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1997 Unemployment Rates

Rank	Town	Rate	Population
1	Lincoln	1.1%	7,899
2	Weston	1.4%	10,448
3	Wellesley	1.4%	26,809
4	Carlisle	1.5%	4,599
5	Concord	1.7%	17,792
6	Wayland	1.8%	12,041
7	Sherborn	1.8%	4,107
8	Dover	1.8%	5,383
9	Sudbury	1.9%	15,130
10	Needham	1.9%	27,828
11	Brookline	1.9%	54,137
12	Boxford	1.9%	8,550
13	Lexington	2.0%	29,484
14	Belmont	2.0%	24,044
15	Acton	2.0%	18,851
16	Wenham	2.1%	4,423
17	Stow	2.1%	5,731
18	Cohasset	2.1%	7,070
19	Bedford	2.1%	13,676
20	Medfield	2.2%	11,467
21	Marblehead	2.2%	19,973
22	Westborough	2.3%	15,005
23	Topsfield	2.3%	6,098
24	Newton	2.3%	80,238
25	Hamilton	2.3%	7,487
26	Boxborough	2.3%	3,979
27	Arlington	2.3%	43,656
28	Winchester	2.4%	20,318
29	Westford	2.4%	18,642
30	Watertown	2.4%	32,490
31	Southborough	2.4%	7,388
32	Milton	2.4%	25,794
33	Cambridge	2.4%	93,707
34	Norwell	2.5%	9,652
35	Natick	2.5%	31,310
36	Lynnfield	2.5%	11,232
37	Duxbury	2.5%	15,007
38	West_Newbury	2.6%	3,871
39	Sharon	2.6%	16,684
40	Millis	2.6%	7,965
41	Westwood	2.7%	12,935
42	Medway	2.7%	11,391
43	Littleton	2.7%	7,695
44	Holliston	2.7%	13,381
45	Hingham	2.7%	20,265
46	Framingham	2.7%	64,536
47	Chelmsford	2.7%	33,484
48	Shrewsbury	2.8%	26,771
49	Reading	2.8%	22,956
50	North_Reading	2.8%	12,919
51	ManchesterbytheSea	2.8%	5,357
52	Hopkinton	2.8%	10,805
53	Dedham	2.8%	23,741
54	Wrentham	2.9%	10,049
55	Wakefield	2.9%	24,756
56	Somerville	2.9%	74,356
57	Northborough	2.9%	12,801
58	Danvers	2.9%	24,467
59	Burlington	2.9%	23,493
60	Bolton	2.9%	3,279
61	Ashland	2.9%	12,940
62	Walpole	3.0%	22,251
63	Scituate	3.0%	17,242
64	Norfolk	3.0%	10,389
65	Franklin	3.0%	26,664
66	Canton	3.0%	20,314
67	Beverly	3.0%	38,596
68	Andover	3.0%	30,891
69	Waltham	3.1%	57,214
70	Swampscott	3.1%	13,676
71	Newburyport	3.1%	16,558
72	Newbury	3.1%	5,985
73	Melrose	3.1%	27,426
74	Georgetown	3.1%	7,054
75	Norwood	3.2%	28,899
76	Ipswich	3.2%	12,352
77	Hanover	3.2%	12,891
78	Essex	3.2%	3,368
79	Woburn	3.3%	36,628
80	Wilmington	3.3%	19,874
81	Rowley	3.3%	5,196
82	Maynard	3.3%	10,412
83	Marlborough	3.3%	32,974
84	Foxborough	3.3%	16,011
85	Stoneham	3.4%	22,131
86	Peabody	3.4%	48,365
87	Mansfield	3.4%	18,806
88	Bridgewater	3.4%	23,692
89	Winthrop	3.5%	17,305
90	Tewksbury	3.5%	28,644
91	Nahant	3.5%	3,782
92	Medford	3.5%	56,190
93	Braintree	3.5%	34,708
94	Plympton	3.6%	2,614
95	Groveland	3.6%	5,610
96	Saugus	3.7%	26,223
97	Middleton	3.7%	5,624
98	Marshfield	3.7%	22,911
99	Kingston	3.7%	10,447
100	Hudson	3.7%	17,695
101	Easton	3.7%	20,970
102	Billerica	3.7%	38,861
103	Weymouth	3.8%	54,847
104	Stoughton	3.8%	27,481
105	Whitman	3.9%	13,743
106	Quincy	3.9%	85,532
107	Norton	3.9%	15,659
108	North_Andover	3.9%	24,283
109	Dracut	3.9%	27,769
110	Salem	4.0%	38,008
111	Rockland	4.0%	17,236
112	Randolph	4.0%	30,554
113	Pembroke	4.0%	16,010
114	Merrimac	4.0%	5,670
115	Malden	4.0%	52,749
116	Holbrook	4.0%	11,092
117	Berlin	4.0%	2,332
118	Amesbury	4.0%	15,784
119	West_Bridgewater	4.2%	6,647
120	Boston	4.2%	558,394
121	Rockport	4.3%	7,580
122	Abington	4.3%	14,683
123	Salisbury	4.4%	7,093
124	Milford	4.4%	25,194
125	Lakeville	4.4%	8,596
126	Everett	4.4%	35,006
127	East_Bridgewater	4.4%	12,133
128	Raynham	4.6%	10,513
129	Hanson	4.7%	9,512
130	Avon	4.7%	4,611
131	Lynn	4.8%	80,563
132	Revere	5.0%	41,761
133	Plymouth	5.0%	48,329
134	Halifax	5.0%	6,844
135	Lowell	5.1%	100,973
136	Haverhill	5.1%	53,952
137	Hull	5.3%	10,472
138	Brockton	5.4%	92,324
139	Middleborough	5.5%	19,200
140	Carver	5.5%	11,289
141	Gloucester	5.7%	29,267
142	Methuen	5.8%	41,029
143	Chelsea	5.8%	27,608
144	Lawrence	8.8%	68,807


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