County unemployment hits 6.2% in May

Westchester County’s unemployment rate increased by one-tenth of a percentage point in May, but is still one of the lowest rates in the Hudson Valley and 1.6 percent lower than the state unemployment rate, according to the state’s latest jobs numbers. Westchester was tied with Genesee and Suffolk counties for the seventh-lowest unemployment in the state.

The seven-county HudsonValley region”s unemployment rate increased slightly from April to 6.6 percent, but was still down from 7.6 percent last year, according to John Nelson, a labor market analyst at the state Department of Labor. Westchester County had the third lowest unemployment rate in the region, with 6.2 percent, trailing Putnam (5.8 percent) and Rockland County (5.9 percent).