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

Labor Force, Employment and Unemployment

Massachusetts and Counties

(Data not seasonally adjusted)
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Location Labor Force Employment Unemployment Rate
  Apr
2013		 Mar
2013		 Apr
2012		 Apr
2013		 Mar
2013		 Apr
2012		 Apr
2013		 Mar
2013		 Apr
2012		 Apr
2013		 Mar
2013		 Apr
2012
Massachusetts 3,452,000 3,449,400 3,446,500 3,232,800 3,216,200 3,229,800 219,200 233,200 216,700 6.3 % 6.8 % 6.3 %
Barnstable County 117,077 115,437 115,300 108,658 104,966 106,659 8,419 10,471 8,641 7.2 % 9.1 % 7.5 %
Berkshire County 68,804 69,444 70,271 64,200 64,440 65,738 4,604 5,004 4,533 6.7 % 7.2 % 6.5 %
Bristol County 288,581 290,886 288,645 262,613 261,124 263,262 25,968 29,762 25,383 9.0 % 10.2 % 8.8 %
Dukes County 10,156 9,542 10,139 9,329 8,492 9,320 827 1,050 819 8.1 % 11.0 % 8.1 %
Essex County 384,143 384,906 381,295 358,563 357,491 355,766 25,580 27,415 25,529 6.7 % 7.1 % 6.7 %
Franklin County 38,432 38,373 38,985 36,143 35,917 36,715 2,289 2,456 2,270 6.0 % 6.4 % 5.8 %
Hampden County 216,936 216,687 220,469 199,427 197,783 203,462 17,509 18,904 17,007 8.1 % 8.7 % 7.7 %
Hampshire County 87,430 86,957 88,589 82,719 82,176 84,265 4,711 4,781 4,324 5.4 % 5.5 % 4.9 %
Middlesex County 836,723 835,325 833,840 795,247 793,167 792,460 41,476 42,158 41,380 5.0 % 5.0 % 5.0 %
Nantucket County 6,634 5,897 6,705 6,187 5,255 6,234 447 642 471 6.7 % 10.9 % 7.0 %
Norfolk County 366,616 365,637 364,574 347,096 345,893 345,388 19,520 19,744 19,186 5.3 % 5.4 % 5.3 %
Plymouth County 263,094 263,114 261,740 246,136 244,668 244,624 16,958 18,446 17,116 6.4 % 7.0 % 6.5 %
Suffolk County 368,375 367,001 366,432 346,154 345,008 344,288 22,221 21,993 22,144 6.0 % 6.0 % 6.0 %
Worcester County 398,982 400,154 399,541 370,350 369,781 371,594 28,632 30,373 27,947 7.2 % 7.6 % 7.0 %