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Albany city: Unemployment Rate Trend

How Albany city's unemployment rate changed from 2017 to 2023, based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. The 2019 vintage reflects the pre-COVID peak; 2021 captures the immediate COVID-era disruption; 2022–2023 show the recovery.

2017
7.1%
2023
8.3%
Total change
+1.2 pp
% change
+16.9%
Year Unemployment Rate Change
2017 7.1%
2019 7.0% -0.1 pp (-1.4%)
2020 6.7% -0.3 pp (-4.3%)
2021 7.4% +0.7 pp (10.4%)
2022 8.0% +0.6 pp (8.1%)
2023 8.3% +0.3 pp (3.8%)

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