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Employed residents in Portsmouth, NH

Employed residents in Portsmouth, NH was 13,215 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.3% from 2024. That is the 6th highest of 11 cities in 2025.

2025, persons13,215
Change on 2024+0.3%
Rank6th of 11Cities in New Hampshire ranked
Series high13,2162015
Series low9,4231994

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Employed residents in Portsmouth, NH, 1990 to 2025

9,00010K11K12K13K14K19901996200220082014202020251990: 12,576 persons1991: 9,939 persons1992: 9,580 persons1993: 9,639 persons1994: 9,423 persons1995: 12,040 persons1996: 11,883 persons1997: 12,235 persons1998: 12,178 persons1999: 12,250 persons2000: 12,228 persons2001: 12,199 persons2002: 12,225 persons2003: 12,509 persons2004: 12,717 persons2005: 12,750 persons2006: 12,787 persons2007: 12,912 persons2008: 12,829 persons2009: 12,516 persons2010: 12,346 persons2011: 12,452 persons2012: 12,636 persons2013: 12,704 persons2014: 12,906 persons2015: 13,216 persons2016: 12,469 persons2017: 12,539 persons2018: 12,739 persons2019: 12,906 persons2020: 12,110 persons2021: 12,568 persons2022: 12,962 persons2023: 13,009 persons2024: 13,170 persons2025: 13,215 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
202513,215
202413,170
202313,009
202212,962
202112,568
202012,110
201912,906
201812,739
201712,539
201612,469
201513,216
201412,906
201312,704
201212,636
201112,452
201012,346
200912,516
200812,829
200712,912
200612,787
200512,750
200412,717
200312,509
200212,225
200112,199
200012,228
199912,250
199812,178
199712,235
199611,883
199512,040
19949,423
19939,639
19929,580
19919,939
199012,576

Rankings

Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Employed residents, Portsmouth, NH, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Portsmouth, NH, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/portsmouth-nh. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Employed residents, Portsmouth, NH, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/portsmouth-nh.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Portsmouth, NH, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/portsmouth-nh (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the employed residents in Portsmouth, NH?

Employed residents in Portsmouth, NH was 13,215 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.3% from 2024. That is the 6th highest of 11 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employed residents in Portsmouth, NH?

13,216 in 2015, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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