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Cities in Massachusetts by unemployed people

Boston, MA had the highest unemployed people of 58 cities in 2019, at 10,779. Newburyport, MA had the lowest, at 255. The median was 821. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest10,779Boston, MA
Lowest255Newburyport, MA
Median82158 cities

All cities, 2019

Boston, MA: 10,779 personsBoston, MA10,779Springfield, MA: 3,821 personsSpringfield, MA3,821Worcester, MA: 3,515 personsWorcester, MA3,515New Bedford, MA: 2,585 personsNew Bedford, MA2,585Fall River, MA: 2,292 personsFall River, MA2,292Lowell, MA: 2,082 personsLowell, MA2,082Lawrence, MA: 2,014 personsLawrence, MA2,014Brockton, MA: 1,985 personsBrockton, MA1,985Lynn, MA: 1,664 personsLynn, MA1,664Quincy, MA: 1,578 personsQuincy, MA1,578Cambridge, MA: 1,361 personsCambridge, MA1,361Haverhill, MA: 1,232 personsHaverhill, MA1,232Chicopee, MA: 1,188 personsChicopee, MA1,188Taunton, MA: 1,172 personsTaunton, MA1,172Somerville, MA: 1,060 personsSomerville, MA1,060Newton, MA: 1,054 personsNewton, MA1,054Weymouth Town, MA: 1,006 personsWeymouth Town, MA1,006Revere, MA: 984 personsRevere, MA984Barnstable Town, MA: 983 personsBarnstable Town, MA983Framingham, MA: 975 personsFramingham, MA975Malden, MA: 958 personsMalden, MA958Methuen, MA: 958 personsMethuen, MA958Waltham, MA: 939 personsWaltham, MA939Pittsfield, MA: 879 personsPittsfield, MA879Attleboro, MA: 866 personsAttleboro, MA866Fitchburg, MA: 863 personsFitchburg, MA863Holyoke, MA: 850 personsHolyoke, MA850Peabody, MA: 827 personsPeabody, MA827Medford, MA: 824 personsMedford, MA824Leominster, MA: 818 personsLeominster, MA818Westfield, MA: 776 personsWestfield, MA776Salem, MA: 766 personsSalem, MA766Everett, MA: 717 personsEverett, MA717Marlborough, MA: 680 personsMarlborough, MA680Gloucester, MA: 639 personsGloucester, MA639Randolph Town, MA: 636 personsRandolph Town, MA636Beverly, MA: 632 personsBeverly, MA632Chelsea, MA: 622 personsChelsea, MA622Woburn, MA: 618 personsWoburn, MA618Braintree Town, MA: 564 personsBraintree Town, MA564West Springfield Town, MA: 552 personsWest Springfield Town, MA552Amherst Town, MA: 535 personsAmherst Town, MA535Agawam Town, MA: 525 personsAgawam Town, MA525North Attleborough Town, MA: 498 personsNorth Attleborough Town, MA498Franklin Town, MA: 491 personsFranklin Town, MA491Watertown, MA: 475 personsWatertown, MA475Bridgewater Town, MA: 452 personsBridgewater Town, MA452Gardner, MA: 407 personsGardner, MA407Melrose, MA: 397 personsMelrose, MA397Northampton, MA: 395 personsNorthampton, MA395Southbridge Town, MA: 390 personsSouthbridge Town, MA390Winthrop Town, MA: 316 personsWinthrop Town, MA316Palmer Town, MA: 296 personsPalmer Town, MA296Greenfield, MA: 288 personsGreenfield, MA288Easthampton, MA: 274 personsEasthampton, MA274Amesbury, MA: 273 personsAmesbury, MA273North Adams, MA: 271 personsNorth Adams, MA271Newburyport, MA: 255 personsNewburyport, MA255Boston, MA: 10,779 personsBoston, MA10,779Springfield, MA: 3,821 personsSpringfield, MA3,821Worcester, MA: 3,515 personsWorcester, MA3,515New Bedford, MA: 2,585 personsNew Bedford, MA2,585Fall River, MA: 2,292 personsFall River, MA2,292Lowell, MA: 2,082 personsLowell, MA2,082Lawrence, MA: 2,014 personsLawrence, MA2,014Brockton, MA: 1,985 personsBrockton, MA1,985Lynn, MA: 1,664 personsLynn, MA1,664Quincy, MA: 1,578 personsQuincy, MA1,578Cambridge, MA: 1,361 personsCambridge, MA1,361Haverhill, MA: 1,232 personsHaverhill, MA1,232Chicopee, MA: 1,188 personsChicopee, MA1,188Taunton, MA: 1,172 personsTaunton, MA1,172Somerville, MA: 1,060 personsSomerville, MA1,060Newton, MA: 1,054 personsNewton, MA1,054Weymouth Town, MA: 1,006 personsWeymouth Town, MA1,006Revere, MA: 984 personsRevere, MA984Barnstable Town, MA: 983 personsBarnstable Town, MA983Framingham, MA: 975 personsFramingham, MA975Malden, MA: 958 personsMalden, MA958Methuen, MA: 958 personsMethuen, MA958Waltham, MA: 939 personsWaltham, MA939Pittsfield, MA: 879 personsPittsfield, MA879Attleboro, MA: 866 personsAttleboro, MA866Fitchburg, MA: 863 personsFitchburg, MA863Holyoke, MA: 850 personsHolyoke, MA850Peabody, MA: 827 personsPeabody, MA827Medford, MA: 824 personsMedford, MA824Leominster, MA: 818 personsLeominster, MA818Westfield, MA: 776 personsWestfield, MA776Salem, MA: 766 personsSalem, MA766Everett, MA: 717 personsEverett, MA717Marlborough, MA: 680 personsMarlborough, MA680Gloucester, MA: 639 personsGloucester, MA639Randolph Town, MA: 636 personsRandolph Town, MA636Beverly, MA: 632 personsBeverly, MA632Chelsea, MA: 622 personsChelsea, MA622Woburn, MA: 618 personsWoburn, MA618Braintree Town, MA: 564 personsBraintree Town, MA564West Springfield Town, MA: 552 personsWest Springfield Town, MA552Amherst Town, MA: 535 personsAmherst Town, MA535Agawam Town, MA: 525 personsAgawam Town, MA525North Attleborough Town, MA: 498 personsNorth Attleborough Town, MA498Franklin Town, MA: 491 personsFranklin Town, MA491Watertown, MA: 475 personsWatertown, MA475Bridgewater Town, MA: 452 personsBridgewater Town, MA452Gardner, MA: 407 personsGardner, MA407Melrose, MA: 397 personsMelrose, MA397Northampton, MA: 395 personsNorthampton, MA395Southbridge Town, MA: 390 personsSouthbridge Town, MA390Winthrop Town, MA: 316 personsWinthrop Town, MA316Palmer Town, MA: 296 personsPalmer Town, MA296Greenfield, MA: 288 personsGreenfield, MA288Easthampton, MA: 274 personsEasthampton, MA274Amesbury, MA: 273 personsAmesbury, MA273North Adams, MA: 271 personsNorth Adams, MA271Newburyport, MA: 255 personsNewburyport, MA255
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2019
persons		Change on 2018
1Boston, MA10,779-11.2%
2Springfield, MA3,821-10.8%
3Worcester, MA3,515-10.7%
4New Bedford, MA2,585-12.8%
5Fall River, MA2,292-9.1%
6Lowell, MA2,082-8.4%
7Lawrence, MA2,014-12.9%
8Brockton, MA1,985-14.7%
9Lynn, MA1,664-11.7%
10Quincy, MA1,578-13.6%
11Cambridge, MA1,361-11.7%
12Haverhill, MA1,232-7.1%
13Chicopee, MA1,188-11.2%
14Taunton, MA1,172-9.9%
15Somerville, MA1,060-12.2%
16Newton, MA1,054-14.9%
17Weymouth Town, MA1,006-9.4%
18Revere, MA984-9.7%
19Barnstable Town, MA983-6.1%
20Framingham, MA975-14.5%
21Malden, MA958-13.2%
21Methuen, MA958-8.9%
23Waltham, MA939-14.6%
24Pittsfield, MA879-10.9%
25Attleboro, MA866-7.7%
26Fitchburg, MA863-9.3%
27Holyoke, MA850-10.6%
28Peabody, MA827-13.6%
29Medford, MA824-15.2%
30Leominster, MA818-9.6%
31Westfield, MA776-11.9%
32Salem, MA766-14.6%
33Everett, MA717-9.8%
34Marlborough, MA680-6.2%
35Gloucester, MA639-10.5%
36Randolph Town, MA636-14.6%
37Beverly, MA632-14.7%
38Chelsea, MA622-12.1%
39Woburn, MA618-12.3%
40Braintree Town, MA564-20%
41West Springfield Town, MA552-8.2%
42Amherst Town, MA535-5.8%
43Agawam Town, MA525-14.4%
44North Attleborough Town, MA498-14%
45Franklin Town, MA491-14.5%
46Watertown, MA475-12.4%
47Bridgewater Town, MA452-9.4%
48Gardner, MA407-11.5%
49Melrose, MA397-16.1%
50Northampton, MA395-8.6%
51Southbridge Town, MA390-6.3%
52Winthrop Town, MA316-11.5%
53Palmer Town, MA296-6.9%
54Greenfield, MA288-5.9%
55Easthampton, MA274-11.6%
56Amesbury, MA273-15.2%
57North Adams, MA271-16.6%
58Newburyport, MA255-8.6%

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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.CurrentU15-19. 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, 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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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, 2019. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/massachusetts-cities?period=2019. 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, 2019. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/massachusetts-cities?period=2019.

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, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/massachusetts-cities?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Boston, MA, with 10,779 in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Newburyport, MA, with 255 in 2019.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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