text: Several regions in the county have tourism potential, mostly unexploited. Szabolcs–Szatmár–Bereg has several agricultural products of excellent quality, with capacity for higher production. There is an abundance of low-cost, semiskilled labour.
  The county's biggest problem is the economic crisis. There is a shortage of local capital and inward investment, which restrains the creation of new jobs, thus the unemployment rate remains the second highest in Hungary. Manufacturing lags the rest of the country, most notably lacking high quality, high-value-added products. The marginal soil quality limits the scope of agricultural production to a few products which suffer from shrinking export markets to the east.
  It is home to the Szakoly Power Plant.
  Politics
  The Szabolcs–Szatmár–Bereg County Council, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 25 counselors, with the following party composition:
  Presidents of the General Assembly
  Municipalities
  Szabolcs–Szatmár–Bereg County has 1 urban county, 27 towns, 15 large villages and 186 villages.
  City with county rights
  (ordered by population, as of 2011 census)
  Nyíregyháza (118,125) – county seat
  Towns
  Mátészalka (17,195)
  Kisvárda (16,986)
  Újfehértó (12,931)
  Tiszavasvári (12,848)
  Nyírbátor (12,719)
  Nagykálló (9,702)
  Vásárosnamény (8,471)
  Fehérgyarmat (7,893)
  Ibrány (6,801)
  Nyírtelek (6,654)
  Balkány (6,387)
  Nagyecsed (6,374)
  Tiszalök (6,157)
  Nagyhalász (5,632)
  Csenger (4,853)
  Kemecse (4,755)
  Nyírmada (4,713)
  Rakamaz (4,555)
  Demecser (4,246)
  Mándok (4,191)
  Záhony (4,062)
  Dombrád (3,954)
  Baktalórántháza (3,916)