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Buffalo city: Unemployment Rate Trend

How Buffalo 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
6.5%
2023
3.2%
Total change
-3.3 pp
% change
-50.8%
Year Unemployment Rate Change
2017 6.5%
2019 4.7% -1.8 pp (-27.7%)
2020 2.6% -2.1 pp (-44.7%)
2021 4.2% +1.6 pp (61.5%)
2022 4.0% -0.2 pp (-4.8%)
2023 3.2% -0.8 pp (-20%)

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