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| 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 % |
| Metropolitian Divisions | ||||||||||||
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA | 1,544,513 | 1,540,380 | 1,536,125 | 1,463,492 | 1,458,645 | 1,455,601 | 81,021 | 81,735 | 80,524 | 5.2 % | 5.3 % | 5.2 % |
| Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA | 127,393 | 127,327 | 126,951 | 118,452 | 117,829 | 117,742 | 8,941 | 9,498 | 9,209 | 7.0 % | 7.5 % | 7.3 % |
| Framingham, MA NECTA | 148,449 | 148,443 | 147,799 | 140,996 | 140,641 | 140,818 | 7,453 | 7,802 | 6,981 | 5.0 % | 5.3 % | 4.7 % |
| Haverhill-N Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH | 126,172 | 126,020 | 124,893 | 118,590 | 117,775 | 117,192 | 7,582 | 8,245 | 7,701 | 6.0 % | 6.5 % | 6.2 % |
| Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH | 74,908 | 75,278 | 73,348 | 66,986 | 66,847 | 65,780 | 7,922 | 8,431 | 7,568 | 10.6 % | 11.2 % | 10.3 % |
| Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH | 154,973 | 155,480 | 155,343 | 145,002 | 144,947 | 145,098 | 9,971 | 10,533 | 10,245 | 6.4 % | 6.8 % | 6.6 % |
| Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA | 61,931 | 62,170 | 62,251 | 57,872 | 57,736 | 58,056 | 4,059 | 4,434 | 4,195 | 6.6 % | 7.1 % | 6.7 % |
| Metropolitian Statisical Areas | ||||||||||||
| Barnstable, MA | 130,304 | 128,061 | 128,258 | 121,469 | 117,343 | 119,235 | 8,835 | 10,718 | 9,023 | 6.8 % | 8.4 % | 7.0 % |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 2,546,068 | 2,543,931 | 2,532,771 | 2,401,427 | 2,393,813 | 2,389,060 | 144,641 | 150,118 | 143,711 | 5.7 % | 5.9 % | 5.7 % |
| Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA | 70,831 | 70,868 | 71,068 | 64,666 | 64,323 | 65,012 | 6,165 | 6,545 | 6,056 | 8.7 % | 9.2 % | 8.5 % |
| New Bedford, MA | 86,793 | 87,401 | 85,966 | 78,050 | 77,519 | 77,856 | 8,743 | 9,882 | 8,110 | 10.1 % | 11.3 % | 9.4 % |
| Pittsfield, MA | 36,920 | 37,324 | 37,880 | 34,384 | 34,584 | 35,300 | 2,536 | 2,740 | 2,580 | 6.9 % | 7.3 % | 6.8 % |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 148,086 | 149,849 | 148,801 | 133,730 | 132,823 | 134,670 | 14,356 | 17,026 | 14,131 | 9.7 % | 11.4 % | 9.5 % |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 334,249 | 333,465 | 340,554 | 309,121 | 306,779 | 315,939 | 25,128 | 26,686 | 24,615 | 7.5 % | 8.0 % | 7.2 % |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 290,482 | 291,463 | 291,230 | 270,087 | 270,077 | 271,186 | 20,395 | 21,386 | 20,044 | 7.0 % | 7.3 % | 6.9 % |
| Micropolitian Statisical Areas | ||||||||||||
| Amherst Center, MA | 26,318 | 25,994 | 26,436 | 25,140 | 25,105 | 25,488 | 1,178 | 889 | 948 | 4.5 % | 3.4 % | 3.6 % |
| Athol, MA | 10,279 | 10,300 | 10,307 | 9,412 | 9,380 | 9,463 | 867 | 920 | 844 | 8.4 % | 8.9 % | 8.2 % |
| Greenfield, MA | 21,741 | 21,681 | 22,115 | 20,424 | 20,276 | 20,779 | 1,317 | 1,405 | 1,336 | 6.1 % | 6.5 % | 6.0 % |
| North Adams, MA-VT | 16,596 | 16,622 | 16,946 | 15,323 | 15,308 | 15,732 | 1,273 | 1,314 | 1,214 | 7.7 % | 7.9 % | 7.2 % |
| Other Labor Market Areass | ||||||||||||
| Great Barrington, MA LMA | 15,759 | 15,959 | 15,941 | 14,933 | 14,984 | 15,160 | 826 | 975 | 781 | 5.2 % | 6.1 % | 4.9 % |
| Nantucket County/town LMA | 6,634 | 5,897 | 6,705 | 6,187 | 5,255 | 6,234 | 447 | 642 | 471 | 6.7 % | 10.9 % | 7.0 % |
| Tisbury, MA LMA | 10,125 | 9,512 | 10,104 | 9,299 | 8,462 | 9,289 | 826 | 1,050 | 815 | 8.2 % | 11.0 % | 8.1 % |