Unemployed people in Portsmouth, NH

Unemployed people in Portsmouth, NH was 403 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 26.7% from 2024. That is the 6th highest of 11 cities in 2025.

2025, persons403

Change on 2024+26.7%

Rank6th of 11Cities in New Hampshire ranked

Series high8712020

Series low2601998

Next release: Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 10:00 ET, announced by BLS. Release calendar

Unemployed people in Portsmouth, NH, 1990 to 2025

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

Period	persons
2025	403
2024	318
2023	286
2022	269
2021	399
2020	871
2019	291
2018	288
2017	305
2016	295
2015	336
2014	466
2013	578
2012	595
2011	600
2010	655
2009	667
2008	428
2007	386
2006	384
2005	427
2004	446
2003	523
2002	526
2001	388
2000	320
1999	263
1998	260
1997	289
1996	345
1995	342
1994	420
1993	541
1992	662
1991	789
1990	575

Rankings

US cities by unemployed people 1706 places
Cities in New Hampshire by unemployed people 11 places

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.

How to cite

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, 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, 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/unemployed-people/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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, 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/unemployed-people/portsmouth-nh.

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, 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/unemployed-people/portsmouth-nh (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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}

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What is the unemployed people in Portsmouth, NH?

Unemployed people in Portsmouth, NH was 403 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 26.7% 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Portsmouth, NH?

871 in 2020, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

Unemployed people elsewhere in New Hampshire

Manchester, NH

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