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Cities in Massachusetts by unemployed people

Boston, MA had the highest unemployed people of 58 cities in 2014, at 18,823. Newburyport, MA had the lowest, at 460. The median was 1,478. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest18,823Boston, MA
Lowest460Newburyport, MA
Median1,47858 cities

All cities, 2014

Boston, MA: 18,823 personsBoston, MA18,823Springfield, MA: 6,330 personsSpringfield, MA6,330Worcester, MA: 6,201 personsWorcester, MA6,201New Bedford, MA: 4,796 personsNew Bedford, MA4,796Fall River, MA: 3,940 personsFall River, MA3,940Lawrence, MA: 3,928 personsLawrence, MA3,928Lowell, MA: 3,770 personsLowell, MA3,770Brockton, MA: 3,629 personsBrockton, MA3,629Lynn, MA: 3,018 personsLynn, MA3,018Quincy, MA: 2,868 personsQuincy, MA2,868Cambridge, MA: 2,320 personsCambridge, MA2,320Taunton, MA: 2,093 personsTaunton, MA2,093Haverhill, MA: 2,085 personsHaverhill, MA2,085Chicopee, MA: 2,076 personsChicopee, MA2,076Newton, MA: 1,949 personsNewton, MA1,949Somerville, MA: 1,885 personsSomerville, MA1,885Methuen, MA: 1,781 personsMethuen, MA1,781Malden, MA: 1,751 personsMalden, MA1,751Weymouth Town, MA: 1,747 personsWeymouth Town, MA1,747Framingham, MA: 1,685 personsFramingham, MA1,685Waltham, MA: 1,660 personsWaltham, MA1,660Revere, MA: 1,625 personsRevere, MA1,625Medford, MA: 1,604 personsMedford, MA1,604Peabody, MA: 1,534 personsPeabody, MA1,534Fitchburg, MA: 1,528 personsFitchburg, MA1,528Leominster, MA: 1,522 personsLeominster, MA1,522Barnstable Town, MA: 1,519 personsBarnstable Town, MA1,519Pittsfield, MA: 1,499 personsPittsfield, MA1,499Attleboro, MA: 1,486 personsAttleboro, MA1,486Holyoke, MA: 1,469 personsHolyoke, MA1,469Westfield, MA: 1,453 personsWestfield, MA1,453Salem, MA: 1,402 personsSalem, MA1,402Everett, MA: 1,335 personsEverett, MA1,335Beverly, MA: 1,180 personsBeverly, MA1,180Woburn, MA: 1,165 personsWoburn, MA1,165Marlborough, MA: 1,160 personsMarlborough, MA1,160Randolph Town, MA: 1,149 personsRandolph Town, MA1,149Chelsea, MA: 1,121 personsChelsea, MA1,121Gloucester, MA: 1,091 personsGloucester, MA1,091Braintree Town, MA: 1,063 personsBraintree Town, MA1,063Amherst Town, MA: 978 personsAmherst Town, MA978West Springfield Town, MA: 947 personsWest Springfield Town, MA947Agawam Town, MA: 944 personsAgawam Town, MA944North Attleborough Town, MA: 882 personsNorth Attleborough Town, MA882Watertown, MA: 854 personsWatertown, MA854Franklin Town, MA: 850 personsFranklin Town, MA850Bridgewater Town, MA: 787 personsBridgewater Town, MA787Gardner, MA: 709 personsGardner, MA709Northampton, MA: 707 personsNorthampton, MA707Melrose, MA: 693 personsMelrose, MA693Southbridge Town, MA: 666 personsSouthbridge Town, MA666North Adams, MA: 565 personsNorth Adams, MA565Winthrop Town, MA: 541 personsWinthrop Town, MA541Greenfield, MA: 500 personsGreenfield, MA500Palmer Town, MA: 499 personsPalmer Town, MA499Easthampton, MA: 492 personsEasthampton, MA492Amesbury, MA: 491 personsAmesbury, MA491Newburyport, MA: 460 personsNewburyport, MA460Boston, MA: 18,823 personsBoston, MA18,823Springfield, MA: 6,330 personsSpringfield, MA6,330Worcester, MA: 6,201 personsWorcester, MA6,201New Bedford, MA: 4,796 personsNew Bedford, MA4,796Fall River, MA: 3,940 personsFall River, MA3,940Lawrence, MA: 3,928 personsLawrence, MA3,928Lowell, MA: 3,770 personsLowell, MA3,770Brockton, MA: 3,629 personsBrockton, MA3,629Lynn, MA: 3,018 personsLynn, MA3,018Quincy, MA: 2,868 personsQuincy, MA2,868Cambridge, MA: 2,320 personsCambridge, MA2,320Taunton, MA: 2,093 personsTaunton, MA2,093Haverhill, MA: 2,085 personsHaverhill, MA2,085Chicopee, MA: 2,076 personsChicopee, MA2,076Newton, MA: 1,949 personsNewton, MA1,949Somerville, MA: 1,885 personsSomerville, MA1,885Methuen, MA: 1,781 personsMethuen, MA1,781Malden, MA: 1,751 personsMalden, MA1,751Weymouth Town, MA: 1,747 personsWeymouth Town, MA1,747Framingham, MA: 1,685 personsFramingham, MA1,685Waltham, MA: 1,660 personsWaltham, MA1,660Revere, MA: 1,625 personsRevere, MA1,625Medford, MA: 1,604 personsMedford, MA1,604Peabody, MA: 1,534 personsPeabody, MA1,534Fitchburg, MA: 1,528 personsFitchburg, MA1,528Leominster, MA: 1,522 personsLeominster, MA1,522Barnstable Town, MA: 1,519 personsBarnstable Town, MA1,519Pittsfield, MA: 1,499 personsPittsfield, MA1,499Attleboro, MA: 1,486 personsAttleboro, MA1,486Holyoke, MA: 1,469 personsHolyoke, MA1,469Westfield, MA: 1,453 personsWestfield, MA1,453Salem, MA: 1,402 personsSalem, MA1,402Everett, MA: 1,335 personsEverett, MA1,335Beverly, MA: 1,180 personsBeverly, MA1,180Woburn, MA: 1,165 personsWoburn, MA1,165Marlborough, MA: 1,160 personsMarlborough, MA1,160Randolph Town, MA: 1,149 personsRandolph Town, MA1,149Chelsea, MA: 1,121 personsChelsea, MA1,121Gloucester, MA: 1,091 personsGloucester, MA1,091Braintree Town, MA: 1,063 personsBraintree Town, MA1,063Amherst Town, MA: 978 personsAmherst Town, MA978West Springfield Town, MA: 947 personsWest Springfield Town, MA947Agawam Town, MA: 944 personsAgawam Town, MA944North Attleborough Town, MA: 882 personsNorth Attleborough Town, MA882Watertown, MA: 854 personsWatertown, MA854Franklin Town, MA: 850 personsFranklin Town, MA850Bridgewater Town, MA: 787 personsBridgewater Town, MA787Gardner, MA: 709 personsGardner, MA709Northampton, MA: 707 personsNorthampton, MA707Melrose, MA: 693 personsMelrose, MA693Southbridge Town, MA: 666 personsSouthbridge Town, MA666North Adams, MA: 565 personsNorth Adams, MA565Winthrop Town, MA: 541 personsWinthrop Town, MA541Greenfield, MA: 500 personsGreenfield, MA500Palmer Town, MA: 499 personsPalmer Town, MA499Easthampton, MA: 492 personsEasthampton, MA492Amesbury, MA: 491 personsAmesbury, MA491Newburyport, MA: 460 personsNewburyport, MA460
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Boston, MA18,823-12%
2Springfield, MA6,330-10.5%
3Worcester, MA6,201-12.1%
4New Bedford, MA4,796-17.2%
5Fall River, MA3,940-13%
6Lawrence, MA3,928-16.1%
7Lowell, MA3,770-15.1%
8Brockton, MA3,629-9.7%
9Lynn, MA3,018-10.7%
10Quincy, MA2,868-12.2%
11Cambridge, MA2,320-11.1%
12Taunton, MA2,093-10%
13Haverhill, MA2,085-11.5%
14Chicopee, MA2,076-10%
15Newton, MA1,949-11.4%
16Somerville, MA1,885-16.4%
17Methuen, MA1,781-17.2%
18Malden, MA1,751-12.9%
19Weymouth Town, MA1,747-10.6%
20Framingham, MA1,685-16.1%
21Waltham, MA1,660-12.2%
22Revere, MA1,625-13.2%
23Medford, MA1,604-8.9%
24Peabody, MA1,534-13.3%
25Fitchburg, MA1,528-14.3%
26Leominster, MA1,522-14%
27Barnstable Town, MA1,519-13.6%
28Pittsfield, MA1,499-14.5%
29Attleboro, MA1,486-14.2%
30Holyoke, MA1,469-10%
31Westfield, MA1,453-9.2%
32Salem, MA1,402-11.7%
33Everett, MA1,335-11.8%
34Beverly, MA1,180-8%
35Woburn, MA1,165-8.1%
36Marlborough, MA1,160-8.7%
37Randolph Town, MA1,149-14.7%
38Chelsea, MA1,121-13%
39Gloucester, MA1,091-16.1%
40Braintree Town, MA1,063-8.4%
41Amherst Town, MA978-8.3%
42West Springfield Town, MA947-12.6%
43Agawam Town, MA944-12.2%
44North Attleborough Town, MA882-16.2%
45Watertown, MA854-8.4%
46Franklin Town, MA850-14.3%
47Bridgewater Town, MA787-10.4%
48Gardner, MA709-14.5%
49Northampton, MA707-11.4%
50Melrose, MA693-14.1%
51Southbridge Town, MA666-13.4%
52North Adams, MA565-6.9%
53Winthrop Town, MA541-9.7%
54Greenfield, MA500-15.5%
55Palmer Town, MA499-6.6%
56Easthampton, MA492-16.6%
57Amesbury, MA491-13.6%
58Newburyport, MA460-12.2%

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About this ranking

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.

More on how it is measured
  • 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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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.CurrentU10-14. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Cities in Massachusetts by unemployed people, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Massachusetts by unemployed people, 2014. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/massachusetts-cities?period=2014. 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. Cities in Massachusetts by unemployed people, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/massachusetts-cities?period=2014.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Massachusetts by unemployed people, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/massachusetts-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Boston, MA, with 18,823 in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Newburyport, MA, with 460 in 2014.

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