Eight major Massachusetts cities had “not seasonally
adjusted” unemployment rates in October 2014 that exceeded the national “not
seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for that month of 5.5 percent, according to Bureau
of Labor Statistics data:
1. The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate in Lawrence,
Massachusetts was 10.4 percent in October 2014;
2. The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate in
New Bedford, Massachusetts was 8.9 percent in October 2014;
3. The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate
in Fall River, Massachusetts was 8.2 percent in October 2014;
4. The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate
in Springfield, Massachusetts was 8.4 percent in October 2014;
5. The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate in
Brockton, Massachusetts was 7.1 percent in October 2014;
6. The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate
in Worcester, Massachusetts was 6.3 percent in October 2014;
7. The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate in Lowell,
Massachusetts was 6.3 percent in October 2014; and
8. The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate
in Lynn, Massachusetts was 6.1 percent in October 2014.
The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate in Boston,
Massachusetts was still 5.3 percent in October 2014.
According to the
Massachusetts’ Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development’s December
18, 2014 press release, between October and November 2014 “Construction lost
400 (-0.3%) jobs over the month” and “Information lost 200 (-0.2%) jobs over
the month.”
In October 2014, according to the “not seasonally adjusted”
data, 187,300 workers in Massachusetts were still unemployed; and nearly 50,000
of these officially unemployed workers lived in Boston, Brockton, Fall River,
Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, New Bedford, Springfield or Worcester.
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