Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Massachusetts

Title Unemployed Persons in Massachusetts
Series ID LASST250000000000004
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas) (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Persons
Date Range 1976-01-01 to 2024-09-01
Last Updated 2024-10-30 10:29 AM CDT
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Civilian Labor Force includes all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older classified as either employed or unemployed.

Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

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DATE VALUE
1976-01-01 284719
1976-02-01 285245
1976-03-01 284332
1976-04-01 279432
1976-05-01 273225
1976-06-01 266797
1976-07-01 261204
1976-08-01 256840
1976-09-01 252824
1976-10-01 249231
1976-11-01 245995
1976-12-01 242750
1977-01-01 239488
1977-02-01 235749
1977-03-01 231327
1977-04-01 226620
1977-05-01 222019
1977-06-01 217886
1977-07-01 214161
1977-08-01 210637
1977-09-01 206828
1977-10-01 202273
1977-11-01 197124
1977-12-01 191904
1978-01-01 186808
1978-02-01 182290
1978-03-01 178756
1978-04-01 176049
1978-05-01 173943
1978-06-01 171945
1978-07-01 170139
1978-08-01 168834
1978-09-01 167980
1978-10-01 167544
1978-11-01 167354
1978-12-01 167176
1979-01-01 166740
1979-02-01 165512
1979-03-01 163210
1979-04-01 160314
1979-05-01 157486
1979-06-01 155326
1979-07-01 153788
1979-08-01 152769
1979-09-01 152260
1979-10-01 151742
1979-11-01 150891
1979-12-01 150200
1980-01-01 150455
1980-02-01 152432
1980-03-01 156359
1980-04-01 161360
1980-05-01 166355
1980-06-01 170475
1980-07-01 172902
1980-08-01 173301
1980-09-01 172300
1980-10-01 171137
1980-11-01 170620
1980-12-01 170978
1981-01-01 172295
1981-02-01 174339
1981-03-01 176588
1981-04-01 178809
1981-05-01 180971
1981-06-01 183256
1981-07-01 186294
1981-08-01 190461
1981-09-01 195592
1981-10-01 201458
1981-11-01 207667
1981-12-01 213665
1982-01-01 218785
1982-02-01 222958
1982-03-01 226335
1982-04-01 229033
1982-05-01 231093
1982-06-01 232670
1982-07-01 234146
1982-08-01 235739
1982-09-01 237418
1982-10-01 238885
1982-11-01 239681
1982-12-01 239116
1983-01-01 236991
1983-02-01 233155
1983-03-01 227765
1983-04-01 221594
1983-05-01 215325
1983-06-01 209268
1983-07-01 203356
1983-08-01 197599
1983-09-01 191905
1983-10-01 186023
1983-11-01 180068
1983-12-01 174316
1984-01-01 168583
1984-02-01 162800
1984-03-01 157418
1984-04-01 152550
1984-05-01 148333
1984-06-01 144742
1984-07-01 141578
1984-08-01 138726
1984-09-01 136124
1984-10-01 133712
1984-11-01 131367
1984-12-01 129224
1985-01-01 127727
1985-02-01 127124
1985-03-01 127097
1985-04-01 127285
1985-05-01 127506
1985-06-01 127558
1985-07-01 127382
1985-08-01 126625
1985-09-01 125247
1985-10-01 123691
1985-11-01 122352
1985-12-01 121575
1986-01-01 121535
1986-02-01 122155
1986-03-01 123094
1986-04-01 124039
1986-05-01 124643
1986-06-01 124776
1986-07-01 124355
1986-08-01 123534
1986-09-01 122521
1986-10-01 121319
1986-11-01 120043
1986-12-01 118611
1987-01-01 116816
1987-02-01 114579
1987-03-01 111986
1987-04-01 109049
1987-05-01 105911
1987-06-01 102949
1987-07-01 100526
1987-08-01 98922
1987-09-01 98107
1987-10-01 97937
1987-11-01 98105
1987-12-01 98428
1988-01-01 98769
1988-02-01 99085
1988-03-01 99542
1988-04-01 100338
1988-05-01 101437
1988-06-01 102717
1988-07-01 104121
1988-08-01 105636
1988-09-01 107182
1988-10-01 108476
1988-11-01 109569
1988-12-01 110648
1989-01-01 111995
1989-02-01 114007
1989-03-01 116793
1989-04-01 120368
1989-05-01 124767
1989-06-01 129910
1989-07-01 135516
1989-08-01 141214
1989-09-01 146811
1989-10-01 152288
1989-11-01 157792
1989-12-01 163656
1990-01-01 169789
1990-02-01 175714
1990-03-01 181420
1990-04-01 187180
1990-05-01 193139
1990-06-01 199405
1990-07-01 206318
1990-08-01 214065
1990-09-01 222523
1990-10-01 231643
1990-11-01 240771
1990-12-01 249361
1991-01-01 257727
1991-02-01 265934
1991-03-01 273376
1991-04-01 279464
1991-05-01 283991
1991-06-01 286968
1991-07-01 288529
1991-08-01 289113
1991-09-01 289352
1991-10-01 289616
1991-11-01 289891
1991-12-01 289734
1992-01-01 288820
1992-02-01 287556
1992-03-01 286310
1992-04-01 285337
1992-05-01 284472
1992-06-01 283351
1992-07-01 281804
1992-08-01 279574
1992-09-01 276485
1992-10-01 272593
1992-11-01 268315
1992-12-01 263909
1993-01-01 259163
1993-02-01 253946
1993-03-01 248518
1993-04-01 242954
1993-05-01 237635
1993-06-01 232911
1993-07-01 228425
1993-08-01 224062
1993-09-01 220036
1993-10-01 216619
1993-11-01 214172
1993-12-01 212532
1994-01-01 211096
1994-02-01 209273
1994-03-01 206974
1994-04-01 204404
1994-05-01 201795
1994-06-01 199479
1994-07-01 197779
1994-08-01 196510
1994-09-01 195079
1994-10-01 192751
1994-11-01 189493
1994-12-01 186077
1995-01-01 183288
1995-02-01 181400
1995-03-01 180327
1995-04-01 179730
1995-05-01 179122
1995-06-01 177983
1995-07-01 176098
1995-08-01 173612
1995-09-01 170832
1995-10-01 168134
1995-11-01 165423
1995-12-01 162724
1996-01-01 160250
1996-02-01 158066
1996-03-01 155967
1996-04-01 153679
1996-05-01 151109
1996-06-01 148438
1996-07-01 146026
1996-08-01 144251
1996-09-01 143312
1996-10-01 143265
1996-11-01 143705
1996-12-01 143913
1997-01-01 143515
1997-02-01 142455
1997-03-01 140820
1997-04-01 139132
1997-05-01 137617
1997-06-01 136126
1997-07-01 134419
1997-08-01 132331
1997-09-01 129723
1997-10-01 126867
1997-11-01 124014
1997-12-01 121291
1998-01-01 118771
1998-02-01 116557
1998-03-01 114672
1998-04-01 113037
1998-05-01 111818
1998-06-01 111165
1998-07-01 111016
1998-08-01 111092
1998-09-01 111237
1998-10-01 111054
1998-11-01 110607
1998-12-01 110315
1999-01-01 110215
1999-02-01 110445
1999-03-01 110997
1999-04-01 111649
1999-05-01 112168
1999-06-01 112458
1999-07-01 112500
1999-08-01 112164
1999-09-01 111370
1999-10-01 110180
1999-11-01 108503
1999-12-01 106257
2000-01-01 103654
2000-02-01 100839
2000-03-01 98179
2000-04-01 95943
2000-05-01 94065
2000-06-01 92501
2000-07-01 91169
2000-08-01 90211
2000-09-01 89825
2000-10-01 90249
2000-11-01 91898
2000-12-01 94904
2001-01-01 99026
2001-02-01 103768
2001-03-01 108631
2001-04-01 113419
2001-05-01 118277
2001-06-01 123465
2001-07-01 129231
2001-08-01 135669
2001-09-01 142537
2001-10-01 149338
2001-11-01 155631
2001-12-01 161170
2002-01-01 165823
2002-02-01 169639
2002-03-01 172749
2002-04-01 175253
2002-05-01 177290
2002-06-01 178907
2002-07-01 180386
2002-08-01 182000
2002-09-01 183943
2002-10-01 186162
2002-11-01 188332
2002-12-01 190168
2003-01-01 191916
2003-02-01 193732
2003-03-01 195581
2003-04-01 197417
2003-05-01 199117
2003-06-01 200388
2003-07-01 200635
2003-08-01 199599
2003-09-01 197321
2003-10-01 194365
2003-11-01 191320
2003-12-01 188424
2004-01-01 185702
2004-02-01 183194
2004-03-01 181059
2004-04-01 179005
2004-05-01 176797
2004-06-01 174389
2004-07-01 171958
2004-08-01 169592
2004-09-01 167501
2004-10-01 165920
2004-11-01 164847
2004-12-01 164435
2005-01-01 164363
2005-02-01 164236
2005-03-01 163662
2005-04-01 162684
2005-05-01 161551
2005-06-01 160695
2005-07-01 160648
2005-08-01 161255
2005-09-01 162033
2005-10-01 162397
2005-11-01 162265
2005-12-01 161700
2006-01-01 160844
2006-02-01 160036
2006-03-01 159713
2006-04-01 160142
2006-05-01 160969
2006-06-01 161746
2006-07-01 162095
2006-08-01 162209
2006-09-01 162289
2006-10-01 161985
2006-11-01 161123
2006-12-01 159746
2007-01-01 158214
2007-02-01 156811
2007-03-01 155532
2007-04-01 154410
2007-05-01 153707
2007-06-01 153470
2007-07-01 153642
2007-08-01 154162
2007-09-01 154669
2007-10-01 155162
2007-11-01 155454
2007-12-01 155573
2008-01-01 156064
2008-02-01 157356
2008-03-01 159996
2008-04-01 164206
2008-05-01 169758
2008-06-01 176211
2008-07-01 183009
2008-08-01 190013
2008-09-01 197911
2008-10-01 207481
2008-11-01 218890
2008-12-01 231612
2009-01-01 244648
2009-02-01 257045
2009-03-01 267710
2009-04-01 275975
2009-05-01 282049
2009-06-01 286372
2009-07-01 289367
2009-08-01 291366
2009-09-01 292602
2009-10-01 293293
2009-11-01 293875
2009-12-01 294492
2010-01-01 294509
2010-02-01 293326
2010-03-01 290857
2010-04-01 287330
2010-05-01 282960
2010-06-01 278673
2010-07-01 275567
2010-08-01 273871
2010-09-01 273091
2010-10-01 272350
2010-11-01 270849
2010-12-01 268264
2011-01-01 265002
2011-02-01 261584
2011-03-01 258288
2011-04-01 255592
2011-05-01 253872
2011-06-01 252711
2011-07-01 251451
2011-08-01 249762
2011-09-01 247419
2011-10-01 244542
2011-11-01 241385
2011-12-01 238319
2012-01-01 235789
2012-02-01 234228
2012-03-01 234007
2012-04-01 234689
2012-05-01 235594
2012-06-01 236152
2012-07-01 235992
2012-08-01 235492
2012-09-01 235303
2012-10-01 235471
2012-11-01 235896
2012-12-01 236378
2013-01-01 236904
2013-02-01 237379
2013-03-01 237549
2013-04-01 237389
2013-05-01 237145
2013-06-01 236896
2013-07-01 236373
2013-08-01 234696
2013-09-01 231583
2013-10-01 228003
2013-11-01 224629
2013-12-01 221605
2014-01-01 218644
2014-02-01 215582
2014-03-01 212817
2014-04-01 210516
2014-05-01 208365
2014-06-01 206265
2014-07-01 204230
2014-08-01 202226
2014-09-01 200007
2014-10-01 196956
2014-11-01 193030
2014-12-01 189040
2015-01-01 185582
2015-02-01 182900
2015-03-01 180571
2015-04-01 178181
2015-05-01 175564
2015-06-01 172706
2015-07-01 169934
2015-08-01 167528
2015-09-01 165298
2015-10-01 163234
2015-11-01 161433
2015-12-01 159517
2016-01-01 157185
2016-02-01 154522
2016-03-01 151628
2016-04-01 148855
2016-05-01 146484
2016-06-01 144463
2016-07-01 142625
2016-08-01 141158
2016-09-01 140483
2016-10-01 140404
2016-11-01 140448
2016-12-01 140499
2017-01-01 141980
2017-02-01 142148
2017-03-01 142380
2017-04-01 142654
2017-05-01 142796
2017-06-01 142872
2017-07-01 142975
2017-08-01 142820
2017-09-01 142303
2017-10-01 141496
2017-11-01 140597
2017-12-01 139482
2018-01-01 139685
2018-02-01 138745
2018-03-01 137802
2018-04-01 136674
2018-05-01 135378
2018-06-01 133804
2018-07-01 131873
2018-08-01 130045
2018-09-01 128660
2018-10-01 127640
2018-11-01 126776
2018-12-01 125845
2019-01-01 124384
2019-02-01 122536
2019-03-01 120375
2019-04-01 118232
2019-05-01 116430
2019-06-01 115235
2019-07-01 114659
2019-08-01 114338
2019-09-01 113653
2019-10-01 113088
2019-11-01 112908
2019-12-01 112988
2020-01-01 113045
2020-02-01 112965
2020-03-01 112275
2020-04-01 607992
2020-05-01 549757
2020-06-01 547421
2020-07-01 474231
2020-08-01 391356
2020-09-01 367510
2020-10-01 319342
2020-11-01 297821
2020-12-01 283502
2021-01-01 257699
2021-02-01 243532
2021-03-01 231629
2021-04-01 226904
2021-05-01 212864
2021-06-01 211399
2021-07-01 198645
2021-08-01 189015
2021-09-01 176116
2021-10-01 167305
2021-11-01 154945
2021-12-01 145549
2022-01-01 146677
2022-02-01 141253
2022-03-01 135810
2022-04-01 136584
2022-05-01 137123
2022-06-01 136185
2022-07-01 134730
2022-08-01 140104
2022-09-01 134762
2022-10-01 136619
2022-11-01 134740
2022-12-01 131653
2023-01-01 131284
2023-02-01 133243
2023-03-01 130049
2023-04-01 121619
2023-05-01 125344
2023-06-01 122410
2023-07-01 120581
2023-08-01 124833
2023-09-01 124884
2023-10-01 127066
2023-11-01 123662
2023-12-01 121744
2024-01-01 114168
2024-02-01 110171
2024-03-01 107278
2024-04-01 109246
2024-05-01 115251
2024-06-01 122947
2024-07-01 132835
2024-08-01 143085
2024-09-01 146810

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