Very High Unemployment Area
Lawrence, MA Current Unemployment - 7.3%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
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2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Lawrence, MA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2022
9.8%
5.0%
4.0%
2 / 2022
8.8%
4.3%
3.8%
3 / 2022
7.7%
3.8%
3.6%
4 / 2022
7.0%
3.3%
3.6%
5 / 2022
6.8%
3.4%
3.6%
6 / 2022
7.3%
3.5%
3.6%
7 / 2022
7.3%
3.5%
3.5%
8 / 2022
7.3%
3.5%
3.7%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2021
15.5%
7.7%
6.3%
2 / 2021
15.5%
7.3%
6.2%
3 / 2021
14.5%
6.6%
6.0%
4 / 2021
14.1%
5.9%
6.1%
5 / 2021
11.4%
5.0%
5.8%
6 / 2021
12.3%
5.4%
5.9%
7 / 2021
11.7%
5.9%
5.4%
8 / 2021
11.1%
5.4%
5.2%
9 / 2021
10.8%
5.0%
4.7%
10 / 2021
9.4%
4.6%
4.6%
11 / 2021
9.6%
4.2%
4.2%
12 / 2021
7.4%
4.1%
3.9%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2020
5.8%
3.4%
3.6%
2 / 2020
6.2%
3.3%
3.5%
3 / 2020
5.1%
3.0%
4.4%
4 / 2020
27.6%
15.9%
14.7%
5 / 2020
29.8%
16.5%
13.3%
6 / 2020
33.1%
17.8%
11.1%
7 / 2020
31.0%
16.3%
10.2%
8 / 2020
23.1%
11.2%
8.4%
9 / 2020
20.4%
9.7%
7.9%
10 / 2020
13.9%
8.1%
6.9%
11 / 2020
12.4%
7.6%
6.7%
12 / 2020
14.5%
7.3%
6.7%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2019
6.6%
3.7%
4.0%
2 / 2019
6.3%
3.4%
3.8%
3 / 2019
5.8%
3.3%
3.8%
4 / 2019
5.1%
2.7%
3.6%
5 / 2019
5.2%
2.9%
3.6%
6 / 2019
5.9%
3.1%
3.7%
7 / 2019
5.3%
3.1%
3.7%
8 / 2019
5.1%
2.8%
3.7%
9 / 2019
4.8%
2.7%
3.5%
10 / 2019
4.3%
2.4%
3.6%
11 / 2019
4.3%
2.3%
3.5%
12 / 2019
4.5%
2.4%
3.5%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2018
7.6%
4.1%
4.1%
2 / 2018
7.5%
4.0%
4.1%
3 / 2018
7.2%
3.7%
4.0%
4 / 2018
6.5%
3.2%
3.9%
5 / 2018
6.6%
3.3%
3.8%
6 / 2018
6.9%
3.7%
4.0%
7 / 2018
6.3%
3.6%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.9%
3.2%
3.8%
9 / 2018
5.9%
3.1%
3.7%
10 / 2018
5.1%
2.8%
3.8%
11 / 2018
4.9%
2.7%
3.7%
12 / 2018
5.1%
2.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2017
7.9%
4.4%
4.7%
2 / 2017
8.2%
4.3%
4.7%
3 / 2017
7.7%
4.0%
4.4%
4 / 2017
6.8%
3.5%
4.4%
5 / 2017
7.1%
3.7%
4.4%
6 / 2017
7.2%
4.0%
4.3%
7 / 2017
6.7%
4.0%
4.3%
8 / 2017
6.6%
3.7%
4.4%
9 / 2017
6.6%
3.6%
4.2%
10 / 2017
5.9%
3.2%
4.1%
11 / 2017
5.9%
3.2%
4.2%
12 / 2017
6.3%
3.3%
4.1%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2016
9.3%
4.8%
4.9%
2 / 2016
8.5%
4.6%
4.9%
3 / 2016
8.3%
4.3%
5.0%
4 / 2016
7.2%
3.8%
5.0%
5 / 2016
7.0%
3.7%
4.8%
6 / 2016
7.0%
4.0%
4.9%
7 / 2016
6.7%
4.0%
4.8%
8 / 2016
6.7%
3.6%
4.9%
9 / 2016
6.9%
3.6%
5.0%
10 / 2016
6.3%
3.3%
4.9%
11 / 2016
6.2%
3.3%
4.7%
12 / 2016
6.4%
3.4%
4.7%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2015
10.7%
5.8%
5.7%
2 / 2015
10.0%
5.5%
5.5%
3 / 2015
9.7%
5.2%
5.4%
4 / 2015
8.8%
4.6%
5.4%
5 / 2015
9.2%
4.9%
5.6%
6 / 2015
9.1%
5.1%
5.3%
7 / 2015
9.3%
5.1%
5.2%
8 / 2015
8.8%
4.6%
5.1%
9 / 2015
9.2%
4.6%
5.0%
10 / 2015
8.3%
4.2%
5.0%
11 / 2015
8.2%
4.1%
5.1%
12 / 2015
8.2%
4.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2014
13.0%
6.8%
6.6%
2 / 2014
12.3%
6.5%
6.7%
3 / 2014
12.4%
6.2%
6.7%
4 / 2014
10.9%
5.5%
6.2%
5 / 2014
10.9%
5.5%
6.3%
6 / 2014
11.1%
6.0%
6.1%
7 / 2014
11.2%
6.0%
6.2%
8 / 2014
11.2%
5.7%
6.1%
9 / 2014
10.7%
5.7%
5.9%
10 / 2014
9.6%
5.0%
5.7%
11 / 2014
9.8%
5.0%
5.8%
12 / 2014
9.6%
4.9%
5.6%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2013
14.7%
7.6%
8.0%
2 / 2013
14.2%
7.2%
7.7%
3 / 2013
14.6%
7.0%
7.5%
4 / 2013
13.7%
6.6%
7.6%
5 / 2013
13.6%
6.6%
7.5%
6 / 2013
14.3%
7.3%
7.5%
7 / 2013
13.5%
7.0%
7.3%
8 / 2013
13.4%
6.6%
7.2%
9 / 2013
13.5%
6.6%
7.2%
10 / 2013
12.0%
6.2%
7.2%
11 / 2013
12.0%
6.0%
6.9%
12 / 2013
11.8%
5.9%
6.7%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2012
14.5%
7.4%
8.3%
2 / 2012
14.4%
7.2%
8.3%
3 / 2012
14.2%
6.8%
8.2%
4 / 2012
12.9%
6.3%
8.2%
5 / 2012
13.2%
6.3%
8.2%
6 / 2012
13.8%
6.9%
8.2%
7 / 2012
13.6%
6.9%
8.2%
8 / 2012
14.0%
6.6%
8.1%
9 / 2012
13.7%
6.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
12.8%
6.2%
7.8%
11 / 2012
12.9%
6.2%
7.7%
12 / 2012
13.1%
6.5%
7.9%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2011
16.1%
8.5%
9.1%
2 / 2011
15.4%
8.1%
9.0%
3 / 2011
15.4%
7.7%
9.0%
4 / 2011
14.3%
7.2%
9.1%
5 / 2011
14.4%
7.1%
9.0%
6 / 2011
15.0%
7.6%
9.1%
7 / 2011
14.4%
7.4%
9.0%
8 / 2011
14.1%
6.9%
9.0%
9 / 2011
14.6%
7.1%
9.0%
10 / 2011
13.5%
6.5%
8.8%
11 / 2011
13.3%
6.4%
8.6%
12 / 2011
13.6%
6.6%
8.5%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2010
16.6%
9.6%
9.8%
2 / 2010
15.6%
9.2%
9.8%
3 / 2010
15.3%
8.9%
9.9%
4 / 2010
14.2%
8.3%
9.9%
5 / 2010
14.6%
8.2%
9.6%
6 / 2010
14.6%
8.4%
9.4%
7 / 2010
14.5%
8.3%
9.4%
8 / 2010
14.4%
7.9%
9.5%
9 / 2010
14.4%
8.0%
9.5%
10 / 2010
13.9%
7.5%
9.4%
11 / 2010
14.8%
7.7%
9.8%
12 / 2010
15.1%
7.6%
9.3%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2009
15.4%
7.9%
7.8%
2 / 2009
15.4%
7.9%
8.3%
3 / 2009
15.6%
7.8%
8.7%
4 / 2009
15.0%
7.3%
9.0%
5 / 2009
15.5%
7.7%
9.4%
6 / 2009
15.8%
8.3%
9.5%
7 / 2009
15.5%
8.4%
9.5%
8 / 2009
15.9%
8.2%
9.6%
9 / 2009
16.4%
8.6%
9.8%
10 / 2009
16.3%
8.2%
10.0%
11 / 2009
16.1%
8.3%
9.9%
12 / 2009
16.2%
8.5%
9.9%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2008
10.4%
5.4%
5.0%
2 / 2008
10.2%
5.2%
4.9%
3 / 2008
10.2%
5.0%
5.1%
4 / 2008
9.8%
4.6%
5.0%
5 / 2008
9.6%
5.0%
5.4%
6 / 2008
10.2%
5.6%
5.6%
7 / 2008
11.1%
5.7%
5.8%
8 / 2008
11.9%
5.6%
6.1%
9 / 2008
12.2%
5.9%
6.1%
10 / 2008
12.3%
5.7%
6.5%
11 / 2008
12.1%
6.1%
6.8%
12 / 2008
13.0%
6.6%
7.3%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2007
11.2%
5.6%
4.6%
2 / 2007
10.3%
5.2%
4.5%
3 / 2007
9.9%
4.8%
4.4%
4 / 2007
9.5%
4.5%
4.5%
5 / 2007
8.7%
4.4%
4.4%
6 / 2007
9.7%
4.8%
4.6%
7 / 2007
9.3%
4.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
8.7%
4.3%
4.6%
9 / 2007
8.6%
4.5%
4.7%
10 / 2007
7.8%
4.0%
4.7%
11 / 2007
8.2%
4.1%
4.7%
12 / 2007
9.1%
4.4%
5.0%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2006
11.3%
5.5%
4.7%
2 / 2006
11.0%
5.4%
4.8%
3 / 2006
10.6%
5.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
10.3%
4.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
9.7%
4.7%
4.6%
6 / 2006
9.5%
5.1%
4.6%
7 / 2006
9.5%
5.0%
4.7%
8 / 2006
8.8%
4.7%
4.7%
9 / 2006
9.7%
4.9%
4.5%
10 / 2006
9.1%
4.3%
4.4%
11 / 2006
9.6%
4.5%
4.5%
12 / 2006
10.1%
4.6%
4.4%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2005
12.1%
5.6%
5.3%
2 / 2005
11.1%
5.4%
5.4%
3 / 2005
10.6%
5.1%
5.2%
4 / 2005
10.0%
4.7%
5.2%
5 / 2005
9.7%
4.6%
5.1%
6 / 2005
10.1%
5.0%
5.0%
7 / 2005
9.9%
4.9%
5.0%
8 / 2005
9.2%
4.5%
4.9%
9 / 2005
10.3%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2005
8.8%
4.4%
5.0%
11 / 2005
9.1%
4.7%
5.0%
12 / 2005
10.0%
4.6%
4.9%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2004
13.2%
6.2%
5.7%
2 / 2004
11.7%
5.8%
5.6%
3 / 2004
11.8%
5.7%
5.8%
4 / 2004
10.9%
5.1%
5.6%
5 / 2004
10.7%
5.1%
5.6%
6 / 2004
11.1%
5.5%
5.6%
7 / 2004
10.7%
5.3%
5.5%
8 / 2004
10.0%
4.8%
5.4%
9 / 2004
10.6%
4.9%
5.4%
10 / 2004
9.5%
4.4%
5.5%
11 / 2004
10.5%
4.5%
5.4%
12 / 2004
10.6%
4.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2003
13.5%
6.3%
5.8%
2 / 2003
12.6%
6.0%
5.9%
3 / 2003
12.1%
5.9%
5.9%
4 / 2003
11.8%
5.5%
6.0%
5 / 2003
12.0%
5.6%
6.1%
6 / 2003
12.3%
6.1%
6.3%
7 / 2003
12.3%
5.9%
6.2%
8 / 2003
12.2%
5.7%
6.1%
9 / 2003
12.2%
5.8%
6.1%
10 / 2003
11.3%
5.2%
6.0%
11 / 2003
11.4%
5.3%
5.8%
12 / 2003
11.5%
5.2%
5.7%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2002
13.4%
5.5%
5.7%
2 / 2002
12.6%
5.3%
5.7%
3 / 2002
12.9%
5.3%
5.7%
4 / 2002
12.6%
5.0%
5.9%
5 / 2002
12.0%
5.0%
5.8%
6 / 2002
12.3%
5.5%
5.8%
7 / 2002
12.4%
5.5%
5.8%
8 / 2002
12.2%
5.3%
5.7%
9 / 2002
11.7%
5.4%
5.7%
10 / 2002
12.0%
5.0%
5.7%
11 / 2002
11.1%
5.2%
5.9%
12 / 2002
11.8%
5.2%
6.0%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2001
7.5%
3.7%
4.2%
2 / 2001
7.3%
3.5%
4.2%
3 / 2001
7.5%
3.6%
4.3%
4 / 2001
7.4%
3.2%
4.4%
5 / 2001
7.5%
3.3%
4.3%
6 / 2001
8.7%
3.8%
4.5%
7 / 2001
8.7%
3.9%
4.6%
8 / 2001
9.4%
3.8%
4.9%
9 / 2001
9.6%
4.0%
5.0%
10 / 2001
9.4%
3.7%
5.3%
11 / 2001
10.8%
4.0%
5.5%
12 / 2001
11.5%
4.2%
5.7%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 2000
7.3%
3.6%
4.0%
2 / 2000
6.4%
3.3%
4.1%
3 / 2000
6.1%
3.1%
4.0%
4 / 2000
4.9%
2.4%
3.8%
5 / 2000
5.0%
2.5%
4.0%
6 / 2000
5.6%
2.8%
4.0%
7 / 2000
5.2%
2.8%
4.0%
8 / 2000
5.0%
2.5%
4.1%
9 / 2000
5.2%
2.5%
3.9%
10 / 2000
4.7%
2.1%
3.9%
11 / 2000
5.0%
2.3%
3.9%
12 / 2000
5.4%
2.4%
3.9%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 1999
9.0%
3.9%
4.3%
2 / 1999
8.3%
3.6%
4.4%
3 / 1999
7.7%
3.4%
4.2%
4 / 1999
8.1%
3.1%
4.3%
5 / 1999
8.3%
3.0%
4.2%
6 / 1999
9.3%
3.4%
4.3%
7 / 1999
8.9%
3.5%
4.3%
8 / 1999
7.6%
3.0%
4.2%
9 / 1999
8.4%
3.2%
4.2%
10 / 1999
7.5%
2.7%
4.1%
11 / 1999
7.4%
2.7%
4.1%
12 / 1999
7.1%
2.7%
4.0%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 1998
8.6%
4.2%
4.6%
2 / 1998
7.7%
3.9%
4.6%
3 / 1998
7.9%
3.8%
4.7%
4 / 1998
7.2%
3.0%
4.3%
5 / 1998
8.1%
3.1%
4.4%
6 / 1998
9.2%
3.5%
4.5%
7 / 1998
8.8%
3.4%
4.5%
8 / 1998
9.5%
3.0%
4.5%
9 / 1998
10.3%
3.2%
4.6%
10 / 1998
9.0%
2.8%
4.5%
11 / 1998
7.9%
2.8%
4.4%
12 / 1998
7.8%
2.9%
4.4%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 1997
10.9%
4.9%
5.3%
2 / 1997
9.7%
4.6%
5.2%
3 / 1997
8.8%
4.4%
5.2%
4 / 1997
8.5%
3.9%
5.1%
5 / 1997
8.8%
3.8%
4.9%
6 / 1997
9.4%
4.2%
5.0%
7 / 1997
9.0%
4.1%
4.9%
8 / 1997
8.0%
3.7%
4.8%
9 / 1997
8.6%
3.8%
4.9%
10 / 1997
7.7%
3.2%
4.7%
11 / 1997
7.4%
3.2%
4.6%
12 / 1997
7.3%
3.3%
4.7%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 1996
8.9%
5.7%
5.6%
2 / 1996
8.0%
5.2%
5.5%
3 / 1996
10.9%
5.0%
5.5%
4 / 1996
9.9%
4.4%
5.6%
5 / 1996
10.4%
4.4%
5.6%
6 / 1996
10.7%
4.5%
5.3%
7 / 1996
10.2%
4.6%
5.5%
8 / 1996
9.2%
4.0%
5.1%
9 / 1996
9.8%
4.2%
5.2%
10 / 1996
8.7%
3.7%
5.2%
11 / 1996
9.3%
3.8%
5.4%
12 / 1996
9.1%
3.8%
5.4%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 1995
10.6%
6.4%
5.6%
2 / 1995
10.3%
5.9%
5.4%
3 / 1995
10.4%
5.7%
5.4%
4 / 1995
9.6%
5.3%
5.8%
5 / 1995
10.2%
5.2%
5.6%
6 / 1995
10.7%
5.5%
5.6%
7 / 1995
11.4%
5.5%
5.7%
8 / 1995
11.1%
5.1%
5.7%
9 / 1995
10.0%
5.2%
5.6%
10 / 1995
9.2%
4.6%
5.5%
11 / 1995
8.6%
4.6%
5.6%
12 / 1995
8.0%
4.6%
5.6%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 1994
14.5%
7.3%
6.6%
2 / 1994
13.2%
6.9%
6.6%
3 / 1994
12.9%
6.7%
6.5%
4 / 1994
12.9%
6.1%
6.4%
5 / 1994
12.6%
5.8%
6.1%
6 / 1994
13.3%
6.2%
6.1%
7 / 1994
13.6%
6.1%
6.1%
8 / 1994
12.1%
5.8%
6.0%
9 / 1994
12.9%
5.8%
5.9%
10 / 1994
11.3%
5.4%
5.8%
11 / 1994
10.5%
5.3%
5.6%
12 / 1994
10.3%
5.3%
5.5%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 1993
14.6%
8.6%
7.3%
2 / 1993
13.8%
8.2%
7.1%
3 / 1993
13.3%
7.8%
7.0%
4 / 1993
13.3%
7.1%
7.1%
5 / 1993
13.3%
6.9%
7.1%
6 / 1993
13.5%
7.1%
7.0%
7 / 1993
13.5%
6.9%
6.9%
8 / 1993
13.5%
6.5%
6.8%
9 / 1993
14.3%
6.6%
6.7%
10 / 1993
13.5%
6.1%
6.8%
11 / 1993
13.1%
6.0%
6.6%
12 / 1993
12.3%
6.0%
6.5%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 1992
16.1%
9.4%
7.3%
2 / 1992
15.3%
9.2%
7.4%
3 / 1992
14.8%
9.0%
7.4%
4 / 1992
13.9%
8.3%
7.4%
5 / 1992
14.1%
8.4%
7.6%
6 / 1992
14.8%
8.8%
7.8%
7 / 1992
14.7%
8.7%
7.7%
8 / 1992
13.5%
8.3%
7.6%
9 / 1992
14.6%
8.4%
7.6%
10 / 1992
12.9%
7.7%
7.3%
11 / 1992
13.1%
7.7%
7.4%
12 / 1992
13.2%
7.6%
7.4%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 1991
15.3%
8.7%
6.4%
2 / 1991
15.0%
8.8%
6.6%
3 / 1991
14.6%
8.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
13.4%
8.3%
6.7%
5 / 1991
14.4%
8.6%
6.9%
6 / 1991
15.0%
8.9%
6.9%
7 / 1991
14.9%
8.9%
6.8%
8 / 1991
14.6%
8.7%
6.9%
9 / 1991
15.2%
8.8%
6.9%
10 / 1991
14.6%
8.3%
7.0%
11 / 1991
14.9%
8.3%
7.0%
12 / 1991
15.2%
8.3%
7.3%
Month/Year
Lawrence, MA%
Massachusetts%
National %
1 / 1990
11.0%
5.8%
5.4%
2 / 1990
11.4%
5.8%
5.3%
3 / 1990
11.4%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 1990
10.8%
5.6%
5.4%
5 / 1990
10.6%
5.7%
5.4%
6 / 1990
11.2%
6.1%
5.2%
7 / 1990
12.1%
6.5%
5.5%
8 / 1990
11.8%
6.4%
5.7%
9 / 1990
13.5%
6.8%
5.9%
10 / 1990
12.8%
6.5%
5.9%
11 / 1990
12.6%
7.0%
6.2%
12 / 1990
13.3%
7.3%
6.3%