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 2025-05-01
Last Updated 2025-07-02 10:12 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 324027
1976-02-01 313067
1976-03-01 297832
1976-04-01 271872
1976-05-01 250378
1976-06-01 275291
1976-07-01 270227
1976-08-01 257876
1976-09-01 252428
1976-10-01 228941
1976-11-01 234457
1976-12-01 228756
1977-01-01 258867
1977-02-01 256261
1977-03-01 243246
1977-04-01 215427
1977-05-01 201147
1977-06-01 230916
1977-07-01 214856
1977-08-01 215841
1977-09-01 211528
1977-10-01 185186
1977-11-01 188302
1977-12-01 175296
1978-01-01 210583
1978-02-01 196764
1978-03-01 189928
1978-04-01 165799
1978-05-01 159396
1978-06-01 178808
1978-07-01 180739
1978-08-01 168166
1978-09-01 171403
1978-10-01 146003
1978-11-01 153393
1978-12-01 159000
1979-01-01 188045
1979-02-01 180859
1979-03-01 174530
1979-04-01 152722
1979-05-01 144632
1979-06-01 163743
1979-07-01 154185
1979-08-01 155108
1979-09-01 154149
1979-10-01 135710
1979-11-01 136131
1979-12-01 137784
1980-01-01 174118
1980-02-01 165629
1980-03-01 161280
1980-04-01 152471
1980-05-01 160398
1980-06-01 180212
1980-07-01 181459
1980-08-01 172247
1980-09-01 168444
1980-10-01 155259
1980-11-01 156109
1980-12-01 152931
1981-01-01 197035
1981-02-01 190998
1981-03-01 186769
1981-04-01 167898
1981-05-01 174341
1981-06-01 194496
1981-07-01 191095
1981-08-01 188820
1981-09-01 194312
1981-10-01 187157
1981-11-01 196493
1981-12-01 205779
1982-01-01 243966
1982-02-01 241804
1982-03-01 239073
1982-04-01 224607
1982-05-01 224963
1982-06-01 243846
1982-07-01 244125
1982-08-01 233325
1982-09-01 234604
1982-10-01 220864
1982-11-01 227874
1982-12-01 231165
1983-01-01 259837
1983-02-01 250672
1983-03-01 239794
1983-04-01 214163
1983-05-01 205551
1983-06-01 223737
1983-07-01 204444
1983-08-01 198803
1983-09-01 194413
1983-10-01 172025
1983-11-01 167556
1983-12-01 166310
1984-01-01 194810
1984-02-01 179644
1984-03-01 171906
1984-04-01 150467
1984-05-01 138620
1984-06-01 148068
1984-07-01 148064
1984-08-01 140164
1984-09-01 135139
1984-10-01 115644
1984-11-01 115032
1984-12-01 118216
1985-01-01 151169
1985-02-01 141854
1985-03-01 139981
1985-04-01 120957
1985-05-01 119140
1985-06-01 135724
1985-07-01 135117
1985-08-01 122133
1985-09-01 124342
1985-10-01 108500
1985-11-01 109380
1985-12-01 111990
1986-01-01 138556
1986-02-01 141242
1986-03-01 138180
1986-04-01 120329
1986-05-01 119652
1986-06-01 133978
1986-07-01 130732
1986-08-01 120309
1986-09-01 124241
1986-10-01 107488
1986-11-01 108744
1986-12-01 105066
1987-01-01 139928
1987-02-01 132035
1987-03-01 128673
1987-04-01 105197
1987-05-01 99882
1987-06-01 109062
1987-07-01 106651
1987-08-01 94949
1987-09-01 95599
1987-10-01 83877
1987-11-01 84949
1987-12-01 85667
1988-01-01 121724
1988-02-01 117162
1988-03-01 113292
1988-04-01 93963
1988-05-01 95988
1988-06-01 109660
1988-07-01 112045
1988-08-01 105257
1988-09-01 104674
1988-10-01 91906
1988-11-01 99017
1988-12-01 100188
1989-01-01 137862
1989-02-01 129489
1989-03-01 127274
1989-04-01 119495
1989-05-01 118820
1989-06-01 140565
1989-07-01 142887
1989-08-01 137110
1989-09-01 144252
1989-10-01 135893
1989-11-01 146766
1989-12-01 150535
1990-01-01 189869
1990-02-01 191555
1990-03-01 193158
1990-04-01 185398
1990-05-01 187743
1990-06-01 199707
1990-07-01 212216
1990-08-01 212996
1990-09-01 220765
1990-10-01 210747
1990-11-01 228569
1990-12-01 239016
1991-01-01 279858
1991-02-01 286789
1991-03-01 290723
1991-04-01 267234
1991-05-01 281358
1991-06-01 298629
1991-07-01 295566
1991-08-01 285819
1991-09-01 286178
1991-10-01 271668
1991-11-01 274534
1991-12-01 277502
1992-01-01 313251
1992-02-01 308742
1992-03-01 298205
1992-04-01 270016
1992-05-01 274201
1992-06-01 297886
1992-07-01 291025
1992-08-01 275357
1992-09-01 273942
1992-10-01 249998
1992-11-01 256142
1992-12-01 254523
1993-01-01 285863
1993-02-01 274768
1993-03-01 261066
1993-04-01 232276
1993-05-01 228617
1993-06-01 240619
1993-07-01 236082
1993-08-01 218408
1993-09-01 213658
1993-10-01 202124
1993-11-01 196600
1993-12-01 194808
1994-01-01 238582
1994-02-01 228088
1994-03-01 220126
1994-04-01 197150
1994-05-01 188646
1994-06-01 204058
1994-07-01 206586
1994-08-01 195261
1994-09-01 189701
1994-10-01 176782
1994-11-01 175415
1994-12-01 170987
1995-01-01 209941
1995-02-01 194321
1995-03-01 188768
1995-04-01 178103
1995-05-01 171383
1995-06-01 182871
1995-07-01 186543
1995-08-01 170448
1995-09-01 166805
1995-10-01 150581
1995-11-01 150901
1995-12-01 149028
1996-01-01 186451
1996-02-01 171171
1996-03-01 167390
1996-04-01 145688
1996-05-01 148063
1996-06-01 152286
1996-07-01 157237
1996-08-01 135503
1996-09-01 137379
1996-10-01 126189
1996-11-01 130272
1996-12-01 131101
1997-01-01 167592
1997-02-01 156009
1997-03-01 154057
1997-04-01 128631
1997-05-01 130626
1997-06-01 144750
1997-07-01 142110
1997-08-01 129131
1997-09-01 127282
1997-10-01 110546
1997-11-01 108751
1997-12-01 109533
1998-01-01 141076
1998-02-01 131774
1998-03-01 132218
1998-04-01 99821
1998-05-01 105829
1998-06-01 119484
1998-07-01 118827
1998-08-01 104767
1998-09-01 108436
1998-10-01 97011
1998-11-01 95365
1998-12-01 97208
1999-01-01 132045
1999-02-01 126730
1999-03-01 120713
1999-04-01 105632
1999-05-01 105317
1999-06-01 119860
1999-07-01 121667
1999-08-01 105545
1999-09-01 107428
1999-10-01 95899
1999-11-01 95087
1999-12-01 94040
2000-01-01 124770
2000-02-01 117009
2000-03-01 109719
2000-04-01 83933
2000-05-01 87785
2000-06-01 97761
2000-07-01 100667
2000-08-01 87658
2000-09-01 82216
2000-10-01 72359
2000-11-01 75577
2000-12-01 80022
2001-01-01 122114
2001-02-01 117767
2001-03-01 122537
2001-04-01 106171
2001-05-01 111352
2001-06-01 131079
2001-07-01 136861
2001-08-01 134740
2001-09-01 135010
2001-10-01 134599
2001-11-01 141779
2001-12-01 149391
2002-01-01 188469
2002-02-01 183140
2002-03-01 183594
2002-04-01 169510
2002-05-01 169974
2002-06-01 189081
2002-07-01 191059
2002-08-01 180415
2002-09-01 176968
2002-10-01 169799
2002-11-01 176236
2002-12-01 181530
2003-01-01 214264
2003-02-01 208199
2003-03-01 203922
2003-04-01 186172
2003-05-01 192626
2003-06-01 214663
2003-07-01 208869
2003-08-01 195772
2003-09-01 191705
2003-10-01 179467
2003-11-01 179820
2003-12-01 175018
2004-01-01 209312
2004-02-01 196214
2004-03-01 194857
2004-04-01 165954
2004-05-01 171518
2004-06-01 185554
2004-07-01 183751
2004-08-01 165572
2004-09-01 158020
2004-10-01 149634
2004-11-01 150659
2004-12-01 152663
2005-01-01 183065
2005-02-01 182455
2005-03-01 170786
2005-04-01 151109
2005-05-01 156255
2005-06-01 167223
2005-07-01 168742
2005-08-01 152334
2005-09-01 156660
2005-10-01 144866
2005-11-01 151422
2005-12-01 150679
2006-01-01 176154
2006-02-01 177234
2006-03-01 166378
2006-04-01 150484
2006-05-01 153716
2006-06-01 166318
2006-07-01 172820
2006-08-01 158271
2006-09-01 155232
2006-10-01 140143
2006-11-01 147018
2006-12-01 150131
2007-01-01 183144
2007-02-01 173095
2007-03-01 157866
2007-04-01 141977
2007-05-01 147678
2007-06-01 160297
2007-07-01 165286
2007-08-01 146522
2007-09-01 145875
2007-10-01 134816
2007-11-01 137143
2007-12-01 148462
2008-01-01 177133
2008-02-01 169127
2008-03-01 166987
2008-04-01 144292
2008-05-01 167176
2008-06-01 183754
2008-07-01 194128
2008-08-01 189357
2008-09-01 188745
2008-10-01 189573
2008-11-01 198968
2008-12-01 221166
2009-01-01 269873
2009-02-01 278573
2009-03-01 276830
2009-04-01 256535
2009-05-01 274953
2009-06-01 295373
2009-07-01 301199
2009-08-01 289013
2009-09-01 287209
2009-10-01 280621
2009-11-01 275417
2009-12-01 285723
2010-01-01 322547
2010-02-01 314381
2010-03-01 302291
2010-04-01 274378
2010-05-01 276216
2010-06-01 284215
2010-07-01 290015
2010-08-01 273820
2010-09-01 264972
2010-10-01 254525
2010-11-01 260395
2010-12-01 259978
2011-01-01 288315
2011-02-01 278802
2011-03-01 264841
2011-04-01 240568
2011-05-01 247235
2011-06-01 264617
2011-07-01 265528
2011-08-01 250380
2011-09-01 244152
2011-10-01 231841
2011-11-01 221996
2011-12-01 229664
2012-01-01 255792
2012-02-01 252683
2012-03-01 239426
2012-04-01 215392
2012-05-01 228135
2012-06-01 247042
2012-07-01 255852
2012-08-01 239762
2012-09-01 225784
2012-10-01 222340
2012-11-01 215197
2012-12-01 228988
2013-01-01 264354
2013-02-01 252879
2013-03-01 240062
2013-04-01 219985
2013-05-01 234353
2013-06-01 254346
2013-07-01 253899
2013-08-01 236720
2013-09-01 226771
2013-10-01 221291
2013-11-01 209157
2013-12-01 209965
2014-01-01 234524
2014-02-01 235489
2014-03-01 226162
2014-04-01 190277
2014-05-01 203622
2014-06-01 213899
2014-07-01 226266
2014-08-01 211534
2014-09-01 194896
2014-10-01 184108
2014-11-01 179739
2014-12-01 176635
2015-01-01 207566
2015-02-01 200038
2015-03-01 185752
2015-04-01 163105
2015-05-01 177798
2015-06-01 182828
2015-07-01 188108
2015-08-01 169023
2015-09-01 157681
2015-10-01 153550
2015-11-01 148674
2015-12-01 152912
2016-01-01 173910
2016-02-01 170276
2016-03-01 162720
2016-04-01 138709
2016-05-01 140081
2016-06-01 154929
2016-07-01 157244
2016-08-01 144328
2016-09-01 134195
2016-10-01 127723
2016-11-01 119660
2016-12-01 130887
2017-01-01 164182
2017-02-01 162564
2017-03-01 149080
2017-04-01 129067
2017-05-01 139394
2017-06-01 152180
2017-07-01 157607
2017-08-01 147046
2017-09-01 132229
2017-10-01 126115
2017-11-01 123164
2017-12-01 129660
2018-01-01 157643
2018-02-01 157296
2018-03-01 144900
2018-04-01 121638
2018-05-01 126455
2018-06-01 146266
2018-07-01 146112
2018-08-01 132126
2018-09-01 116491
2018-10-01 113167
2018-11-01 105068
2018-12-01 117987
2019-01-01 149455
2019-02-01 137952
2019-03-01 128929
2019-04-01 101629
2019-05-01 112325
2019-06-01 123201
2019-07-01 128883
2019-08-01 118693
2019-09-01 102559
2019-10-01 100576
2019-11-01 96432
2019-12-01 104830
2020-01-01 134933
2020-02-01 129106
2020-03-01 142244
2020-04-01 600297
2020-05-01 522566
2020-06-01 560370
2020-07-01 489417
2020-08-01 386266
2020-09-01 355172
2020-10-01 298682
2020-11-01 274166
2020-12-01 269366
2021-01-01 269097
2021-02-01 255174
2021-03-01 233915
2021-04-01 205601
2021-05-01 198093
2021-06-01 219780
2021-07-01 210162
2021-08-01 190034
2021-09-01 161714
2021-10-01 152817
2021-11-01 135373
2021-12-01 132666
2022-01-01 165060
2022-02-01 157866
2022-03-01 142005
2022-04-01 120776
2022-05-01 129980
2022-06-01 145165
2022-07-01 148416
2022-08-01 147180
2022-09-01 123789
2022-10-01 125173
2022-11-01 118515
2022-12-01 123396
2023-01-01 150144
2023-02-01 153660
2023-03-01 139159
2023-04-01 107050
2023-05-01 124020
2023-06-01 137633
2023-07-01 139883
2023-08-01 138914
2023-09-01 122801
2023-10-01 127599
2023-11-01 122631
2023-12-01 136430
2024-01-01 159924
2024-02-01 165930
2024-03-01 154552
2024-04-01 132287
2024-05-01 147636
2024-06-01 165402
2024-07-01 179524
2024-08-01 170532
2024-09-01 146415
2024-10-01 151708
2024-11-01 152999
2024-12-01 161483
2025-01-01 185197
2025-02-01 196811
2025-03-01 195306
2025-04-01 181683
2025-05-01 207007

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