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Chart: Latest Unemployment Numbers
This week's chart focuses on the latest unemployment numbers in the region.
December seasonally unadjusted unemployment rates are down in the Boston-area while the rates for the remaining twenty one areas were reflecting seasonal changes, according to the state Office of Labor and Workforce Development.
Locally, Lawrence's rate is the highest at 14.5 with 4,544 people out of work in December. The lowest rate is in Lexington where 608 people are unemployed - a rate of 4.0.
Statewide, the December seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate was 6.5 percent, up from 6.4 percent in November. Over-the-year the statewide rate was down 1.5 percentage points from the 8.0 percent rate recorded for December 2010. All twenty-two labor area rates were down over the year.
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4.5 Billerica 22,429 21,077 1,352 6.0 Chelmsford 19,275 18,193 1,082 5.6 Dracut 16,695 15,646 1,049 6.3 Haverhill 31,824 29,419 2,405 7.6 Lawrence 31,232 26,688
4,544
14.5 Lexington 15,303 14,695 608
4.0 Littleton 4,878 4,643
235 4.8 Lowell 51,636 47,104
4,532 8.8 Methuen 24,211 22,285 1,926 8.0 North Andover 13,574 12,856 718
5.3 North Reading 8,104 7,701 403
5.0 Reading 12,857 12,218
639
5.0 Tewksbury 17,372 16,457 915
5.3 Westford 12,359 11,805
554
4.5 Wilmington 12,504
11,859
645
5.2
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