New York State Unemployment Insurance Average Duration by County and Region, 2002-Present

Monthly data from January 2002 to present on the average duration of unemployment insurance benefits in New York State. The dataset is provided by data.ny.gov and covers 10 labor market regions and 62 counties, focusing on regular state UI programs. Average Duration represents the average number of weeks beneficiaries receive benefits within their benefit year.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in unemployment benefit duration using Year and Month columns.
• Comparing regional labor market conditions by aggregating County-level data into Region-level summaries.
• Modeling the relationship between economic cycles and Average Duration across different geographies.

Strengths

• Covers a long time series from January 2002 to present.
• Provides granular geographic breakdown for 62 counties and 10 regions.
• Clearly defines scope, excluding federal and special program data.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Time Range

January 2002 to present

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-16 14:42:49; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York State (10 labor market regions, 62 counties)