New Hampshire Local Area Unemployment Statistics November 2019

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New Hampshire Local Area Unemployment Statistics November 2019

New Hampshire Local Area Unemployment Statistics

Highlights – November 2019 Estimates

(Note: Rates are not seasonally adjusted)

  • The November 2019 not seasonally adjusted State unemployment rate was 2.3 percent. This was unchanged from the October rate. The November 2018 rate was 2.2 percent.
  • New Hampshire’s November 2019 not seasonally adjusted labor force estimates show 12,230 more employed and 1,250 more unemployed than in November 2018 for a year-to-year net gain in the labor force of 13,480.

Eighteen areas recorded rates below the statewide not seasonally adjusted average of 2.3 percent:

  • Concord NH Micropolitan New England City and Town Area – 1.9 percent
  • New Hampshire portion of the Lebanon NH-VT Micropolitan New England City and Town Area – 1.9 percent
  • Charlestown NH Labor Market Area – 2.0 percent
  • Haverhill NH Labor Market Area – 2.0 percent
  • New Hampshire portion of the Littleton NH-VT Labor Market Area – 2.0 percent
  • Belmont NH Labor Market Area – 2.1 percent
  • New Hampshire portion of the Conway NH-ME Labor Market Area – 2.1 percent
  • New Hampshire portion of the Dover-Durham NH-ME Metropolitan New England City and Town Area – 2.1 percent
  • Newport NH Labor Market Area – 2.1 percent
  • Plymouth NH Labor Market Area – 2.1 percent
  • New Hampshire portion of the Portsmouth NH-ME Metropolitan New England City and Town Area – 2.1 percent
  • Claremont, NH Micropolitan New England City, and Town Area – 2.2 percent
  • Franklin NH Labor Market Area – 2.2 percent
  • Keene NH Micropolitan New England City and Town Area – 2.2 percent
  • Manchester NH Metropolitan New England City and Town Area – 2.2 percent
  • Meredith NH Labor Market Area – 2.2 percent
  • New London NH Labor Market Area – 2.2 percent
  • Raymond NH Labor Market Area – 2.2 percent

Eight areas recorded rates at or above the statewide not seasonally adjusted average of 2.3 percent:

  • Peterborough NH Labor Market Area – 2.3 percent
  • New Hampshire portion of the Colebrook NH-VT Labor Market Area – 2.4 percent
  • Hillsborough NH Labor Market Area – 2.4 percent
  • Laconia NH Micropolitan New England City and Town Area – 2.4 percent
  • New Hampshire portion of the Nashua NH-MA New England City and Town Area Division – 2.5 percent
  • Wolfeboro NH Labor Market Area – 2.5 percent
  • New Hampshire portion of the Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury MA-NH New England City and Town Area Division – 2.7 percent
  • Berlin NH Micropolitan New England City and Town Area – 3.1 percent

The New Hampshire portion of three interstate labor market areas contain only one town:

  • New Hampshire portion of the Brattleboro VT-NH Labor Market Area (Hinsdale town) – 2.9 percent
  • New Hampshire portion of the Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford MA-NH New England City and Town Area Division (Pelham town) – 3.0 percent
  • New Hampshire portion of the Lawrence-Methuen-Salem MA-NH New England City and Town Area Division (Salem town) – 3.0 percent