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Unemployment Rate in Massachusetts, by County

Unemployment Rate for every county in Massachusetts, ranked. The highest is Dukes County at 6.6% and the lowest is Nantucket County at 4.3%.

Massachusetts: 5.2% · United States: 5.2% · median county in Massachusetts: 5.1%

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#County Unemployment Rate
1Dukes County6.6%
2Suffolk County6.3%
3Hampden County6.0%
4Bristol County5.5%
5Berkshire County5.4%
6Franklin County5.4%
7Worcester County5.3%
8Essex County5.1%
9Plymouth County5.1%
10Barnstable County5.0%
11Hampshire County5.0%
12Norfolk County4.9%
13Middlesex County4.4%
14Nantucket County4.3%

Small populations produce wide margins: Dukes County is 6.6% with a margin of error of ±2.2%; Nantucket County is 4.3% with a margin of error of ±3.2%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of the civilian labour force who are out of work and looking. People not looking for work are excluded from the denominator.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Massachusetts ranks 19th of 52 states for unemployment rate.

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