Where Vermonters are Working,
Where They’re Not
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|Unemployment, Employment
Statewide, Vermont’s annual average unemployment rate in 2010 was 6.2 percent. That was the second-lowest rate in New England—just behind New Hampshire—and 3.4 percentage points below the national average last year.
But not all Vermont towns are doing as well as the state average. According to data from the Vermont Department of Labor, the average annual unemployment rates for Vermont towns ranged from none (Averill) to 20.5 percent (Norton). In 23 towns the unemployment rate averaged 10 percent or more in 2010.
On the map below, hold your cursor over your town to see the unemployment rate for 2010.
Data source: Vermont Department of Labor