List of Massachusetts locations by unemployment rate

All data is from the 2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.

Counties

Rank

County

Unemployment
rate

Population

1

Suffolk

10.1%

713,089

2

Hampden

10.1%

462,752

3

Bristol

9.7%

547,305

4

Plymouth

8.8%

492,934

5

Berkshire

8.4%

131,221

6

Worcester

8.2%

794,981

7

Franklin

7.8%

71,495

8

Essex

7.7%

739,505

9

Hampshire

7.6%

157,630

10

Barnstable

7.0%

216,639

11

Norfolk

6.9%

666,426

12

Middlesex

6.6%

1,491,762

13

Dukes

5.0%

16,353

14

Nantucket

2.8%

10,135

Incorporated County Subdivisions

Rank

Town

County

Unemployment
rate

Population

1

Holyoke

City

Hampden

14.5%

39,897

2

Monroe

Town

Franklin

14.5%

122

3

Fall River

City

Bristol

14.0%

89,220

4

Brockton

City

Plymouth

13.8%

93,916

5

Springfield

City

Hampden

13.7%

152,992

6

Rowe

Town

Franklin

13.6%

386

7

Plainfield

Town

Hampshire

13.4%

589

8

Orange

Town

Franklin

13.1%

7,815

9

Provincetown

Town

Barnstable

13.0%

2,994

10

Ayer

Town

Middlesex

12.9%

7,370

11

Ware

Town

Hampshire

12.6%

9,851

12

Lenox

Town

Berkshire

12.3%

5,013

13

Avon

Town

Norfolk

12.3%

4,341

14

Athol

Town

Worcester

11.9%

11,576

15

Rehoboth

Town

Bristol

11.8%

11,470

16

New Ashford

Town

Berkshire

11.8%

225

17

Washington

Town

Berkshire

11.7%

583

18

North Adams

City

Berkshire

11.6%

13,763

19

Chelsea

City

Suffolk

11.4%

34,872

20

Adams

Town

Berkshire

11.4%

8,494

21

Florida

Town

Berkshire

11.4%

719

22

Southbridge

City

Worcester

11.2%

16,800

23

Palmer

City

Hampden

11.2%

12,161

24

Acushnet

Town

Bristol

11.2%

10,299

25

Aquinnah

Town

Dukes

11.2%

466

26

Norton

Town

Bristol

11.1%

18,970

27

New Bedford

City

Bristol

11.0%

95,006

28

Fitchburg

City

Worcester

11.0%

40,286

29

Amherst

Town

Hampshire

11.0%

37,611

30

Rockland

Town

Plymouth

11.0%

17,515

31

Lynn

City

Essex

10.9%

90,006

32

Gardner

City

Worcester

10.8%

20,323

33

Webster

Town

Worcester

10.8%

16,752

34

Erving

Town

Franklin

10.7%

1,755

35

Malden

City

Middlesex

10.6%

58,821

36

Westport

Town

Bristol

10.6%

15,396

37

Kingston

Town

Plymouth

10.6%

12,556

38

Lee

Town

Berkshire

10.6%

5,932

39

Royalston

Town

Worcester

10.6%

1,058

40

Tolland

Town

Hampden

10.6%

434

41

Wareham

Town

Plymouth

10.5%

21,673

42

Eastham

Town

Barnstable

10.5%

5,011

43

Truro

Town

Barnstable

10.5%

1,903

44

Everett

City

Middlesex

10.4%

41,079

45

Chicopee

City

Hampden

10.3%

55,205

46

Warren

Town

Worcester

10.3%

5,106

47

Otis

Town

Berkshire

10.3%

1,248

48

Boston

City

Suffolk

10.2%

609,942

49

Salem

City

Essex

10.2%

41,163

50

Douglas

Town

Worcester

10.1%

8,342

51

Randolph

City

Norfolk

10.0%

31,867

52

Swansea

Town

Bristol

10.0%

15,886

53

Clinton

Town

Worcester

10.0%

13,614

54

Leominster

City

Worcester

9.9%

40,884

55

Spencer

Town

Worcester

9.9%

11,715

56

Wendell

Town

Franklin

9.9%

1,076

57

West Springfield

City

Hampden

9.7%

28,320

58

Lowell

City

Middlesex

9.6%

105,860

59

Becket

Town

Berkshire

9.6%

1,775

60

Stoughton

Town

Norfolk

9.5%

26,893

61

Carver

Town

Plymouth

9.4%

11,481

62

Leicester

Town

Worcester

9.4%

10,934

63

Petersham

Town

Worcester

9.4%

1,263

64

Worcester

City

Worcester

9.3%

180,519

65

Taunton

City

Bristol

9.3%

55,930

66

Revere

City

Suffolk

9.3%

50,845

67

Halifax

Town

Plymouth

9.3%

7,516

68

West Bridgewater

Town

Plymouth

9.3%

6,896

69

Charlemont

Town

Franklin

9.3%

1,160

70

Greenfield

City

Franklin

9.2%

17,565

71

Harwich

Town

Barnstable

9.2%

12,259

72

Templeton

Town

Worcester

9.2%

7,896

73

Monson

Town

Hampden

9.1%

8,531

74

Berkley

Town

Bristol

9.1%

6,336

75

Barre

Town

Worcester

9.1%

5,383

76

Haverhill

City

Essex

9.0%

60,544

77

Pittsfield

City

Berkshire

9.0%

44,691

78

Quincy

City

Norfolk

8.9%

91,484

79

Gloucester

City

Essex

8.9%

28,869

80

Rutland

Town

Worcester

8.9%

7,812

81

Plympton

Town

Plymouth

8.9%

2,799

82

North Attleborough

Town

Bristol

8.8%

28,593

83

Hanson

Town

Plymouth

8.8%

10,148

84

Williamstown

Town

Berkshire

8.8%

7,828

85

Carlisle

Town

Middlesex

8.8%

4,814

86

Phillipston

Town

Worcester

8.8%

1,894

87

Chester

Town

Hampden

8.8%

1,320

88

Williamstown

Town

Plymouth

8.7%

56,011

89

Winthrop

City

Suffolk

8.7%

17,430

90

Montgomery

Town

Hampden

8.7%

742

91

Lawrence

City

Essex

8.6%

75,761

92

Tyngsborough

Town

Middlesex

8.6%

11,198

93

Millis

Town

Norfolk

8.5%

7,852

94

Attleboro

City

Bristol

8.4%

43,459

95

Bridgewater

Town

Plymouth

8.4%

26,508

96

Dudley

Town

Worcester

8.4%

11,276

97

Hubbardston

Town

Worcester

8.4%

4,341

98

Peru

Town

Berkshire

8.4%

863

99

Buckland

Town

Franklin

8.3%

2,297

100

Northbridge

Town

Worcester

8.2%

15,475

101

Oxford

Town

Worcester

8.2%

13,702

102

Salisbury

Town

Essex

8.2%

8,212

103

Dalton

Town

Berkshire

8.2%

6,753

104

West Brookfield

Town

Worcester

8.2%

3,730

105

Somerset

Town

Bristol

8.1%

18,172

106

Middleton

Town

Essex

8.1%

8,839

107

Harvard

Town

Worcester

8.1%

6,483

108

Brimfield

Town

Hampden

8.1%

3,582

109

Burlington

Town

Middlesex

8.0%

24,207

110

Middleborough

Town

Plymouth

8.0%

22,807

111

East Brookfield

Town

Worcester

8.0%

2,058

112

Wakefield

Town

Middlesex

7.9%

24,794

113

Holden

Town

Worcester

7.9%

17,197

114

Fairhaven

Town

Bristol

7.9%

15,915

115

North Reading

Town

Middlesex

7.9%

14,703

116

Wilbraham

Town

Hampden

7.9%

14,145

117

Hawley

Town

Franklin

7.9%

378

118

Dennis

Town

Barnstable

7.8%

14,392

119

Ipswich

Town

Essex

7.8%

13,127

120

Wenham

Town

Essex

7.8%

4,831

121

Hardwick

Town

Worcester

7.8%

2,953

122

Russell

Town

Hampden

7.8%

1,846

123

Weymouth

City

Norfolk

7.7%

53,565

124

Saugus

Town

Essex

7.7%

26,516

125

Ludlow

Town

Hampden

7.7%

21,131

126

Hudson

Town

Middlesex

7.7%

18,845

127

Millbury

Town

Worcester

7.7%

13,250

128

Oakham

Town

Worcester

7.7%

1,822

129

Warwick

Town

Franklin

7.7%

601

130

Northampton

City

Hampshire

7.6%

28,621

131

Rockport

Town

Essex

7.6%

7,021

132

Tisbury

Town

Dukes

7.6%

3,914

133

Braintree

City

Norfolk

7.5%

35,409

134

Amesbury

City

Essex

7.5%

16,267

135

Winchendon

Town

Worcester

7.5%

10,250

136

Townsend

Town

Middlesex

7.5%

8,906

137

Boxford

Town

Essex

7.5%

7,950

138

West Boylston

Town

Worcester

7.5%

7,660

139

Bernardston

Town

Franklin

7.5%

2,193

140

Medford

City

Middlesex

7.4%

55,843

141

Falmouth

Town

Barnstable

7.4%

31,674

142

Holbrook

Town

Norfolk

7.4%

10,749

143

Montague

Town

Franklin

7.4%

8,455

144

Hopedale

Town

Worcester

7.4%

5,909

145

West Newbury

Town

Essex

7.4%

4,222

146

Stockbridge

Town

Berkshire

7.4%

1,755

147

Worthington

Town

Hampshire

7.4%

1,181

148

Westfield

City

Hampden

7.3%

41,025

149

Whitman

Town

Plymouth

7.3%

14,430

150

Lakeville

Town

Plymouth

7.3%

10,533

151

Wales

Town

Hampden

7.3%

1,914

152

Auburn

Town

Worcester

7.2%

16,183

153

Lunenburg

Town

Worcester

7.2%

10,034

154

Dighton

Town

Bristol

7.2%

7,003

155

Newbury

Town

Essex

7.2%

6,647

156

Peabody

City

Essex

7.1%

50,824

157

Dartmouth

Town

Bristol

7.1%

33,759

158

Yarmouth

Town

Barnstable

7.1%

23,919

159

Mansfield

Town

Bristol

7.1%

23,094

160

Hampden

Town

Hampden

7.1%

5,134

161

Conway

Town

Franklin

7.1%

1,793

162

Dracut

Town

Middlesex

7.0%

29,249

163

Bourne

Town

Barnstable

7.0%

19,632

164

Georgetown

Town

Essex

7.0%

8,083

165

Deerfield

Town

Franklin

7.0%

5,096

166

Barnstable

City

Barnstable

6.9%

45,486

167

Woburn

City

Middlesex

6.9%

37,831

168

Easton

Town

Bristol

6.9%

23,061

169

Stoneham

Town

Middlesex

6.9%

21,413

170

South Hadley

Town

Hampshire

6.9%

17,493

171

Heath

Town

Franklin

6.9%

483

172

Chelmsford

Town

Middlesex

6.8%

33,610

173

Watertown

Town

Middlesex

6.8%

31,792

174

Danvers

Town

Essex

6.8%

26,303

175

Medway

Town

Norfolk

6.8%

12,670

176

Westminster

Town

Worcester

6.8%

7,250

177

Ashburnham

Town

Worcester

6.8%

6,033

178

Boxborough

Town

Middlesex

6.8%

4,957

179

Marion

Town

Plymouth

6.8%

4,926

180

Walpole

Town

Norfolk

6.7%

23,862

181

Pembroke

Town

Plymouth

6.7%

17,740

182

Abington

Town

Plymouth

6.7%

15,841

183

Duxbury

Town

Plymouth

6.7%

14,978

184

Hanover

Town

Plymouth

6.7%

13,813

185

Blackstone

Town

Worcester

6.7%

9,028

186

Cheshire

Town

Berkshire

6.7%

3,245

187

Millville

Town

Berkshire

6.7%

3,245

188

Billerica

Town

Middlesex

6.6%

39,930

189

Milton

Town

Norfolk

6.6%

26,828

190

Brewster

Town

Barnstable

6.6%

9,853

191

Southborough

Town

Worcester

6.6%

9,671

192

Hatfield

Town

Hampshire

6.6%

3,272

193

Holland

Town

Hampden

6.6%

2,595

194

Somerville

City

Middlesex

6.5%

75,566

195

Milford

Town

Worcester

6.5%

27,925

196

Easthampton

City

Hampshire

6.5%

16,051

197

Rowley

Town

Essex

6.5%

5,815

198

Mendon

Town

Worcester

6.5%

5,787

199

Colrain

Town

Franklin

6.5%

1,729

200

Methuen

City

Essex

6.4%

46,785

201

Tewksbury

Town

Middlesex

6.4%

28,778

202

Wellesley

Town

Norfolk

6.4%

27,818

203

Winchester

Town

Middlesex

6.4%

21,205

204

Grafton

Town

Worcester

6.4%

17,472

205

Bellingham

Town

Norfolk

6.4%

16,165

206

Upton

Town

Worcester

6.4%

7,364

207

Beverly

City

Essex

6.3%

39,455

208

Franklin

City

Norfolk

6.3%

31,317

209

Dedham

Town

Norfolk

6.3%

24,521

210

Chatham

Town

Barnstable

6.3%

6,177

211

Lanesborough

Town

Berkshire

6.3%

3,074

212

Ashby

Town

Middlesex

6.3%

3,030

213

Ashfield

Town

Franklin

6.3%

1,771

214

Granville

Town

Hampden

6.3%

1,444

215

Holliston

Town

Middlesex

6.2%

13,512

216

Charlton

Town

Worcester

6.2%

12,827

217

Plainville

Town

Norfolk

6.2%

8,176

218

Lancaster

Town

Worcester

6.2%

7,896

219

North Brookfield

Town

Worcester

6.2%

4,686

220

Berlin

Town

Worcester

6.2%

2,819

221

Wellfleet

Town

Barnstable

6.1%

2,858

222

Marlborough

Town

Middlesex

6.1%

38,087

223

Hingham

Town

Plymouth

6.1%

21,916

224

Westford

Town

Middlesex

6.1%

21,716

225

Scituate

Town

Plymouth

6.1%

18,115

226

Wrentham

Town

Norfolk

6.1%

10,879

227

Cambridge

City

Middlesex

6.0%

104,322

228

Framingham

Town

Middlesex

6.0%

67,844

229

North Andover

Town

Essex

6.0%

28,156

230

Ashland

Town

Middlesex

6.0%

16,305

231

Northborough

Town

Worcester

6.0%

14,180

232

Seekonk

Town

Bristol

6.0%

13,700

233

Bedford

Town

Middlesex

6.0%

13,192

234

Maynard

Town

Middlesex

6.0%

10,083

235

Groveland

Town

Essex

6.0%

6,401

236

Edgartown

Town

Dukes

6.0%

4,034

237

Chesterfield

Town

Hampshire

6.0%

1,043

238

New Salem

Town

Franklin

6.0%

953

239

Shrewsbury

Town

Worcester

5.9%

35,269

240

Norwood

Town

Norfolk

5.9%

28,483

241

Marshfield

Town

Plymouth

5.9%

25,059

242

Raynham

Town

Bristol

5.9%

13,208

243

Freetown

Town

Bristol

5.9%

8,828

244

Bolton

Town

Worcester

5.9%

4,827

245

Shelburne

Town

Franklin

5.9%

1,957

246

Tyringham

Town

Berkshire

5.9%

358

247

Agawam

City

Hampden

5.8%

28,408

248

Wilmington

Town

Middlesex

5.8%

22,116

249

Hull

Town

Plymouth

5.8%

10,391

250

Southwick

Town

Hampden

5.8%

9,425

251

Sterling

Town

Worcester

5.8%

7,768

252

Melrose

City

Middlesex

5.7%

26,864

253

Newburyport

City

Essex

5.7%

17,370

254

Norwell

Town

Plymouth

5.7%

10,430

255

Huntington

Town

Hampshire

5.7%

2,219

256

Hinsdale

Town

Berkshire

5.7%

2,136

257

Andover

Town

Essex

5.6%

32,945

258

Sudbury

Town

Middlesex

5.6%

17,482

259

Weston

Town

Middlesex

5.6%

11,229

260

Gill

Town

Franklin

5.6%

1,428

261

Canton

Town

Norfolk

5.5%

21,408

262

Uxbridge

Town

Worcester

5.5%

13,233

263

Blandford

Town

Hampden

5.5%

1,174

264

Cummington

Town

Hampshire

5.5%

1,046

265

Sandwich

Town

Barnstable

5.4%

20,635

266

Sharon

Town

Norfolk

5.4%

17,538

267

East Longmeadow

Town

Hampden

5.4%

15,555

268

Belchertown

Town

Hampshire

5.4%

14,479

269

Stow

Town

Middlesex

5.4%

6,488

270

Needham

Town

Norfolk

5.3%

28,786

271

Reading

Town

Middlesex

5.3%

24,504

272

Foxborough

Town

Norfolk

5.3%

16,734

273

Swampscott

Town

Essex

5.3%

13,826

274

East Bridgewater

Town

Plymouth

5.2%

13,704

275

Merrimac

Town

Essex

5.2%

6,297

276

Nahant

Town

Essex

5.2%

3,420

277

West Stockbridge

Town

Berkshire

5.2%

1,573

278

Wayland

Town

Middlesex

5.1%

12,939

279

Hamilton

Town

Essex

5.1%

7,809

280

Cohasset

Town

Norfolk

5.1%

7,483

281

Shutesbury

Town

Franklin

5.1%

1,834

282

Sturbridge

Town

Worcester

5.0%

9,133

283

Great Barrington

Town

Berkshire

5.0%

7,131

284

Shirley

Town

Middlesex

4.9%

7,235

285

Waltham

City

Middlesex

4.8%

60,209

286

Arlington

Town

Middlesex

4.8%

42,570

287

Pepperell

Town

Middlesex

4.8%

11,407

288

Brookfield

Town

Worcester

4.8%

3,363

289

Dunstable

Town

Middlesex

4.8%

3,128

290

Westhampton

Town

Hampshire

4.8%

1,590

291

Monterey

Town

Berkshire

4.8%

793

292

Acton

Town

Middlesex

4.7%

21,656

293

Westwood

Town

Norfolk

4.7%

14,508

294

New Braintree

Town

Worcester

4.7%

1,124

295

Leyden

Town

Franklin

4.7%

633

296

Newton

City

Middlesex

4.6%

84,583

297

Westborough

Town

Worcester

4.6%

18,285

298

Mattapoisett

Town

Plymouth

4.6%

6,073

299

Marblehead

Town

Essex

4.5%

19,811

300

Orleans

Town

Barnstable

4.5%

5,946

301

Hadley

Town

Hampshire

4.5%

5,209

302

Manchester-by-the-Sea

Town

Essex

4.5%

5,137

303

Northfield

Town

Franklin

4.5%

3,034

304

Sandisfield

Town

Berkshire

4.5%

985

305

Brookline

Town

Norfolk

4.4%

58,371

306

Natick

Town

Middlesex

4.4%

32,729

307

Hopkinton

Town

Middlesex

4.4%

14,691

308

Rochester

Town

Plymouth

4.4%

5,159

309

Paxton

Town

Worcester

4.4%

4,767

310

Whately

Town

Franklin

4.4%

1,529

311

Egremont

Town

Berkshire

4.4%

1,043

312

Lexington

Town

Middlesex

4.3%

31,129

313

Concord

Town

Middlesex

4.3%

17,523

314

Littleton

Town

Middlesex

4.3%

8,810

315

Middlefield

Town

Hampshire

4.3%

431

316

Groton

Town

Middlesex

4.2%

10,478

317

Belmont

Town

Middlesex

4.1%

24,548

318

Mashpee

Town

Barnstable

4.1%

13,900

319

Dover

Town

Norfolk

4.1%

5,564

320

Princeton

Town

Worcester

4.0%

3,412

321

Norfolk

Town

Norfolk

3.9%

11,151

322

Essex

Town

Essex

3.9%

3,470

323

Williamsburg

Town

Hampshire

3.9%

2,543

324

Pelham

Town

Hampshire

3.9%

1,290

325

Boylston

Town

Worcester

3.8%

4,320

326

Granby

Town

Hampshire

3.7%

6,232

327

Topsfield

Town

Essex

3.7%

6,075

328

Southampton

Town

Hampshire

3.7%

5,758

329

Medfield

Town

Norfolk

3.6%

12,004

330

Hancock

Town

Berkshire

3.6%

713

331

Longmeadow

Town

Hampden

3.5%

15,772

332

Richmond

Town

Berkshire

3.5%

1,671

333

Mount Washington

Town

Berkshire

3.5%

150

334

Sunderland

Town

Franklin

3.4%

3,696

335

Lynnfield

Town

Essex

3.2%

11,548

336

Oak Bluffs

Town

Dukes

3.1%

4,449

337

Leverett

Town

Franklin

3.1%

1,756

338

Goshen

Town

Hampshire

3.1%

1,121

339

Chilmark

Town

Dukes

3.0%

801

340

Nantucket

Town

Nantucket

2.8%

10,135

341

Sherborn

Town

Middlesex

2.8%

4,102

342

West Tisbury

Town

Dukes

2.8%

2,506

343

Lincoln

Town

Middlesex

2.6%

6,480

344

Sutton

Town

Worcester

2.3%

8,908

345

Clarksburg

Town

Berkshire

2.2%

1,844

346

Savoy

Town

Berkshire

1.9%

706

347

Sheffield

Town

Berkshire

1.4%

3,255

348

Windsor

Town

Berkshire

1.4%

902

349

New Marlborough

Town

Berkshire

1.2%

1,499

350

Alford

Town

Berkshire

1.2%

501

351

Gosnold

Town

Dukes

0.0%

183