Barnstable Town, Massachusetts Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Barnstable Town fell 0.4 percentage points in December 2011 to 7.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points higher than the Massachusetts rate. The unemployment rate in Barnstable Town peaked in April 2010 at 9.1% and is now 1.8 percentage points lower. You can also compare Barnstable Town unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Massachusetts	6.8%	-0.2	-1.5
Barnstable Town	7.3%	-0.4	-1.6

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Barnstable Town, Massachusetts, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Barnstable Town, Massachusetts Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Barnstable Town peaked in June 2010 at 12,362. There are now 2,404 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Barnstable Town employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Barnstable Town, Massachusetts) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Barnstable Town	9,958	-398	-2,273

Number of Unemployed Persons

Barnstable Town, Massachusetts Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Massachusetts Unemployment Rate	Barnstable Town Unemployment Rate	Barnstable Town Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	6.8%	7.3%	9,958
November 2011	8.7%	7.0%	7.7%	10,356
October 2011	8.9%	7.3%	8.2%	10,902
September 2011	9.0%	7.3%	8.4%	11,017
August 2011	9.1%	7.4%	8.5%	11,185
July 2011	9.1%	7.6%	8.5%	11,368
June 2011	9.1%	7.6%	8.4%	11,320
May 2011	9.0%	7.6%	8.2%	11,271
April 2011	9.0%	7.8%	8.2%	11,297
March 2011	8.9%	8.0%	8.3%	11,478
February 2011	9.0%	8.2%	8.5%	11,651
January 2011	9.1%	8.3%	8.6%	11,868