Express Checkout The Number – January, 2013 By Long Island Press Posted on January 1, 2013 Sign up for our LI Press email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! [colored_box color=”blue”] 7.1% The Nassau & Suffolk County unemployment rate as of November 2012, according to the New York State Department of Labor, up from a rate of 6.8 percent in November 2011. [/colored_box]