New Hampshire Local Area Unemployment Statistics for Dec. 2019

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New Hampshire Local Area Unemployment Statistics for Dec. 2019

New Hampshire Local Area Unemployment Statistics

Highlights – December 2019 Estimates

(Note: Rates are not seasonally adjusted)

  • The December 2019 not seasonally adjusted State unemployment rate was 2.3 percent. This was unchanged from the November rate. The December 2018 rate was 2.1 percent.
  • New Hampshire’s December 2019 not seasonally adjusted labor force estimates show 14,960 more employed and 1,760 more unemployed than in December 2018 for a year-to-year net gain in the labor force of 16,720.
  • Sixteen areas recorded rates below the statewide not seasonally adjusted average of 2.3 percent:
    • New Hampshire portion of the Lebanon NH-VT Micropolitan New England City and Town Area – 1.7 percent
    • Concord NH Micropolitan New England City and Town Area – 1.9 percent
    • New Hampshire portion of the Conway NH-ME Labor Market Area – 1.9 percent
    • New London NH Labor Market Area – 1.9 percent
    • Newport NH Labor Market Area – 2.0 percent
    • New Hampshire portion of the Portsmouth NH-ME Metropolitan New England City and Town Area – 2.0 percent
    • Charlestown NH 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
    • Hillsborough NH Labor Market Area – 2.1 percent
    • New Hampshire portion of the Littleton NH-VT Labor Market Area – 2.1 percent
    • Manchester NH Metropolitan New England City and Town Area – 2.1 percent
    • Meredith NH Labor Market Area – 2.1 percent
    • Plymouth NH Labor Market Area – 2.1 percent
    • Belmont NH Labor Market Area – 2.2 percent
    • Franklin NH Labor Market Area – 2.2 percent
    • Raymond NH Labor Market Area – 2.2 percent
  • Ten areas recorded rates at or above the statewide not seasonally adjusted average of 2.3 percent:
    • Haverhill NH Labor Market Area – 2.3 percent
    • Keene NH Micropolitan New England City and Town Area – 2.3 percent
    • Peterborough NH Labor Market Area – 2.3 percent
    • Claremont, NH Micropolitan New England City, and Town Area – 2.4 percent
    • Wolfeboro NH Labor Market Area – 2.4 percent
    • Laconia NH Micropolitan New England City and Town Area – 2.5 percent
    • New Hampshire portion of the Colebrook NH-VT Labor Market Area – 2.6 percent
    • New Hampshire portion of the Nashua NH-MA New England City and Town Area Division – 2.6 percent
    • New Hampshire portion of the Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury MA-NH New England City and Town Area Division – 2.8 percent
    • Berlin NH Micropolitan New England City and Town Area – 3.4 percent
  • The New Hampshire portion of three interstate labor market areas contain only one town:
    • New Hampshire portion of the Lawrence-Methuen-Salem MA-NH New England City and Town Area Division (Salem town) – 3.0 percent
    • New Hampshire portion of the Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford MA-NH New England City and Town Area Division (Pelham town) – 3.2 percent
    • New Hampshire portion of the Brattleboro VT-NH Labor Market Area (Hinsdale town) – 3.6 percent