Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Massachusetts

Title Unemployed Persons in Massachusetts
Series ID LAUST250000000000004
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas) (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Persons
Date Range 1976-01-01 to 2024-10-01
Last Updated 2024-11-27 10:32 AM CST
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 321607
1976-02-01 310067
1976-03-01 295666
1976-04-01 269801
1976-05-01 250443
1976-06-01 274689
1976-07-01 271954
1976-08-01 257968
1976-09-01 251629
1976-10-01 230228
1976-11-01 234729
1976-12-01 230332
1977-01-01 259165
1977-02-01 256601
1977-03-01 244468
1977-04-01 215239
1977-05-01 203526
1977-06-01 230901
1977-07-01 216173
1977-08-01 213796
1977-09-01 208303
1977-10-01 185327
1977-11-01 187517
1977-12-01 174578
1978-01-01 209572
1978-02-01 196740
1978-03-01 191466
1978-04-01 166510
1978-05-01 161475
1978-06-01 177848
1978-07-01 181778
1978-08-01 167046
1978-09-01 169306
1978-10-01 147088
1978-11-01 152784
1978-12-01 158468
1979-01-01 187142
1979-02-01 180917
1979-03-01 175422
1979-04-01 152702
1979-05-01 146303
1979-06-01 163506
1979-07-01 156368
1979-08-01 154989
1979-09-01 152392
1979-10-01 136487
1979-11-01 135567
1979-12-01 137004
1980-01-01 174042
1980-02-01 165934
1980-03-01 162294
1980-04-01 152654
1980-05-01 161901
1980-06-01 179746
1980-07-01 183036
1980-08-01 171921
1980-09-01 166934
1980-10-01 155723
1980-11-01 156331
1980-12-01 153312
1981-01-01 197338
1981-02-01 191501
1981-03-01 188159
1981-04-01 168217
1981-05-01 175710
1981-06-01 193215
1981-07-01 190911
1981-08-01 186450
1981-09-01 190787
1981-10-01 185327
1981-11-01 193496
1981-12-01 203040
1982-01-01 241720
1982-02-01 239685
1982-03-01 237702
1982-04-01 220858
1982-05-01 223541
1982-06-01 240751
1982-07-01 241955
1982-08-01 230748
1982-09-01 232326
1982-10-01 220312
1982-11-01 227134
1982-12-01 230106
1983-01-01 259703
1983-02-01 249923
1983-03-01 240010
1983-04-01 213092
1983-05-01 205921
1983-06-01 221235
1983-07-01 203359
1983-08-01 196153
1983-09-01 190414
1983-10-01 169023
1983-11-01 164438
1983-12-01 162702
1984-01-01 191757
1984-02-01 177764
1984-03-01 170274
1984-04-01 148726
1984-05-01 139349
1984-06-01 147033
1984-07-01 148195
1984-08-01 139380
1984-09-01 133853
1984-10-01 116051
1984-11-01 114628
1984-12-01 117275
1985-01-01 151379
1985-02-01 142220
1985-03-01 139431
1985-04-01 120049
1985-05-01 120463
1985-06-01 134928
1985-07-01 135243
1985-08-01 122027
1985-09-01 122936
1985-10-01 107842
1985-11-01 107640
1985-12-01 109658
1986-01-01 137580
1986-02-01 140832
1986-03-01 136394
1986-04-01 117354
1986-05-01 119147
1986-06-01 131926
1986-07-01 129996
1986-08-01 118412
1986-09-01 121494
1986-10-01 105458
1986-11-01 105877
1986-12-01 102389
1987-01-01 138813
1987-02-01 131834
1987-03-01 126136
1987-04-01 102375
1987-05-01 100019
1987-06-01 108093
1987-07-01 107183
1987-08-01 94901
1987-09-01 94268
1987-10-01 82433
1987-11-01 83309
1987-12-01 84134
1988-01-01 121712
1988-02-01 116201
1988-03-01 111713
1988-04-01 92522
1988-05-01 97075
1988-06-01 108131
1988-07-01 110798
1988-08-01 103624
1988-09-01 102923
1988-10-01 89862
1988-11-01 95963
1988-12-01 97872
1989-01-01 136734
1989-02-01 129057
1989-03-01 124937
1989-04-01 116529
1989-05-01 118690
1989-06-01 138739
1989-07-01 141416
1989-08-01 135596
1989-09-01 143337
1989-10-01 134923
1989-11-01 145568
1989-12-01 149212
1990-01-01 191006
1990-02-01 192201
1990-03-01 192848
1990-04-01 185933
1990-05-01 189609
1990-06-01 199675
1990-07-01 211702
1990-08-01 212131
1990-09-01 221193
1990-10-01 210866
1990-11-01 226054
1990-12-01 236686
1991-01-01 278126
1991-02-01 285723
1991-03-01 288641
1991-04-01 266091
1991-05-01 282277
1991-06-01 297403
1991-07-01 294061
1991-08-01 284608
1991-09-01 285212
1991-10-01 270816
1991-11-01 272625
1991-12-01 276041
1992-01-01 313363
1992-02-01 310644
1992-03-01 297768
1992-04-01 270205
1992-05-01 276134
1992-06-01 297715
1992-07-01 291239
1992-08-01 275329
1992-09-01 273876
1992-10-01 248996
1992-11-01 252923
1992-12-01 251848
1993-01-01 283605
1993-02-01 273544
1993-03-01 259146
1993-04-01 233425
1993-05-01 231022
1993-06-01 241965
1993-07-01 237771
1993-08-01 220032
1993-09-01 214642
1993-10-01 202152
1993-11-01 195137
1993-12-01 193917
1994-01-01 238034
1994-02-01 228667
1994-03-01 220724
1994-04-01 198699
1994-05-01 190736
1994-06-01 204833
1994-07-01 206719
1994-08-01 195930
1994-09-01 191147
1994-10-01 176626
1994-11-01 173902
1994-12-01 169873
1995-01-01 209284
1995-02-01 194424
1995-03-01 188436
1995-04-01 178679
1995-05-01 173141
1995-06-01 182938
1995-07-01 185751
1995-08-01 170630
1995-09-01 167502
1995-10-01 150242
1995-11-01 149761
1995-12-01 147783
1996-01-01 186137
1996-02-01 171706
1996-03-01 167469
1996-04-01 146741
1996-05-01 148670
1996-06-01 152266
1996-07-01 157629
1996-08-01 136974
1996-09-01 138929
1996-10-01 126457
1996-11-01 129735
1996-12-01 130592
1997-01-01 167658
1997-02-01 157382
1997-03-01 154358
1997-04-01 129714
1997-05-01 130566
1997-06-01 144351
1997-07-01 141673
1997-08-01 129520
1997-09-01 128747
1997-10-01 109835
1997-11-01 106849
1997-12-01 108034
1998-01-01 140733
1998-02-01 132389
1998-03-01 131307
1998-04-01 101128
1998-05-01 105164
1998-06-01 119091
1998-07-01 118773
1998-08-01 106230
1998-09-01 109977
1998-10-01 95899
1998-11-01 94520
1998-12-01 96610
1999-01-01 131517
1999-02-01 127707
1999-03-01 120948
1999-04-01 107043
1999-05-01 104799
1999-06-01 119161
1999-07-01 121285
1999-08-01 106470
1999-09-01 109293
1999-10-01 94574
1999-11-01 93618
1999-12-01 92929
2000-01-01 124883
2000-02-01 118153
2000-03-01 111402
2000-04-01 86111
2000-05-01 88663
2000-06-01 98380
2000-07-01 99982
2000-08-01 88807
2000-09-01 84934
2000-10-01 72772
2000-11-01 76242
2000-12-01 80195
2001-01-01 122933
2001-02-01 118974
2001-03-01 122639
2001-04-01 107391
2001-05-01 110740
2001-06-01 130750
2001-07-01 134842
2001-08-01 134231
2001-09-01 136090
2001-10-01 133793
2001-11-01 141155
2001-12-01 148945
2002-01-01 189390
2002-02-01 184202
2002-03-01 184027
2002-04-01 170251
2002-05-01 168986
2002-06-01 187576
2002-07-01 189117
2002-08-01 178519
2002-09-01 177266
2002-10-01 167953
2002-11-01 174811
2002-12-01 180060
2003-01-01 214948
2003-02-01 208858
2003-03-01 204454
2003-04-01 188332
2003-05-01 192331
2003-06-01 214548
2003-07-01 207606
2003-08-01 194694
2003-09-01 192748
2003-10-01 178104
2003-11-01 178252
2003-12-01 173466
2004-01-01 209457
2004-02-01 196756
2004-03-01 195266
2004-04-01 168019
2004-05-01 170326
2004-06-01 184785
2004-07-01 181873
2004-08-01 164504
2004-09-01 160967
2004-10-01 150103
2004-11-01 151107
2004-12-01 152910
2005-01-01 184274
2005-02-01 183604
2005-03-01 171862
2005-04-01 154762
2005-05-01 157041
2005-06-01 168204
2005-07-01 168738
2005-08-01 153442
2005-09-01 160361
2005-10-01 145556
2005-11-01 152545
2005-12-01 150609
2006-01-01 177628
2006-02-01 178110
2006-03-01 167553
2006-04-01 154379
2006-05-01 154202
2006-06-01 167055
2006-07-01 172863
2006-08-01 160029
2006-09-01 159824
2006-10-01 140611
2006-11-01 146908
2006-12-01 148741
2007-01-01 184333
2007-02-01 174244
2007-03-01 160267
2007-04-01 146187
2007-05-01 148052
2007-06-01 161391
2007-07-01 165194
2007-08-01 148090
2007-09-01 150935
2007-10-01 137158
2007-11-01 138992
2007-12-01 149075
2008-01-01 179266
2008-02-01 172620
2008-03-01 169415
2008-04-01 149442
2008-05-01 167778
2008-06-01 184185
2008-07-01 193541
2008-08-01 189071
2008-09-01 191784
2008-10-01 188923
2008-11-01 198346
2008-12-01 218914
2009-01-01 270511
2009-02-01 279669
2009-03-01 279152
2009-04-01 261000
2009-05-01 276117
2009-06-01 296404
2009-07-01 299941
2009-08-01 287408
2009-09-01 289013
2009-10-01 278130
2009-11-01 272932
2009-12-01 280819
2010-01-01 320999
2010-02-01 312543
2010-03-01 301716
2010-04-01 276821
2010-05-01 274985
2010-06-01 283262
2010-07-01 287571
2010-08-01 272677
2010-09-01 268620
2010-10-01 252972
2010-11-01 259544
2010-12-01 256531
2011-01-01 288355
2011-02-01 277683
2011-03-01 264940
2011-04-01 242555
2011-05-01 246090
2011-06-01 263764
2011-07-01 262911
2011-08-01 248476
2011-09-01 247475
2011-10-01 229801
2011-11-01 221527
2011-12-01 226547
2012-01-01 255995
2012-02-01 252279
2012-03-01 241121
2012-04-01 218913
2012-05-01 228520
2012-06-01 246794
2012-07-01 253539
2012-08-01 237212
2012-09-01 228614
2012-10-01 219676
2012-11-01 214395
2012-12-01 225353
2013-01-01 265185
2013-02-01 252250
2013-03-01 239564
2013-04-01 221351
2013-05-01 232161
2013-06-01 251826
2013-07-01 250013
2013-08-01 232605
2013-09-01 228769
2013-10-01 216976
2013-11-01 206840
2013-12-01 205002
2014-01-01 234891
2014-02-01 234641
2014-03-01 226318
2014-04-01 192265
2014-05-01 202732
2014-06-01 211824
2014-07-01 221546
2014-08-01 205840
2014-09-01 196162
2014-10-01 180032
2014-11-01 177964
2014-12-01 172233
2015-01-01 207745
2015-02-01 198250
2015-03-01 185335
2015-04-01 166012
2015-05-01 175880
2015-06-01 181212
2015-07-01 183771
2015-08-01 164111
2015-09-01 159890
2015-10-01 148697
2015-11-01 146613
2015-12-01 147835
2016-01-01 174159
2016-02-01 168904
2016-03-01 162484
2016-04-01 141731
2016-05-01 138587
2016-06-01 153025
2016-07-01 153948
2016-08-01 140005
2016-09-01 138514
2016-10-01 124725
2016-11-01 119580
2016-12-01 126384
2017-01-01 164940
2017-02-01 161340
2017-03-01 148703
2017-04-01 131914
2017-05-01 137507
2017-06-01 151063
2017-07-01 155314
2017-08-01 144357
2017-09-01 137206
2017-10-01 123585
2017-11-01 123310
2017-12-01 126337
2018-01-01 160573
2018-02-01 157536
2018-03-01 146389
2018-04-01 126093
2018-05-01 126899
2018-06-01 145680
2018-07-01 143792
2018-08-01 129833
2018-09-01 120747
2018-10-01 112180
2018-11-01 105196
2018-12-01 115932
2019-01-01 151574
2019-02-01 137974
2019-03-01 129023
2019-04-01 102600
2019-05-01 110001
2019-06-01 123563
2019-07-01 127422
2019-08-01 116737
2019-09-01 104783
2019-10-01 99260
2019-11-01 95416
2019-12-01 102183
2020-01-01 133849
2020-02-01 124696
2020-03-01 135621
2020-04-01 586567
2020-05-01 543282
2020-06-01 554501
2020-07-01 490136
2020-08-01 388359
2020-09-01 363077
2020-10-01 303437
2020-11-01 280515
2020-12-01 274852
2021-01-01 278138
2021-02-01 261447
2021-03-01 239930
2021-04-01 212820
2021-05-01 201505
2021-06-01 224290
2021-07-01 212008
2021-08-01 191252
2021-09-01 167872
2021-10-01 154304
2021-11-01 137557
2021-12-01 133397
2022-01-01 168918
2022-02-01 158944
2022-03-01 142982
2022-04-01 122710
2022-05-01 128513
2022-06-01 145602
2022-07-01 146749
2022-08-01 144369
2022-09-01 126631
2022-10-01 123293
2022-11-01 117708
2022-12-01 120866
2023-01-01 151402
2023-02-01 151941
2023-03-01 138018
2023-04-01 106418
2023-05-01 118143
2023-06-01 131847
2023-07-01 131011
2023-08-01 127503
2023-09-01 116316
2023-10-01 114329
2023-11-01 109017
2023-12-01 120485
2024-01-01 132416
2024-02-01 137903
2024-03-01 135123
2024-04-01 118590
2024-05-01 142833
2024-06-01 156671
2024-07-01 179218
2024-08-01 177400
2024-09-01 138112
2024-10-01 143742

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