Chautauqua County's jobless rate remains the same for a second straight month. According to figures from the New York State Labor Department, the county had an unemployment rate of 6.6 percent, the same as in June. An estimated 4,100 people were jobless. The county's jobless rate was better than the state's 6.8 percent rate, but higher than the nation's 6.2 percent rate. Cattaraugus County's unemployment rate matched Chautauqua County's rate of 6.6 percent.
