Empire CDP: Unemployment Rate Trend
How Empire CDP'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
15.0%
2023
13.6%
Total change
-1.4 pp
% change
-9.3%
| Year | Unemployment Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 15.0% | — |
| 2019 | 8.0% | -7.0 pp (-46.7%) |
| 2020 | 8.2% | +0.2 pp (2.5%) |
| 2021 | 13.4% | +5.2 pp (63.4%) |
| 2022 | 13.9% | +0.5 pp (3.7%) |
| 2023 | 13.6% | -0.3 pp (-2.2%) |