Labor Force and Unemployment

Unemployment News Release
Monthly release of statewide seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted estimates of the number employed and the number unemployed in the state. The state unemployment rate is then calculated based on these numbers.

• May 15, 2012 : Unemployment News Release for April 2012
  
  

Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)
Monthly estimated labor force, employment, unemployment, and unemployment rates for the United States, New Hampshire, and substate regions.

• April 26, 2012: March 2012 | Publication & Data Archive
  • LAUS benchmarked editions: 2010 | 2011
  • LAUS Over-The-Month Comparison
• City and Town Unemployment Rates | Data Archive
  • City and town benchmarked unemployment rates: 2010 | 2011
    
    
• 1976-2011 Statewide Benchmarked Unemployment Estimates
  Based on the revised Seasonal Adjustment Methodology implemented in January 2010 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the years 1976 through the present
  Seasonally Adjusted | Not Seasonally Adjusted
  
  

Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization
Based on Current Population Survey data, these measures have been developed to address additional issues such as discouraged workers and involuntary part-time workers.

Unemployment Rates for States in Rank Order

Seasonally Adjusted Metropolitan Area Estimates
In June 2011 the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program began publishing seasonally adjusted civilian labor force and unemployment estimates for all metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions. The file provided here contains seasonally adjusted estimates from January 2000 forward for the Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division; Manchester, NH MetroNECTA; Portsmouth, NH-ME MetroNECTA; and Rochester-Dover, NH-ME MetroNECTA. Not seasonally adjusted estimates for these areas will continue to be published by the New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau in the monthly Local Area Unemployment Statistics Report.
Seasonally Adjusted Metropolitan Areas (05/03/12)

LAUS Release Schedule