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Amherst Town, MA Employment

Date	Employment		Unemployment
Date	Total	% Change Year Ago	Rate	Unit Change Year Ago
1990	17,289	-	4.0	-
1991	15,940	-7.8	4.5	0.5
1992	16,174	1.5	3.1	-1.4
1993	16,702	3.3	2.5	-0.6
1994	16,827	0.8	2.2	-0.3
1995	16,921	0.6	2.2	0.0
1996	17,187	1.6	1.9	-0.4
1997	17,564	2.2	1.7	-0.2
1998	18,224	3.8	1.6	-0.1
1999	18,309	0.5	1.5	-0.1
2000	17,926	-2.1	1.9	0.4
2001	17,871	-0.3	2.2	0.3
2002	17,884	0.1	2.7	0.5
2003	18,094	1.2	3.3	0.6
2004	18,151	0.3	3.3	0.0
2005	18,038	-0.6	3.4	0.1
2006	18,228	1.1	3.4	0.0
2007	18,354	0.7	3.1	-0.2
Monthly Data
1990-Jan	17,185	-	3.4	-
Feb	17,328	-	3.5	-
Mar	17,425	-	3.5	-
Apr	17,410	-	3.3	-
May	17,462	-	3.5	-
Jun	17,476	-	4.5	-
Jul	17,359	-	4.4	-
Aug	17,356	-	4.2	-
Sep	17,127	-	4.6	-
Oct	17,193	-	4.2	-
Nov	17,168	-	4.4	-
Dec	16,976	-	4.4	-
1991-Jan	15,912	-7.4	4.2	0.8
Feb	15,965	-7.9	4.5	1.0
Mar	15,992	-8.2	4.6	1.1
Apr	15,967	-8.3	4.3	1.0
May	16,027	-8.2	4.5	1.0
Jun	16,043	-8.2	5.0	0.5
Jul	15,920	-8.3	4.9	0.6
Aug	15,914	-8.3	4.6	0.4
Sep	15,781	-7.9	4.6	0.0
Oct	15,916	-7.4	4.3	0.1
Nov	15,946	-7.1	4.3	-0.1
Dec	15,891	-6.4	4.2	-0.1
1992-Jan	15,812	-0.6	3.5	-0.7
Feb	15,981	0.1	3.4	-1.1
Mar	16,064	0.5	3.4	-1.2
Apr	16,116	0.9	3.1	-1.2
May	16,233	1.3	2.8	-1.6
Jun	16,300	1.6	3.3	-1.7
Jul	16,169	1.6	3.5	-1.4
Aug	16,149	1.5	3.2	-1.5
Sep	16,101	2.0	3.2	-1.4
Oct	16,348	2.7	2.6	-1.7
Nov	16,437	3.1	2.8	-1.5
Dec	16,382	3.1	2.7	-1.5
1993-Jan	16,320	3.2	2.8	-0.7
Feb	16,477	3.1	2.6	-0.8
Mar	16,526	2.9	2.4	-1.0
Apr	16,659	3.4	2.2	-1.0
May	16,773	3.3	2.2	-0.6
Jun	16,802	3.1	2.6	-0.7
Jul	16,731	3.5	2.7	-0.8
Aug	16,752	3.7	2.6	-0.5
Sep	16,723	3.9	2.6	-0.6
Oct	16,890	3.3	2.4	-0.2
Nov	16,920	2.9	2.5	-0.4
Dec	16,845	2.8	2.3	-0.4
1994-Jan	16,541	1.4	2.8	0.0
Feb	16,643	1.0	2.6	0.0
Mar	16,748	1.3	2.6	0.2
Apr	16,766	0.6	2.0	-0.1
May	16,867	0.6	2.0	-0.2
Jun	16,916	0.7	2.4	-0.2
Jul	16,798	0.4	2.3	-0.4
Aug	16,865	0.7	2.1	-0.5
Sep	16,832	0.7	2.4	-0.2
Oct	16,987	0.6	2.1	-0.3
Nov	17,057	0.8	1.8	-0.7
Dec	16,906	0.4	1.8	-0.6
1995-Jan	16,628	0.5	2.5	-0.3
Feb	16,841	1.2	2.3	-0.3
Mar	16,856	0.6	2.3	-0.3
Apr	16,973	1.2	2.2	0.1
May	16,964	0.6	1.9	-0.1
Jun	16,969	0.3	2.4	0.1
Jul	16,908	0.7	2.4	0.0
Aug	16,836	-0.2	2.3	0.2
Sep	16,890	0.3	2.2	-0.1
Oct	17,074	0.5	2.1	0.0
Nov	17,098	0.2	2.0	0.2
Dec	17,011	0.6	1.9	0.1
1996-Jan	16,631	0.0	2.2	-0.3
Feb	16,858	0.1	2.0	-0.3
Mar	16,960	0.6	1.8	-0.4
Apr	17,177	1.2	1.7	-0.5
May	17,236	1.6	1.8	-0.2
Jun	17,265	1.7	2.1	-0.3
Jul	17,110	1.2	2.2	-0.1
Aug	17,172	2.0	1.9	-0.4
Sep	17,217	1.9	1.9	-0.3
Oct	17,505	2.5	1.6	-0.5
Nov	17,622	3.1	1.5	-0.5
Dec	17,487	2.8	1.3	-0.5
1997-Jan	17,119	2.9	2.0	-0.3
Feb	17,351	2.9	1.6	-0.4
Mar	17,475	3.0	1.8	0.0
Apr	17,604	2.5	1.5	-0.2
May	17,644	2.4	1.5	-0.2
Jun	17,684	2.4	1.9	-0.2
Jul	17,498	2.3	2.0	-0.3
Aug	17,499	1.9	1.7	-0.2
Sep	17,503	1.7	1.8	-0.1
Oct	17,716	1.2	1.5	-0.2
Nov	17,914	1.7	1.5	0.0
Dec	17,761	1.6	1.4	0.1
1998-Jan	17,847	4.3	2.1	0.1
Feb	18,038	4.0	1.8	0.1
Mar	18,145	3.8	1.9	0.1
Apr	18,161	3.2	1.4	0.0
May	18,208	3.2	1.5	-0.1
Jun	18,252	3.2	1.9	0.0
Jul	18,026	3.0	1.8	-0.1
Aug	18,096	3.4	1.6	-0.1
Sep	18,155	3.7	1.7	-0.1
Oct	18,481	4.3	1.3	-0.1
Nov	18,628	4.0	1.3	-0.2
Dec	18,651	5.0	1.1	-0.3
1999-Jan	18,046	1.1	1.5	-0.5
Feb	18,251	1.2	1.5	-0.3
Mar	18,305	0.9	1.5	-0.4
Apr	18,396	1.3	1.3	-0.1
May	18,467	1.4	1.4	0.0
Jun	18,460	1.1	1.9	0.0
Jul	18,115	0.5	1.9	0.1
Aug	18,086	-0.1	1.8	0.1
Sep	18,162	0.0	1.5	-0.1
Oct	18,398	-0.4	1.3	0.0
Nov	18,509	-0.6	1.2	-0.1
Dec	18,517	-0.7	1.1	0.0
2000-Jan	16,626	-7.9	2.8	1.2
Feb	19,039	4.3	1.7	0.2
Mar	18,896	3.2	2.1	0.6
Apr	19,061	3.6	1.7	0.4
May	19,113	3.5	1.4	0.0
Jun	16,326	-11.6	2.7	0.8
Jul	15,866	-12.4	2.6	0.6
Aug	15,795	-12.7	2.0	0.2
Sep	17,899	-1.4	1.9	0.4
Oct	18,951	3.0	1.7	0.3
Nov	19,047	2.9	1.5	0.3
Dec	18,496	-0.1	1.5	0.4
2001-Jan	16,572	-0.3	2.7	0.0
Feb	18,873	-0.9	2.0	0.3
Mar	18,958	0.3	2.1	0.1
Apr	18,997	-0.3	1.6	-0.1
May	18,937	-0.9	1.8	0.4
Jun	16,091	-1.4	2.5	-0.2
Jul	15,985	0.8	2.8	0.2
Aug	15,766	-0.2	2.3	0.3
Sep	17,783	-0.6	2.4	0.6
Oct	18,967	0.1	2.0	0.4
Nov	18,927	-0.6	2.0	0.5
Dec	18,600	0.6	2.2	0.7
2002-Jan	16,455	-0.7	2.8	0.1
Feb	18,970	0.5	2.3	0.3
Mar	18,906	-0.3	2.5	0.4
Apr	18,896	-0.5	2.3	0.6
May	19,009	0.4	2.4	0.5
Jun	16,173	0.5	3.8	1.4
Jul	15,946	-0.2	3.3	0.6
Aug	15,737	-0.2	2.9	0.6
Sep	17,990	1.2	3.0	0.6
Oct	18,990	0.1	2.3	0.2
Nov	18,941	0.1	2.6	0.6
Dec	18,600	0.0	2.6	0.3
2003-Jan	16,579	0.8	3.5	0.7
Feb	19,131	0.8	3.1	0.7
Mar	19,075	0.9	3.1	0.6
Apr	19,142	1.3	3.2	0.9
May	19,223	1.1	3.5	1.1
Jun	16,429	1.6	4.7	0.8
Jul	16,217	1.7	4.0	0.7
Aug	16,074	2.1	3.7	0.8
Sep	18,080	0.5	3.3	0.3
Oct	19,110	0.6	2.6	0.4
Nov	19,177	1.2	2.7	0.1
Dec	18,891	1.6	2.4	-0.2
2004-Jan	16,680	0.6	3.4	-0.1
Feb	19,176	0.2	2.9	-0.2
Mar	19,264	1.0	2.8	-0.2
Apr	19,183	0.2	3.3	0.1
May	19,305	0.4	3.3	-0.1
Jun	16,220	-1.3	4.9	0.2
Jul	16,134	-0.5	4.7	0.8
Aug	15,939	-0.8	3.6	-0.1
Sep	18,007	-0.4	3.0	-0.3
Oct	19,360	1.3	2.8	0.2
Nov	19,577	2.1	2.8	0.0
Dec	18,967	0.4	2.4	0.0
2005-Jan	16,564	-0.7	3.1	-0.3
Feb	19,103	-0.4	2.9	0.0
Mar	19,137	-0.7	2.7	-0.2
Apr	19,246	0.3	3.2	-0.1
May	19,285	-0.1	3.6	0.3
Jun	16,232	0.1	4.8	-0.1
Jul	15,836	-1.8	4.7	0.0
Aug	15,740	-1.2	3.9	0.4
Sep	17,839	-0.9	3.0	0.0
Oct	19,324	-0.2	3.2	0.4
Nov	19,280	-1.5	3.6	0.8
Dec	18,872	-0.5	2.3	0.0
2006-Jan	16,773	1.3	2.9	-0.2
Feb	19,293	1.0	2.9	0.0
Mar	19,312	0.9	2.3	-0.3
Apr	19,336	0.5	2.8	-0.3
May	19,412	0.7	3.3	-0.3
Jun	16,554	2.0	4.9	0.2
Jul	15,933	0.6	5.3	0.6
Aug	15,879	0.9	3.9	0.0
Sep	18,053	1.2	3.7	0.6
Oct	19,462	0.7	3.2	0.0
Nov	19,549	1.4	3.4	-0.2
Dec	19,184	1.7	2.1	-0.2
2007-Jan	16,939	1.0	3.0	0.1
Feb	19,452	0.8	3.0	0.1
Mar	19,534	1.1	2.1	-0.2
Apr	19,456	0.6	2.4	-0.4
May	19,514	0.5	3.2	-0.1
Jun	16,522	-0.2	4.5	-0.4
Jul	16,113	1.1	4.6	-0.7
Aug	16,020	0.9	3.1	-0.8
Sep	18,288	1.3	3.1	-0.6
Oct	19,552	0.5	2.9	-0.2
Nov	19,695	0.7	2.9	-0.4
Dec	19,157	-0.1	2.8	0.7
2008-Jan	16,902	-0.2	3.8	0.8
Feb	19,322	-0.7	2.8	-0.2
Mar	19,389	-0.7	2.6	0.4
Apr	19,418	-0.2	2.1	-0.3
May	19,289	-1.2	3.5	0.3
Jun	16,387	-0.8	5.1	0.6

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.

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