Strafford County, NH monthly unemployment update

Stacker compiled statistics about the unemployment rate in Strafford County using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. County and metro unemployment rates are as of April 2023.

Strafford County had a 1.0% unemployment rate in April 2023, marking a 0.8 percentage point decrease from a month ago. New Hampshire reported a 1.9% unemployment rate in May, which is the lowest in the country. The national unemployment rate last month rose to 3.7% but is still 0.1 percentage points higher than last year.

The unemployment rate in the Boston, MA metropolitan area was 2.3%, which is 1.3 percentage points higher than Strafford County. Boston has the 169th lowest unemployment out of 887 metro and micro areas surveyed in the country.

Counties with the highest unemployment rate in New Hampshire
#1. Coos County: 1.8%
#2. Rockingham County: 1.3%
#3. Belknap County: 1.2%
#3. Carroll County: 1.2%
#3. Cheshire County: 1.2%

Counties with the lowest unemployment rate in New Hampshire
#1. Merrimack County: 0.9%
#2. Grafton County: 1.0%
#2. Strafford County: 1.0%
#2. Sullivan County: 1.0%
#5. Belknap County: 1.2%