Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Massachusetts

Title Unemployed Persons in Massachusetts
Series ID LAUST250000000000004A
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 Annual
Units Persons
Date Range 1976-01-01 to 2023-01-01
Last Updated 2024-03-01 10:21 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 266593
1977-01-01 216300
1978-01-01 173340
1979-01-01 156567
1980-01-01 165319
1981-01-01 188679
1982-01-01 232237
1983-01-01 206331
1984-01-01 145357
1985-01-01 126151
1986-01-01 122238
1987-01-01 104458
1988-01-01 104033
1989-01-01 134562
1990-01-01 205825
1991-01-01 281802
1992-01-01 280003
1993-01-01 232197
1994-01-01 199658
1995-01-01 174881
1996-01-01 149442
1997-01-01 134057
1998-01-01 112652
1999-01-01 110779
2000-01-01 94210
2001-01-01 128540
2002-01-01 179347
2003-01-01 195695
2004-01-01 173839
2005-01-01 162583
2006-01-01 160659
2007-01-01 155327
2008-01-01 183607
2009-01-01 280925
2010-01-01 280687
2011-01-01 251677
2012-01-01 235201
2013-01-01 233545
2014-01-01 204704
2015-01-01 172113
2016-01-01 145171
2017-01-01 142131
2018-01-01 132571
2019-01-01 116711
2020-01-01 348241
2021-01-01 201210
2022-01-01 137274
2023-01-01 126369

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