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Essex County
823,938Population
1.7 %Change since 2020
4,951Net migration
4.6 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 823,938 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.7 %
- Net migration
- 4,951 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.6 % (2025)
- State
- Massachusetts
- Population base, April 2020
- 809,940 (2020)
- Births
- 8,521 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.3
- Deaths
- 7,217 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.8
- Natural change, 2023
- 1,304
- International migration
- 8,002 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -3,051 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 6.0
- Postal code
- MA
- FIPS code
- 25009
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.6 % |
| 2024 | 4.1 % |
| 2023 | 3.5 % |
| 2022 | 3.7 % |
| 2021 | 5.7 % |
| 2020 | 10.0 % |
| 2019 | 3.1 % |
| 2018 | 3.5 % |
| 2017 | 3.9 % |
| 2016 | 4.1 % |
| 2015 | 5.0 % |
| 2014 | 6.0 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 823,938 |
| 2023 | 816,197 |
| 2022 | 810,039 |
| 2021 | 807,315 |
| 2020 | 807,781 |