Snapshot: Unemployment, May 2011

By Matt Carroll, Boston Globe | July 14, 2011
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CommunityRate May 2011State rankRate May 2010Labor force Apr 2011
Abington7.51098.89,685
Acton4.73175.511,757
Acushnet9.14510.15,867
Adams9.24010.34,451
Agawam71478.215,852
Alford43385.2227
Amesbury71478.18,794
Amherst4.63235.120,425
Andover6.12216.316,837
Aquinnah11.194.3240
Arlington5.13005.824,114
Ashburnham9.1459.83,133
Ashby8.75910.41,656
Ashfield3.933961,088
Ashland5.22966.19,134
Athol9.92111.75,359
Attleborough9.92110.824,851
Auburn6.81628.38,755
Avon7.9868.72,343
Ayer7.11407.64,455
Barnstable7.21347.525,670
Barre7.9869.62,840
Becket8.3687.71,020
Bedford5.52745.87,161
Belchertown5.72576.78,306
Bellingham9.82310.79,723
Belmont5.13006.112,726
Berkley6.22167.63,867
Berlin6.91539.51,648
Bernardston6.71668.51,231
Beverly6.42027.421,239
Billerica7.1140822,310
Blackstone9.53110.65,729
Blandford6.61767.2748
Bolton6.71667.12,629
Boston6.91537.7325,879
Bourne8.6619.210,381
Boxborough4.93095.52,986
Boxford5.72576.54,167
Boylston5.52747.62,349
Braintree6.71668.118,748
Brewster6.51867.65,484
Bridgewater71477.514,188
Brimfield6.91536.42,078
Brockton10.41711.646,053
Brookfield8.3689.51,881
Brookline4.23334.932,738
Buckland3.23473.91,110
Burlington5.62646.214,364
Cambridge4.93095.561,413
Canton6.51867.311,804
Carlisle3.83425.72,483
Carver7.610296,444
Charlemont6.61766.6790
Charlton7.41198.36,864
Chatham6.32107.43,343
Chelmsford6.12217.118,992
Chelsea8.95010.315,025
Cheshire8838.51,933
Chester8.1797.6730
Chesterfield53068.1760
Chicopee9.33610.428,261
Chilmark4.23334.9558
Clarksburg8.3688.7938
Clinton8.7599.57,606
Cohasset5.82485.33,665
Colrain5.725791,002
Concord53065.87,900
Conway62334.41,147
Cummington6.91536.8509
Dalton6.22166.93,714
Danvers6.12217.414,807
Dartmouth8.3689.217,499
Dedham6.51867.812,950
Deerfield6.22165.72,767
Dennis7.41198.87,911
Dighton6.51869.53,941
Douglas7.41197.74,632
Dover4.53264.82,844
Dracut7.51099.216,621
Dudley7.7979.36,102
Dunstable4.43295.71,935
Duxbury5.725777,081
East Bridgewater8838.47,811
East Brookfield7.610291,182
Eastham7.7979.22,769
Easthampton6.915389,596
East Longmeadow5.82486.98,147
Easton6.12217.313,372
Edgartown7.411972,701
Egremont3.93394.8838
Erving9.1459.5845
Essex5.62646.41,824
Everett8.563919,414
Fairhaven8.66110.58,553
Fall River14.9414.645,560
Falmouth7.11407.717,486
Fitchburg10.91111.519,253
Florida8.95010.8412
Foxborough6.61767.59,491
Framingham5.42796.437,667
Franklin6.71667.516,940
Freetown7.79795,638
Gardner10.91111.59,831
Georgetown5.72576.84,577
Gill6.71666.7801
Gloucester7.89410.116,456
Goshen4.53264.4598
Gosnold2.934910.835
Grafton6.42027.99,691
Granby62337.13,528
Granville6.61768.7941
Great Barrington5.82486.44,311
Greenfield7.21348.19,030
Groton5.72576.35,662
Groveland5.32856.53,917
Hadley5.62647.12,533
Halifax6.81629.44,351
Hamilton5.13006.73,871
Hampden5.82486.62,920
Hancock3.63443.2711
Hanover6.51867.67,579
Hanson7.9869.75,782
Hardwick9.2407.51,350
Harvard5.32856.82,930
Harwich7.9868.86,203
Hatfield5.62645.42,002
Haverhill8.3689.131,841
Hawley7.61025.4172
Heath4.23336.3462
Hingham5.32856.511,570
Hinsdale8.2758.11,141
Holbrook8.3689.75,784
Holden6.42026.89,165
Holland62338.11,444
Holliston5.32855.87,677
Holyoke10.61510.916,404
Hopedale7.21346.53,433
Hopkinton4.73176.67,627
Hubbardston7.31287.92,497
Hudson6.32106.611,808
Hull6.61768.36,212
Huntington7.9868.81,299
Ipswich6.61766.67,404
Kingston7.411986,420
Lakeville7.11407.96,120
Lancaster7.7979.83,109
Lanesborough7.11408.21,776
Lawrence16.521631,432
Lee5.52747.13,610
Leicester7.51098.26,099
Lenox5.32856.62,652
Leominster9.72710.920,843
Leverett4.83154.61,085
Lexington4.93095.815,222
Leyden33483.8471
Lincoln4.33314.73,525
Littleton6.12216.34,896
Longmeadow4.63236.37,646
Lowell9.82310.451,289
Ludlow8.5638.511,394
Lunenburg8.1799.15,308
Lynn8.9509.641,833
Lynnfield5.52747.15,875
Malden7.51098.131,252
Manchester5.22967.22,680
Mansfield6.51866.612,766
Marblehead4.9309610,962
Marion6.71666.53,020
Marlborough5.42796.522,669
Marshfield6.42027.913,679
Mashpee7.41198.67,985
Mattapoisett5.82486.63,460
Maynard6.51866.66,279
Medfield5.32856.75,900
Medford6.32107.829,940
Medway6.12216.97,144
Melrose5.72576.515,119
Mendon5.62646.33,270
Merrimac62338.33,619
Methuen8.9501023,994
Middleborough9.14510.112,051
Middlefield4.73175.6330
Middleton6.91538.64,229
Milford6.71667.615,270
Millbury7.31288.67,497
Millis5.82486.84,512
Millville10.81310.81,695
Milton5.92437.213,489
Monroe15.4321.425
Monson7.8948.64,845
Montague8.8569.24,244
Monterey3.73432.9588
Montgomery9.2408.3438
Mount Washington4.13372.193
Nahant7.79782,057
Nantucket62336.76,465
Natick4.93095.718,709
Needham5.22966.114,237
New Ashford6.22165.1157
New Bedford13514.142,582
New Braintree5.92437.7630
Newbury6.51867.23,800
Newburyport62337.19,867
New Marlborough3.53466.3879
New Salem5.13005.6536
Newton4.73175.546,328
Norfolk6.32107.84,944
North Adams9.7279.47,286
Northampton5.32855.716,540
North Andover6.51867.713,612
North Attleborough9499.716,440
Northborough6.12216.58,123
Northbridge8.275107,549
North Brookfield7.11408.72,604
Northfield5.229661,745
North Reading6.12217.58,088
Norton71478.710,616
Norwell6.81625.95,361
Norwood6.42027.415,617
Oak Bluffs7.61026.82,489
Oakham6.12217.51,063
Orange9.823123,678
Orleans8.1797.32,979
Otis6.51866.8848
Oxford7.9869.37,702
Palmer8.1799.37,164
Paxton6.32107.12,497
Peabody6.51867.827,708
Pelham3.93392.9851
Pembroke6.81628.410,384
Pepperell62336.96,348
Peru2.53514.8462
Petersham62337.2687
Phillipston9.43511.4949
Pittsfield8.2758.922,555
Plainfield9.5316.2300
Plainville9.33610.14,984
Plymouth7.5109930,063
Plympton6.91538.51,649
Princeton5.92436.61,938
Provincetown19.7116.42,433
Quincy7.51098.551,887
Randolph883917,068
Raynham7.31287.78,029
Reading6.12216.512,788
Rehoboth9.2409.76,913
Revere8.5639.224,562
Richmond4.23333.8935
Rochester7.11406.63,044
Rockland7.31289.610,065
Rockport6.61767.14,130
Rowe9.5319188
Rowley7.41197.23,373
Royalston9.72711.6645
Russell7.21347.8992
Rutland6.51866.84,435
Salem7.31288.223,722
Salisbury7.8949.94,569
Sandisfield6.71666.7506
Sandwich6.61767.411,093
Saugus7.21348.315,136
Savoy6.71668.8418
Scituate5.62646.79,529
Seekonk102010.97,695
Sharon5.92436.19,491
Sheffield5.328562,004
Shelburne8.856101,093
Sherborn4.83155.81,955
Shirley7.510983,802
Shrewsbury62337.517,379
Shutesbury3.63444.61,164
Somerset10.2181110,029
Somerville5.32856.446,526
Southampton4.73176.53,505
Southborough4.73176.34,955
Southbridge9.82310.68,275
South Hadley6.61767.29,559
Southwick7.41199.75,332
Spencer7.610210.16,627
Springfield11.7712.168,591
Sterling62337.64,379
Stockbridge5.62644.51,328
Stoneham6.61767.611,745
Stoughton6.91538.315,119
Stow5.32855.63,647
Sturbridge7.21347.74,923
Sudbury5.13005.98,580
Sunderland4.632352,517
Sutton6.51868.44,956
Swampscott5.62647.27,656
Swansea10.71411.89,487
Taunton8.9509.731,418
Templeton10.11910.63,863
Tewksbury71477.817,354
Tisbury8.2759.72,530
Tolland5.13003.6260
Topsfield5.92436.12,993
Townsend6.51868.15,312
Truro11.9614.31,278
Tyngsborough7.312886,771
Tyringham2.83507.3251
Upton5.62647.93,515
Uxbridge7.411987,009
Wakefield6.42027.613,927
Wales8.9508.81,112
Walpole6.32107.412,321
Waltham5.42796.635,024
Ware8.5639.15,317
Wareham9.6309.712,082
Warren9.33610.22,565
Warwick8.4676.8340
Washington6.42029.9316
Watertown5.42796.619,887
Wayland5.42795.66,841
Webster9.53110.18,408
Wellesley4.93095.513,114
Wellfleet11.198.41,764
Wendell6.91536.3565
Wenham7.61028.21,815
Westborough5.82486.98,960
West Boylston7.51098.23,480
West Bridgewater7.61027.83,552
West Brookfield9.24010.71,893
Westfield7.5109822,054
Westford53066.812,222
Westhampton5.62645.1950
Westminster7.9868.53,826
West Newbury5.527462,335
Weston4.53264.65,416
Westport11.2811.88,795
West Springfield8.3689.514,667
West Stockbridge5.82486.4865
West Tisbury4.33315.11,786
Westwood5.42796.26,795
Weymouth7.5109929,851
Whately4.43294.8959
Whitman7.9868.38,242
Wilbraham6.51866.46,935
Williamsburg71477.61,536
Williamstown5.82486.53,917
Wilmington6.22167.612,501
Winchendon10.61511.34,927
Winchester5.32855.510,822
Windsor6.12217.8523
Winthrop6.71667.610,504
Woburn6.42027.621,962
Worcester9.3361086,043
Worthington6.12215.4678
Wrentham6.518685,853
Yarmouth8.8569.111,900
SOURCE: Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development