Brooklyn city: Unemployment Rate Trend
How Brooklyn 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
5.4%
2023
7.3%
Total change
+1.9 pp
% change
+35.2%
| Year | Unemployment Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5.4% | — |
| 2019 | 1.0% | -4.4 pp (-81.5%) |
| 2020 | 4.0% | +3.0 pp (300%) |
| 2021 | 4.8% | +0.8 pp (20%) |
| 2022 | 5.3% | +0.5 pp (10.4%) |
| 2023 | 7.3% | +2.0 pp (37.7%) |