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12 2014 Central Mass By The Numbers • Worcester Business Journal www.wbjournal.com Acton 4.5% 4.7% 3.9% Ashburnham 8.2% 8.5% 7.1% Ashby 9.1% 9.8% 7% Ashland 5.4% 5.5% 4.6% Athol 9.7% 11.1% 9% Auburn 7% 7.9% 6.3% Ayer 6.6% 6.5% 5.4% Barre 8.6% 9.1% 7.4% Bellingham 8.4% 9% 7% Berlin 6.1% 6.2% 5.5% Blackstone 9.7% 9.4% 7.9% Bolton 4.1% 5.9% 4.5% Boxborough 4.3% 5.5% 5% Boylston 6.6% 6.4% 6.3% Brookfield 8.4% 8.8% 6.2% charlton 7.6% 7.4% 6.2% clinton 8.7% 9.3% 7.2% douglas 6.9% 6.6% 5.5% dudley 7.9% 7.8% 7.5% east Brookfield 7% 8.5% 6.3% Fitchburg 10.4% 10.4% 8.9% Framingham 5.4% 5.8% 4.5% Franklin 5.8% 6.2% 5.2% Gardner 9.8% 10.3% 8.7% Grafton 7% 6.7% 5.7% Groton 5.7% 5.9% 4.4% Hardwick 7.5% 6.4% 6% Harvard 5.6% 4.9% 3.9% Holden 6.6% 6.8% 5.5% Holliston 5.5% 5.7% 5% Hopedale 6.1% 5.9% 4.3% Hopkinton 4.9% 5.5% 4.5% Hubbardston 6.8% 7.2% 5.7% Hudson 5.9% 6.3% 5% Lancaster 7.8% 7% 6% Leicester 7.4% 7.7% 6.3% Leominster 9.4% 10% 8.3% Littleton 5.4% 5.9% 5% Lunenburg 7.9% 7.7% 7.2% Marlborough 5.7% 5.8% 5% Maynard 5.3% 5.6% 5% Medway 5.3% 5.7% 5.1% Mendon 5.8% 6.9% 5% Milford 6% 6.8% 5.6% Contact Mass BizWorks at mass.gov/bizworks | 1-800-252-1591 THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT A free service to help businesses grow, hire and train workers, and reduce costs central Massachusetts unemployment rates by community The jobless rates in every Central Massachusetts community fell between July 2013 and July 2014. July 2012 July 2013 July 2014 July 2012 July 2013 July 2014 DEMOGRAPHICS & EMPLOYMENT Source: Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (not seasonally adjusted) NOTE: Data from 2012 were revised. Millbury 6.8% 7.3% 6.3% Millis 6.1% 6.2% 4.7% Millville 9.9% 9.9% 7.5% natick 4.9% 5.7% 4.3% new Braintree 7.6% 6.9% 6.2% north Brookfield 7.2% 8.2% 6.4% northborough 6% 6.1% 5% northbridge 8.1% 8.4% 6.8% oakham 6.6% 6.5% 6.3% oxford 7.1% 7.9% 6.4% Paxton 6.2% 7.4% 5.3% Pepperell 5.9% 6.3% 4.8% Petersham 5.9% 6.8% 4.8% Phillipston 10% 9.2% 7.1% Princeton 5.4% 6.6% 4.8% Royalston 9.3% 10.1% 9% Rutland 7.1% 7.6% 5.6% Sherborn 4.4% 5.4% 4% Shirley 7.9% 6.9% 6.2% Shrewsbury 6.3% 6.6% 5% Southborough 5.5% 5.3% 4.1% Southbridge 10.6% 10.5% 8.1% Spencer 7.6% 7.9% 6.5% Sterling 6.4% 6.5% 5.4% Stow 5.1% 4.8% 3.5% Sturbridge 6% 6.9% 5.6% Sudbury 5.1% 5.4% 4.4% Sutton 6.5% 7% 6.5% templeton 10.2% 9.4% 6.7% townsend 6.9% 6.8% 6.3% Upton 5.8% 6.5% 5.3% Uxbridge 7.2% 7.2% 6.2% Warren 8.3% 9.1% 7.8% Wayland 4.9% 4.9% 4.4% Webster 8.9% 9% 7.6% West Boylston 7.5% 8.6% 6.9% West Brookfield 8.1% 8.5% 6% Westborough 5.7% 6.6% 5.3% Westminster 9.6% 8.8% 7% Winchendon 9.5% 10.1% 7.8% Worcester 9.3% 9.4% 8%