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12 2015 Central Mass By The Numbers • Worcester Business Journal www.wbjournal.com People. Places. Product. Photographic images for advertising, public relations, graphic and corporate communications groups . See the difference. 165 Holly Lane • Holliston, MA 01746 Phone: 774.248.4050 • www.ronbouleyphoto.com R O N B O U L E Y P H O T O G R A P H Y Demographics & Employment Acton 4.9% 4.3% 3.7% Ashburnham 6.8% 6.2% 5.3% Ashby 7.7% 5.9% 4.3% Ashland 5.2% 4.4% 3.5% Athol 9.9% 8.4% 7.1% Auburn 7.1% 5.9% 4.9% Ayer 7.2% 6.3% 5.5% Barre 8.3% 7% 5.6% Bellingham 7% 5.8% 4.7% Berlin 5.2% 4.8% 4.2% Blackstone 7.6% 6.9% 5.3% Bolton 5.5% 4.5% 3.2% Boxborough 5.7% 4.4% 3.6% Boylston 5.9% 5.3% 4.1% Brookfield 8.2% 6.7% 5.5% Charlton 6.5% 5.8% 4.4% Clinton 8.4% 6.8% 5.6% Douglas 6.2% 5.2% 4.4% Dudley 7.5% 7.2% 5.5% East Brookfield 7.9% 6.9% 5.5% Fitchburg 10.2% 8.7% 7% Framingham 5.5% 4.5% 3.8% Franklin 6.1% 5.1% 4% Gardner 9.6% 8.2% 7% Grafton 6.5% 5.6% 4.4% Groton 5.6% 4.6% 3.6% Hardwick 6.1% 5.6% 5.1% Harvard 5.3% 4.2% 3.8% Holden 6% 5% 4.2% Holliston 5.7% 5% 4.2% Hopedale 6.2% 4.7% 4.2% Hopkinton 5.6% 4.7% 4.1% Hubbardston 6.8% 5.6% 4.4% Hudson 6.7% 5.7% 5.1% Lancaster 5.8% 5% 4% Leicester 6.7% 6.1% 4.8% Leominster 8.6% 7.4% 6.1% Littleton 5.5% 4.9% 3.8% Lunenburg 6.4% 5.7% 4.8% Marlborough 5.8% 5% 4.1% Maynard 5.8% 4.9% 3.8% Medway 5.5% 4.9% 4.3% Mendon 6.7% 5.3% 4.2% Milford 6.7% 6% 4.7% Central Massachusetts unemployment rates by community Unemployment rates have gone down across Central Massachusetts. As of July 2015, Sherborn had the lowest rate at 3.1%. July 2013 July 2014 July 2015 July 2013 July 2014 July 2015 Source: Mass. Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development (not seasonally adjusted). Figures from 2013 and 2014 were revised from previous years. Millbury 6.7% 6% 4.8% Millis 6.5% 5.3% 4.8% Millville 7.9% 6.4% 4.8% Natick 5.3% 4.3% 3.4% New Braintree 7.7% 6.6% 5.6% North Brookfield 7.4% 6.3% 4.7% Northborough 6% 4.9% 4.4% Northbridge 7.5% 6.5% 5.1% Oakham 6.9% 6.9% 5.6% Oxford 7% 5.9% 4.6% Paxton 6.2% 5.1% 4.5% Pepperell 6.3% 5% 4.4% Petersham 6.1% 5.6% 3.8% Phillipston 8.4% 7.3% 5.9% Princeton 6.3% 5% 3.9% Royalston 7.3% 7% 5.4% Rutland 7.1% 5.5% 4.9% Sherborn 4.3% 3.6% 3.1% Shirley 8% 7% 5.3% Shrewsbury 5.9% 4.7% 3.8% Southborough 5.3% 4.1% 3.4% Southbridge 11.3% 9.1% 7.7% Spencer 8.3% 7.2% 6% Sterling 6.3% 5.4% 4.6% Stow 4.9% 3.9% 3.9% Sturbridge 6.8% 5.8% 4.9% Sudbury 5.1% 4.3% 3.6% Sutton 6.2% 5.7% 4.7% Templeton 8.2% 6.6% 5.6% Townsend 6.8% 6.1% 4.8% Upton 6.1% 5.1% 4.4% Uxbridge 6.7% 5.9% 4.7% Warren 8.8% 7.7% 6.1% Wayland 4.9% 4.5% 3.8% Webster 9.3% 7.9% 6.4% West Boylston 8.2% 6.9% 5.5% West Brookfield 7.4% 6.1% 5.3% Westborough 5.3% 4.5% 3.7% Westminster 7% 5.7% 4.3% Winchendon 8.6% 7.4% 5.9% Worcester 8.9% 7.8% 6.3%