%
10 / 2015
5.4%
4.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
5.4%
4.7%
5.1%
12 / 2015
5.3%
4.8%
5.0%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2014
8.7%
7.4%
6.6%
2 / 2014
9.0%
7.5%
6.7%
3 / 2014
8.5%
7.1%
6.7%
4 / 2014
7.4%
6.1%
6.2%
5 / 2014
7.7%
6.2%
6.3%
6 / 2014
7.6%
6.2%
6.1%
7 / 2014
7.9%
6.5%
6.2%
8 / 2014
7.5%
6.2%
6.1%
9 / 2014
6.8%
5.8%
5.9%
10 / 2014
6.8%
5.6%
5.7%
11 / 2014
6.9%
5.8%
5.8%
12 / 2014
6.4%
5.5%
5.6%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2013
10.3%
9.1%
8.0%
2 / 2013
9.8%
8.7%
7.7%
3 / 2013
9.1%
8.0%
7.5%
4 / 2013
8.7%
7.4%
7.6%
5 / 2013
9.1%
7.5%
7.5%
6 / 2013
9.7%
7.8%
7.5%
7 / 2013
9.7%
7.8%
7.3%
8 / 2013
9.6%
7.6%
7.2%
9 / 2013
9.3%
7.4%
7.2%
10 / 2013
9.5%
7.4%
7.2%
11 / 2013
8.8%
7.0%
6.9%
12 / 2013
8.3%
6.7%
6.7%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2012
10.3%
9.2%
8.3%
2 / 2012
10.5%
9.4%
8.3%
3 / 2012
10.0%
8.9%
8.2%
4 / 2012
9.3%
8.2%
8.2%
5 / 2012
9.6%
8.4%
8.2%
6 / 2012
10.1%
8.7%
8.2%
7 / 2012
10.4%
8.9%
8.2%
8 / 2012
9.9%
8.5%
8.1%
9 / 2012
9.1%
8.0%
7.8%
10 / 2012
9.5%
8.0%
7.8%
11 / 2012
9.0%
7.7%
7.7%
12 / 2012
9.5%
8.1%
7.9%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2011
9.8%
9.0%
9.1%
2 / 2011
9.6%
8.8%
9.0%
3 / 2011
9.1%
8.2%
9.0%
4 / 2011
8.8%
7.8%
9.1%
5 / 2011
9.0%
7.8%
9.0%
6 / 2011
9.6%
8.2%
9.1%
7 / 2011
9.9%
8.4%
9.0%
8 / 2011
9.8%
8.2%
9.0%
9 / 2011
9.7%
8.3%
9.0%
10 / 2011
9.9%
8.2%
8.8%
11 / 2011
9.7%
8.2%
8.6%
12 / 2011
9.8%
8.4%
8.5%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2010
10.8%
9.6%
9.8%
2 / 2010
10.6%
9.5%
9.8%
3 / 2010
10.3%
9.1%
9.9%
4 / 2010
9.9%
8.5%
9.9%
5 / 2010
9.6%
8.2%
9.6%
6 / 2010
9.8%
8.4%
9.4%
7 / 2010
10.2%
8.6%
9.4%
8 / 2010
9.9%
8.4%
9.5%
9 / 2010
9.6%
8.2%
9.5%
10 / 2010
9.6%
8.2%
9.4%
11 / 2010
9.7%
8.4%
9.8%
12 / 2010
9.3%
8.2%
9.3%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2009
8.3%
7.8%
7.8%
2 / 2009
9.0%
8.3%
8.3%
3 / 2009
9.1%
8.2%
8.7%
4 / 2009
8.9%
7.7%
9.0%
5 / 2009
9.4%
8.0%
9.4%
6 / 2009
10.1%
8.4%
9.5%
7 / 2009
10.6%
8.5%
9.5%
8 / 2009
10.7%
8.5%
9.6%
9 / 2009
10.7%
8.6%
9.8%
10 / 2009
11.0%
8.7%
10.0%
11 / 2009
10.6%
8.5%
9.9%
12 / 2009
10.7%
8.8%
9.9%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2008
6.0%
5.5%
5.0%
2 / 2008
5.7%
5.4%
4.9%
3 / 2008
5.4%
5.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
4.8%
4.6%
5.0%
5 / 2008
5.3%
4.9%
5.4%
6 / 2008
5.5%
5.1%
5.6%
7 / 2008
6.2%
5.4%
5.8%
8 / 2008
6.5%
5.5%
6.1%
9 / 2008
6.3%
5.5%
6.1%
10 / 2008
6.6%
5.6%
6.5%
11 / 2008
6.7%
5.9%
6.8%
12 / 2008
7.2%
6.5%
7.3%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2007
5.6%
5.0%
4.6%
2 / 2007
5.4%
4.9%
4.5%
3 / 2007
4.9%
4.4%
4.4%
4 / 2007
4.9%
4.2%
4.5%
5 / 2007
5.1%
4.2%
4.4%
6 / 2007
5.5%
4.5%
4.6%
7 / 2007
6.3%
4.9%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.9%
4.5%
4.6%
9 / 2007
5.5%
4.5%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.5%
4.4%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.3%
4.4%
4.7%
12 / 2007
5.5%
4.8%
5.0%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2006
5.9%
5.1%
4.7%
2 / 2006
6.1%
5.3%
4.8%
3 / 2006
5.6%
5.0%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.4%
4.6%
4.7%
5 / 2006
5.2%
4.5%
4.6%
6 / 2006
5.3%
4.5%
4.6%
7 / 2006
6.0%
4.8%
4.7%
8 / 2006
5.4%
4.4%
4.7%
9 / 2006
4.9%
4.2%
4.5%
10 / 2006
4.7%
3.9%
4.4%
11 / 2006
4.9%
4.1%
4.5%
12 / 2006
4.8%
4.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2005
6.7%
5.7%
5.3%
2 / 2005
6.8%
5.7%
5.4%
3 / 2005
6.0%
5.0%
5.2%
4 / 2005
5.9%
4.8%
5.2%
5 / 2005
5.8%
4.8%
5.1%
6 / 2005
5.9%
4.8%
5.0%
7 / 2005
6.4%
5.1%
5.0%
8 / 2005
6.0%
4.7%
4.9%
9 / 2005
6.5%
5.0%
5.0%
10 / 2005
6.4%
4.8%
5.0%
11 / 2005
6.6%
5.1%
5.0%
12 / 2005
5.8%
4.7%
4.9%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2004
9.3%
7.1%
5.7%
2 / 2004
8.7%
6.8%
5.6%
3 / 2004
8.6%
6.7%
5.8%
4 / 2004
7.8%
5.9%
5.6%
5 / 2004
7.4%
5.6%
5.6%
6 / 2004
7.8%
5.8%
5.6%
7 / 2004
8.0%
5.8%
5.5%
8 / 2004
7.3%
5.3%
5.4%
9 / 2004
6.9%
5.2%
5.4%
10 / 2004
6.9%
5.1%
5.5%
11 / 2004
6.6%
5.1%
5.4%
12 / 2004
6.5%
5.2%
5.4%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2003
9.9%
7.0%
5.8%
2 / 2003
9.6%
6.9%
5.9%
3 / 2003
9.0%
6.4%
5.9%
4 / 2003
8.8%
6.1%
6.0%
5 / 2003
8.7%
6.0%
6.1%
6 / 2003
9.1%
6.4%
6.3%
7 / 2003
9.3%
6.4%
6.2%
8 / 2003
9.1%
6.2%
6.1%
9 / 2003
9.0%
6.3%
6.1%
10 / 2003
9.1%
6.2%
6.0%
11 / 2003
8.9%
6.3%
5.8%
12 / 2003
8.4%
6.1%
5.7%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2002
8.9%
6.8%
5.7%
2 / 2002
8.8%
6.8%
5.7%
3 / 2002
8.8%
6.6%
5.7%
4 / 2002
8.5%
6.1%
5.9%
5 / 2002
8.2%
5.9%
5.8%
6 / 2002
8.3%
6.0%
5.8%
7 / 2002
8.6%
6.1%
5.8%
8 / 2002
8.5%
5.8%
5.7%
9 / 2002
8.1%
5.6%
5.7%
10 / 2002
8.7%
5.8%
5.7%
11 / 2002
9.1%
6.1%
5.9%
12 / 2002
9.2%
6.3%
6.0%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2001
6.1%
4.8%
4.2%
2 / 2001
6.0%
4.7%
4.2%
3 / 2001
5.8%
4.5%
4.3%
4 / 2001
5.5%
4.1%
4.4%
5 / 2001
5.2%
4.0%
4.3%
6 / 2001
5.6%
4.3%
4.5%
7 / 2001
6.0%
4.6%
4.6%
8 / 2001
6.7%
4.9%
4.9%
9 / 2001
6.8%
5.0%
5.0%
10 / 2001
7.6%
5.4%
5.3%
11 / 2001
7.9%
5.7%
5.5%
12 / 2001
8.1%
5.9%
5.7%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 2000
7.1%
5.3%
4.0%
2 / 2000
7.0%
5.3%
4.1%
3 / 2000
7.0%
5.0%
4.0%
4 / 2000
6.3%
4.3%
3.8%
5 / 2000
6.3%
4.4%
4.0%
6 / 2000
6.0%
4.3%
4.0%
7 / 2000
6.6%
4.6%
4.0%
8 / 2000
6.5%
4.5%
4.1%
9 / 2000
5.9%
4.3%
3.9%
10 / 2000
6.0%
4.2%
3.9%
11 / 2000
5.9%
4.3%
3.9%
12 / 2000
5.5%
4.1%
3.9%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 1999
9.1%
5.9%
4.3%
2 / 1999
9.1%
6.1%
4.4%
3 / 1999
8.2%
5.5%
4.2%
4 / 1999
7.9%
5.1%
4.3%
5 / 1999
7.4%
4.9%
4.2%
6 / 1999
7.8%
5.2%
4.3%
7 / 1999
8.5%
5.4%
4.3%
8 / 1999
7.9%
5.0%
4.2%
9 / 1999
7.6%
5.0%
4.2%
10 / 1999
7.4%
4.8%
4.1%
11 / 1999
7.0%
4.7%
4.1%
12 / 1999
6.8%
4.5%
4.0%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 1998
10.6%
6.7%
4.6%
2 / 1998
10.5%
6.6%
4.6%
3 / 1998
10.4%
6.4%
4.7%
4 / 1998
9.3%
5.4%
4.3%
5 / 1998
8.7%
5.3%
4.4%
6 / 1998
8.8%
5.3%
4.5%
7 / 1998
9.2%
5.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
8.9%
5.2%
4.5%
9 / 1998
8.8%
5.3%
4.6%
10 / 1998
9.2%
5.3%
4.5%
11 / 1998
8.8%
5.1%
4.4%
12 / 1998
8.6%
5.1%
4.4%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 1997
11.9%
7.3%
5.3%
2 / 1997
11.8%
7.2%
5.2%
3 / 1997
11.7%
7.0%
5.2%
4 / 1997
11.2%
6.4%
5.1%
5 / 1997
10.7%
6.3%
4.9%
6 / 1997
10.9%
6.5%
5.0%
7 / 1997
11.2%
6.6%
4.9%
8 / 1997
10.7%
6.3%
4.8%
9 / 1997
10.2%
6.2%
4.9%
10 / 1997
10.0%
5.9%
4.7%
11 / 1997
9.5%
5.7%
4.6%
12 / 1997
9.4%
5.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 1996
10.2%
6.9%
5.6%
2 / 1996
10.1%
6.8%
5.5%
3 / 1996
10.4%
6.8%
5.5%
4 / 1996
10.3%
6.4%
5.6%
5 / 1996
10.0%
6.3%
5.6%
6 / 1996
9.5%
6.0%
5.3%
7 / 1996
10.4%
6.4%
5.5%
8 / 1996
9.6%
5.8%
5.1%
9 / 1996
9.3%
5.7%
5.2%
10 / 1996
9.7%
5.7%
5.2%
11 / 1996
10.2%
6.0%
5.4%
12 / 1996
10.5%
6.1%
5.4%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 1995
9.4%
7.0%
5.6%
2 / 1995
9.2%
6.7%
5.4%
3 / 1995
9.2%
6.6%
5.4%
4 / 1995
9.3%
6.4%
5.8%
5 / 1995
9.0%
6.2%
5.6%
6 / 1995
8.8%
6.2%
5.6%
7 / 1995
9.5%
6.5%
5.7%
8 / 1995
9.4%
6.3%
5.7%
9 / 1995
9.1%
6.2%
5.6%
10 / 1995
9.2%
6.0%
5.5%
11 / 1995
9.1%
6.0%
5.6%
12 / 1995
9.2%
6.0%
5.6%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 1994
12.0%
8.4%
6.6%
2 / 1994
11.4%
8.3%
6.6%
3 / 1994
11.1%
7.9%
6.5%
4 / 1994
10.5%
7.3%
6.4%
5 / 1994
9.7%
6.8%
6.1%
6 / 1994
9.8%
6.9%
6.1%
7 / 1994
10.1%
7.0%
6.1%
8 / 1994
9.6%
6.6%
6.0%
9 / 1994
8.8%
6.3%
5.9%
10 / 1994
8.9%
6.2%
5.8%
11 / 1994
8.4%
6.0%
5.6%
12 / 1994
8.0%
5.8%
5.5%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 1993
13.6%
9.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
13.3%
9.0%
7.1%
3 / 1993
12.1%
8.3%
7.0%
4 / 1993
11.4%
7.7%
7.1%
5 / 1993
11.2%
7.7%
7.1%
6 / 1993
11.0%
7.8%
7.0%
7 / 1993
11.3%
7.8%
6.9%
8 / 1993
10.9%
7.5%
6.8%
9 / 1993
10.7%
7.4%
6.7%
10 / 1993
11.2%
7.6%
6.8%
11 / 1993
10.9%
7.4%
6.6%
12 / 1993
11.0%
7.4%
6.5%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 1992
11.7%
9.0%
7.3%
2 / 1992
12.1%
9.3%
7.4%
3 / 1992
11.6%
8.8%
7.4%
4 / 1992
11.2%
8.2%
7.4%
5 / 1992
11.9%
8.4%
7.6%
6 / 1992
12.6%
8.8%
7.8%
7 / 1992
12.9%
8.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
12.5%
8.6%
7.6%
9 / 1992
12.3%
8.6%
7.6%
10 / 1992
12.3%
8.2%
7.3%
11 / 1992
12.2%
8.3%
7.4%
12 / 1992
12.4%
8.3%
7.4%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 1991
9.1%
7.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
9.3%
7.4%
6.6%
3 / 1991
9.3%
7.4%
6.8%
4 / 1991
9.1%
6.9%
6.7%
5 / 1991
9.7%
7.3%
6.9%
6 / 1991
9.5%
7.2%
6.9%
7 / 1991
9.9%
7.3%
6.8%
8 / 1991
9.7%
7.1%
6.9%
9 / 1991
9.4%
7.1%
6.9%
10 / 1991
9.8%
7.1%
7.0%
11 / 1991
9.6%
7.3%
7.0%
12 / 1991
10.3%
7.8%
7.3%
Month/Year
Brooklyn, NY%
New-York%
National %
1 / 1990
8.3%
5.8%
5.4%
2 / 1990
8.3%
5.8%
5.3%
3 / 1990
7.8%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 1990
7.5%
5.0%
5.4%
5 / 1990
7.4%
4.9%
5.4%
6 / 1990
6.9%
4.7%
5.2%
7 / 1990
7.8%
5.2%
5.5%
8 / 1990
7.6%
5.0%
5.7%
9 / 1990
7.9%
5.3%
5.9%
10 / 1990
8.3%
5.4%
5.9%
11 / 1990
8.0%
5.6%
6.2%
12 / 1990
8.0%
5.8%
6.3%