VERMONT LABOR FORCE AND UNEMPLOYMENT
LABOR MARKET AREAS BY RESIDENCE (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
December 2009 Estimates
	Total	Number	Number	Dec-09	Nov-09	Dec-08
Area	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Rate (%)	Rate (%)	Rate (%)
Barre-Montpelier	28,750	26,800	1,950	6.8	6.2	6.2
Bennington	13,500	12,500	950	7.1	6.6	6.6
Bradford	5,000	4,650	400	7.8	6.8	6.7
Brattleboro	24,500	23,000	1,500	6.2	6.2	5.4
Burlington-South Burlington	112,150	105,950	6,200	5.5	5.4	5.1
Hartford	20,200	19,400	800	4.0	4.0	3.3
Manchester	12,650	11,800	850	6.8	7.0	6.3
Middlebury	18,250	17,000	1,250	6.8	5.9	5.9
Morristown-Stowe	21,150	19,550	1,600	7.7	6.8	6.8
Newport	14,750	13,400	1,350	9.2	7.9	9.4
Randolph	8,850	8,150	700	7.7	7.2	6.4
Rutland	24,600	22,550	2,050	8.3	8.1	7.3
Springfield	12,950	12,000	900	7.1	7.2	5.5
St. Johnsbury	15,350	14,250	1,100	7.3	6.8	7.0
Swanton-Enosburg	14,200	13,050	1,150	8.1	7.3	8.1
Warren-Waitsfield	4,250	4,050	200	4.6	5.5	3.7
Woodstock	3,650	3,450	200	4.9	4.8	4.3
Vermont Total	357,000	333,550	23,450	6.6	6.2	5.9
Note: Rate is unemployed divided by total labor force, expressed as a percent.
Source:
Vermont Department of Labor in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics