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WESTCHESTER COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GUIDE
DIVING DEEPER WESTCHESTER SMART: BY THE NUMBERS WESTCHESTER
BY THE NUMBERS
NEW YORK’S INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL
• 47% of Westchester residents over 25 years of age have bachelor’s degrees, exceeding the state average of 33% and US average of 28%
• 24% of Westchester residents have advanced degrees
Source: 2014 American Community Survey (ACS), Census Bureau
A HIGHLY-QUALIFIED WORKFORCE
• The unemployment rate in Westchester in September 2015 was 4.7%
• This was lower than NYC (4.8%), New York State (5.1%), and the nation (5.1%)
