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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 % |
| Berkshire WIA | 71,746 | 74,795 | 71,569 | 65,751 | 68,941 | 67,960 | 5,995 | 5,854 | 3,609 | 8.4 % | 7.8 % | 5.0 % |
| Boston WIA | 308,373 | 313,906 | 307,271 | 280,010 | 286,275 | 289,547 | 28,363 | 27,631 | 17,724 | 9.2 % | 8.8 % | 5.8 % |
| Bristol WIA | 195,633 | 198,797 | 194,737 | 173,046 | 176,478 | 181,326 | 22,587 | 22,319 | 13,411 | 11.5 % | 11.2 % | 6.9 % |
| Brockton WIA | 122,804 | 124,527 | 121,908 | 110,045 | 112,070 | 114,345 | 12,759 | 12,457 | 7,563 | 10.4 % | 10.0 % | 6.2 % |
| Cape Cod and Islands WIA | 143,156 | 157,901 | 145,788 | 132,368 | 147,713 | 138,998 | 10,788 | 10,188 | 6,790 | 7.5 % | 6.5 % | 4.7 % |
| Franklin/Hampshire WIA | 132,855 | 129,677 | 133,144 | 122,237 | 119,402 | 126,871 | 10,618 | 10,275 | 6,273 | 8.0 % | 7.9 % | 4.7 % |
| Hampden WIA | 221,960 | 221,965 | 221,816 | 198,713 | 199,120 | 207,169 | 23,247 | 22,845 | 14,647 | 10.5 % | 10.3 % | 6.6 % |
| Lower Merrimack Valley WIA | 161,386 | 163,908 | 160,848 | 143,374 | 146,393 | 149,830 | 18,012 | 17,515 | 11,018 | 11.2 % | 10.7 % | 6.8 % |
| Metropolitan North WIA | 415,031 | 421,794 | 414,028 | 380,897 | 389,420 | 393,871 | 34,134 | 32,374 | 20,157 | 8.2 % | 7.7 % | 4.9 % |
| Metropolitan South/West WIA | 486,507 | 495,598 | 486,778 | 450,586 | 460,971 | 465,766 | 35,921 | 34,627 | 21,012 | 7.4 % | 7.0 % | 4.3 % |
| New Bedford WIA | 106,381 | 108,355 | 105,453 | 93,445 | 95,618 | 97,566 | 12,936 | 12,737 | 7,887 | 12.2 % | 11.8 % | 7.5 % |
| Northern Middlesex WIA | 146,363 | 148,830 | 144,570 | 131,149 | 133,955 | 136,036 | 15,214 | 14,875 | 8,534 | 10.4 % | 10.0 % | 5.9 % |
| Northern Worcester WIA | 125,984 | 127,819 | 124,692 | 112,793 | 114,672 | 116,985 | 13,191 | 13,147 | 7,707 | 10.5 % | 10.3 % | 6.2 % |
| South Coastal WIA | 281,686 | 286,482 | 280,333 | 255,941 | 261,593 | 264,749 | 25,745 | 24,889 | 15,584 | 9.1 % | 8.7 % | 5.6 % |
| South Essex WIA | 214,367 | 218,034 | 213,667 | 194,491 | 199,029 | 201,721 | 19,876 | 19,005 | 11,946 | 9.3 % | 8.7 % | 5.6 % |
| Southern Worcester WIA | 290,855 | 294,398 | 286,304 | 262,428 | 266,416 | 269,167 | 28,427 | 27,982 | 17,137 | 9.8 % | 9.5 % | 6.0 % |