VERMONT LABOR FORCE AND UNEMPLOYMENT
LABOR MARKET AREAS BY RESIDENCE (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
December 2011 Estimates
	Total	Number	Number	Dec-11	Nov-11	Dec-10
Area	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Rate (%)	Rate (%)	Rate (%)
Barre-Montpelier	30,400	28,950	1,450	4.8	4.4	5.6
Bennington	12,200	11,450	800	6.4	6.2	6.6
Bradford	4,600	4,300	300	6.4	5.4	7.1
Brattleboro	24,650	23,500	1,150	4.7	4.9	5.2
Burlington-South Burlington	116,050	111,550	4,450	3.8	3.7	4.4
Hartford	19,200	18,550	650	3.3	3.4	4.1
Manchester	12,350	11,650	700	5.5	5.8	6.0
Middlebury	18,350	17,450	850	4.8	4.5	5.4
Morristown-Stowe	20,150	18,950	1,250	6.1	5.7	6.9
Newport	13,750	12,700	1,050	7.7	7.1	8.3
Randolph	8,400	7,950	450	5.3	5.1	6.1
Rutland	28,000	26,550	1,500	5.3	5.3	6.3
Springfield	11,900	11,200	700	5.7	6.4	6.7
St. Johnsbury	14,250	13,400	850	6.0	5.6	6.2
Swanton-Enosburg	14,650	13,750	900	6.1	5.6	7.5
Warren-Waitsfield	4,700	4,550	150	3.2	4.0	3.9
Woodstock	3,350	3,200	150	4.5	4.7	4.9
Vermont Total	359,000	341,600	17,450	4.9	4.7	5.5
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