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| Massachusetts | 3,425,000 | 3,486,800 | 3,412,900 | 3,107,700 | 3,178,100 | 3,221,900 | 317,300 | 308,700 | 191,000 | 9.3 % | 8.9 % | 5.6 % |
| Metropolitian Divisions | ||||||||||||
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA | 1,511,364 | 1,537,299 | 1,508,442 | 1,385,047 | 1,416,037 | 1,432,221 | 126,317 | 121,262 | 76,221 | 8.4 % | 7.9 % | 5.1 % |
| Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA | 125,054 | 126,757 | 124,130 | 111,878 | 113,874 | 116,331 | 13,176 | 12,883 | 7,799 | 10.5 % | 10.2 % | 6.3 % |
| Framingham, MA NECTA | 147,124 | 150,212 | 146,615 | 135,897 | 139,306 | 140,030 | 11,227 | 10,906 | 6,585 | 7.6 % | 7.3 % | 4.5 % |
| Haverhill-N Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH | 119,409 | 121,056 | 120,541 | 108,536 | 110,273 | 114,022 | 10,873 | 10,783 | 6,519 | 9.1 % | 8.9 % | 5.4 % |
| Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH | 70,679 | 71,582 | 70,188 | 60,681 | 61,677 | 64,026 | 9,998 | 9,905 | 6,162 | 14.1 % | 13.8 % | 8.8 % |
| Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH | 153,439 | 155,938 | 151,585 | 137,513 | 140,376 | 142,708 | 15,926 | 15,562 | 8,877 | 10.4 % | 10.0 % | 5.9 % |
| Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA | 62,647 | 63,308 | 62,391 | 56,357 | 57,100 | 58,646 | 6,290 | 6,208 | 3,745 | 10.0 % | 9.8 % | 6.0 % |
| Metropolitian Statisical Areas | ||||||||||||
| Barnstable, MA | 135,469 | 147,038 | 137,981 | 124,310 | 136,409 | 130,850 | 11,159 | 10,629 | 7,131 | 8.2 % | 7.2 % | 5.2 % |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 2,493,442 | 2,533,097 | 2,487,182 | 2,274,135 | 2,320,412 | 2,357,373 | 219,307 | 212,685 | 129,809 | 8.8 % | 8.4 % | 5.2 % |
| Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA | 72,291 | 73,309 | 71,409 | 63,619 | 64,622 | 66,383 | 8,672 | 8,687 | 5,026 | 12.0 % | 11.8 % | 7.0 % |
| New Bedford, MA | 84,759 | 85,308 | 83,681 | 73,960 | 74,688 | 77,120 | 10,799 | 10,620 | 6,561 | 12.7 % | 12.4 % | 7.8 % |
| Pittsfield, MA | 38,216 | 40,232 | 38,341 | 34,909 | 37,003 | 36,376 | 3,307 | 3,229 | 1,965 | 8.7 % | 8.0 % | 5.1 % |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 147,973 | 150,666 | 147,248 | 129,700 | 132,635 | 136,523 | 18,273 | 18,031 | 10,725 | 12.3 % | 12.0 % | 7.3 % |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 342,305 | 342,272 | 342,609 | 309,531 | 310,200 | 321,955 | 32,774 | 32,072 | 20,654 | 9.6 % | 9.4 % | 6.0 % |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 294,104 | 297,296 | 289,081 | 265,504 | 269,243 | 271,771 | 28,600 | 28,053 | 17,310 | 9.7 % | 9.4 % | 6.0 % |
| Micropolitian Statisical Areas | ||||||||||||
| Amherst Center, MA | 23,887 | 21,087 | 23,935 | 22,537 | 19,909 | 23,074 | 1,350 | 1,178 | 861 | 5.7 % | 5.6 % | 3.6 % |
| Athol, MA | 10,796 | 10,779 | 10,609 | 9,491 | 9,492 | 9,871 | 1,305 | 1,287 | 738 | 12.1 % | 11.9 % | 7.0 % |
| Greenfield, MA | 21,818 | 21,421 | 21,691 | 19,798 | 19,444 | 20,529 | 2,020 | 1,977 | 1,162 | 9.3 % | 9.2 % | 5.4 % |
| North Adams, MA-VT | 17,569 | 17,930 | 17,278 | 15,896 | 16,303 | 16,255 | 1,673 | 1,627 | 1,023 | 9.5 % | 9.1 % | 5.9 % |
| Other Labor Market Areass | ||||||||||||
| Great Barrington, MA LMA | 16,449 | 17,136 | 16,429 | 15,398 | 16,101 | 15,778 | 1,051 | 1,035 | 651 | 6.4 % | 6.0 % | 4.0 % |
| Nantucket County/town LMA | 9,372 | 11,270 | 9,651 | 8,900 | 10,849 | 9,426 | 472 | 421 | 225 | 5.0 % | 3.7 % | 2.3 % |
| Tisbury, MA LMA | 12,064 | 14,511 | 12,026 | 11,464 | 13,963 | 11,678 | 600 | 548 | 348 | 5.0 % | 3.8 % | 2.9 % |