Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development
Division of Unemployment Assistance

Labor Force, Employment and Unemployment

Massachusetts and Counties

(Data not seasonally adjusted)
Excel of this data
Location Labor Force Employment Unemployment Rate
  Oct
2008		 Sep
2008		 Oct
2007		 Oct
2008		 Sep
2008		 Oct
2007		 Oct
2008		 Sep
2008		 Oct
2007		 Oct
2008		 Sep
2008		 Oct
2007
Massachusetts 3,411,800 3,396,400 3,389,100 3,241,700 3,215,900 3,258,400 170,100 180,500 130,700 5.0 % 5.3 % 3.9 %
Barnstable County 119,475 123,218 119,069 113,547 117,299 114,773 5,928 5,919 4,296 5.0 % 4.8 % 3.6 %
Berkshire County 71,745 71,363 71,347 68,559 67,931 68,833 3,186 3,432 2,514 4.4 % 4.8 % 3.5 %
Bristol County 285,593 283,669 285,367 266,684 264,462 271,909 18,909 19,207 13,458 6.6 % 6.8 % 4.7 %
Dukes County 10,445 11,760 10,565 10,094 11,427 10,303 351 333 262 3.4 % 2.8 % 2.5 %
Essex County 376,710 374,840 372,702 356,129 353,060 357,482 20,581 21,780 15,220 5.5 % 5.8 % 4.1 %
Franklin County 38,831 38,294 38,837 37,101 36,460 37,475 1,730 1,834 1,362 4.5 % 4.8 % 3.5 %
Hampden County 221,911 220,224 221,204 208,402 206,325 210,574 13,509 13,899 10,630 6.1 % 6.3 % 4.8 %
Hampshire County 88,267 86,553 88,720 84,939 82,964 85,846 3,328 3,589 2,874 3.8 % 4.1 % 3.2 %
Middlesex County 820,690 815,412 813,360 787,295 778,983 786,917 33,395 36,429 26,443 4.1 % 4.5 % 3.3 %
Norfolk County 360,143 357,738 356,555 344,348 340,770 344,337 15,795 16,968 12,218 4.4 % 4.7 % 3.4 %
Plymouth County 261,714 260,621 259,800 248,291 246,264 249,278 13,423 14,357 10,522 5.1 % 5.5 % 4.1 %
Suffolk County 351,648 349,516 347,193 333,540 330,031 333,115 18,108 19,485 14,078 5.1 % 5.6 % 4.1 %
Worcester County 396,013 393,216 395,705 374,387 370,130 379,062 21,626 23,086 16,643 5.5 % 5.9 % 4.2 %