Labor Force and Unemployment Data
Selection Criteria
Cities and Towns in: Middlesex County
Time Frame: September 2009
Not Seasonally Adjusted Data
| Area | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Area Rate |
|---|
| Middlesex County | 818,003 | 751,402 | 66,601 | 8.1 |
| City or Town | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Rate |
|---|
| Acton | 11,658 | 10,864 | 794 | 6.8 |
| Arlington | 24,232 | 22,440 | 1,792 | 7.4 |
| Ashby | 1,573 | 1,414 | 159 | 10.1 |
| Ashland | 9,580 | 8,835 | 745 | 7.8 |
| Ayer | 4,252 | 3,855 | 397 | 9.3 |
| Bedford | 6,857 | 6,369 | 488 | 7.1 |
| Belmont | 12,678 | 11,822 | 856 | 6.8 |
| Billerica | 23,208 | 21,086 | 2,122 | 9.1 |
| Boxborough | 2,930 | 2,758 | 172 | 5.9 |
| Burlington | 14,172 | 13,109 | 1,063 | 7.5 |
| Cambridge | 57,979 | 54,169 | 3,810 | 6.6 |
| Carlisle | 2,542 | 2,361 | 181 | 7.1 |
| Chelmsford | 18,859 | 17,270 | 1,589 | 8.4 |
| Concord | 7,672 | 7,125 | 547 | 7.1 |
| Dracut | 16,557 | 14,887 | 1,670 | 10.1 |
| Dunstable | 1,854 | 1,720 | 134 | 7.2 |
| Everett | 19,165 | 17,199 | 1,966 | 10.3 |
| Framingham | 36,926 | 34,185 | 2,741 | 7.4 |
| Groton | 5,621 | 5,218 | 403 | 7.2 |
| Holliston | 7,668 | 7,088 | 580 | 7.6 |
| Hopkinton | 7,519 | 7,018 | 501 | 6.7 |
| Hudson | 11,754 | 10,734 | 1,020 | 8.7 |
| Lexington | 15,164 | 14,083 | 1,081 | 7.1 |
| Lincoln | 3,303 | 3,091 | 212 | 6.4 |
| Littleton | 4,752 | 4,405 | 347 | 7.3 |
| Lowell | 50,874 | 44,311 | 6,563 | 12.9 |
| Malden | 31,437 | 28,472 | 2,965 | 9.4 |
| Marlborough | 22,756 | 21,085 | 1,671 | 7.3 |
| Maynard | 6,027 | 5,569 | 458 | 7.6 |
| Medford | 30,598 | 27,846 | 2,752 | 9.0 |
| Melrose | 15,261 | 13,970 | 1,291 | 8.5 |
| Natick | 18,873 | 17,534 | 1,339 | 7.1 |
| Newton | 46,036 | 43,057 | 2,979 | 6.5 |
| North Reading | 7,928 | 7,287 | 641 | 8.1 |
| Pepperell | 6,396 | 5,876 | 520 | 8.1 |
| Reading | 12,766 | 11,745 | 1,021 | 8.0 |
| Sherborn | 1,955 | 1,810 | 145 | 7.4 |
| Shirley | 3,655 | 3,323 | 332 | 9.1 |
| Somerville | 45,887 | 42,504 | 3,383 | 7.4 |
| Stoneham | 11,858 | 10,840 | 1,018 | 8.6 |
| Stow | 3,499 | 3,249 | 250 | 7.1 |
| Sudbury | 8,460 | 7,866 | 594 | 7.0 |
| Tewksbury | 16,657 | 15,109 | 1,548 | 9.3 |
| Townsend | 5,196 | 4,810 | 386 | 7.4 |
| Tyngsborough | 6,560 | 5,988 | 572 | 8.7 |
| Wakefield | 13,854 | 12,676 | 1,178 | 8.5 |
| Waltham | 34,910 | 32,341 | 2,569 | 7.4 |
| Watertown | 19,758 | 18,339 | 1,419 | 7.2 |
| Wayland | 6,672 | 6,218 | 454 | 6.8 |
| Westford | 11,794 | 10,778 | 1,016 | 8.6 |
| Weston | 5,380 | 5,052 | 328 | 6.1 |
| Wilmington | 12,290 | 11,230 | 1,060 | 8.6 |
| Winchester | 10,746 | 9,992 | 754 | 7.0 |
| Woburn | 21,445 | 19,420 | 2,025 | 9.4 |