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 2021-01-01 Last Updated: 2022-03-08 2:32 PM 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. For more details, see the release's frequently asked questions. 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 131428 2019-01-01 117400 2020-01-01 351435 2021-01-01 215392