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Unemployed people in Fall River, MA

Unemployed people in Fall River, MA was 2,980 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 15.1% from 2024. That is the 7th highest of 58 cities in 2025.

2025, persons2,980
Change on 2024+15.1%
Rank7th of 58Cities in Massachusetts ranked
Series high7,8861991
Series low2,2502000

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Unemployed people in Fall River, MA, 1990 to 2025

2,0004,0006,0008,00019901996200220082014202020251990: 5,959 persons1991: 7,886 persons1992: 7,022 persons1993: 6,776 persons1994: 5,108 persons1995: 4,807 persons1996: 4,551 persons1997: 3,823 persons1998: 2,851 persons1999: 2,772 persons2000: 2,250 persons2001: 2,758 persons2002: 3,457 persons2003: 3,675 persons2004: 3,612 persons2005: 3,553 persons2006: 3,627 persons2007: 3,720 persons2008: 4,186 persons2009: 6,320 persons2010: 5,575 persons2011: 5,268 persons2012: 4,760 persons2013: 4,529 persons2014: 3,940 persons2015: 3,299 persons2016: 2,783 persons2017: 2,694 persons2018: 2,521 persons2019: 2,292 persons2020: 5,568 persons2021: 3,497 persons2022: 2,525 persons2023: 2,339 persons2024: 2,589 persons2025: 2,980 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
20252,980
20242,589
20232,339
20222,525
20213,497
20205,568
20192,292
20182,521
20172,694
20162,783
20153,299
20143,940
20134,529
20124,760
20115,268
20105,575
20096,320
20084,186
20073,720
20063,627
20053,553
20043,612
20033,675
20023,457
20012,758
20002,250
19992,772
19982,851
19973,823
19964,551
19954,807
19945,108
19936,776
19927,022
19917,886
19905,959

Rankings

Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, 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. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. 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: unemployment (measure 04), 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, Fall River, MA, 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Fall River, MA, 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/unemployed-people/fall-river-ma. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Fall River, MA, 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/unemployed-people/fall-river-ma.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Fall River, MA, 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/unemployed-people/fall-river-ma (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the unemployed people in Fall River, MA?

Unemployed people in Fall River, MA was 2,980 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 15.1% from 2024. That is the 7th highest of 58 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Fall River, MA?

7,886 in 1991, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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