2018 new hampshire local area unemployment … 140 140 rate 2.5% 2.5% derry town labor force 20,000...

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New Hampshire

Labor Force 743,800 748,250 752,660 751,030

Employment 720,890 725,820 730,550 730,630

Unemployment 22,910 22,430 22,110 20,400

Rate 3.1% 3.0% 2.9% 2.7%

Belknap County

Labor Force 30,150 30,170 30,360 30,270

Employment 29,160 29,200 29,400 29,400

Unemployment 990 970 960 870

Rate 3.3% 3.2% 3.2% 2.9%

Carroll County

Labor Force 23,190 23,080 22,720 22,020

Employment 22,460 22,380 22,010 21,360


Rate 3.1% 3.0% 3.1% 3.0%

Cheshire County

Labor Force 40,110 40,520 40,890 40,810

Employment 38,920 39,340 39,700 39,730

Unemployment 1,190 1,180 1,190 1,080

Rate 3.0% 2.9% 2.9% 2.6%

Coos County

Labor Force 14,260 14,300 14,270 14,060

Employment 13,640 13,720 13,690 13,480


Rate 4.3% 4.0% 4.1% 4.1%

Grafton County

Labor Force 48,320 49,180 49,410 48,090

Employment 47,160 48,000 48,220 47,010

Unemployment 1,160 1,180 1,190 1,080

Rate 2.4% 2.4% 2.4% 2.2%

Hillsborough County

Labor Force 231,310 231,800 233,510 233,910

Employment 223,860 224,500 226,380 227,270

Unemployment 7,450 7,300 7,130 6,640

Rate 3.2% 3.1% 3.1% 2.8%

Merrimack County

Labor Force 81,180 81,580 81,900 81,550

Employment 78,970 79,410 79,750 79,670

Unemployment 2,210 2,170 2,150 1,880

Rate 2.7% 2.7% 2.6% 2.3%

Rockingham County

Labor Force 181,040 181,480 182,840 183,560

Employment 174,960 175,620 177,130 178,190

Unemployment 6,080 5,860 5,710 5,370

Rate 3.4% 3.2% 3.1% 2.9%

Released: May 24, 20182018 New Hampshire Local Area Unemployment StatisticsEstimates are Not Seasonally AdjustedSource: New Hampshire Employment Security, Economic & Labor Market Information Bureau, www.nhes.nh.gov/elmi

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Strafford County

Labor Force 71,370 73,150 73,560 73,710

Employment 69,440 71,230 71,650 72,000

Unemployment 1,930 1,920 1,910 1,710

Rate 2.7% 2.6% 2.6% 2.3%

Sullivan County

Labor Force 22,910 23,000 23,200 23,070

Employment 22,340 22,420 22,620 22,540


Rate 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.3%

Belmont NH LMA

Labor Force 10,740 10,730 10,850 10,820

Employment 10,370 10,370 10,490 10,530


Rate 3.4% 3.4% 3.3% 2.7%

Berlin NH MicroNECTA

Labor Force 6,310 6,340 6,310 6,320

Employment 5,990 6,050 6,010 6,020


Rate 5.1% 4.6% 4.8% 4.7%

Charlestown NH LMA

Labor Force 7,010 7,040 7,060 7,040

Employment 6,840 6,870 6,870 6,870


Rate 2.5% 2.4% 2.6% 2.4%

Claremont, NH Micropolitan NECTA

Labor Force 7,300 7,320 7,410 7,410

Employment 7,090 7,110 7,210 7,210


Rate 2.8% 2.8% 2.8% 2.7%

Colebrook NH-VT LMA, NH Portion

Labor Force 2,380 2,390 2,450 2,380

Employment 2,270 2,300 2,360 2,280


Rate 4.4% 3.8% 3.7% 4.1%

Colebrook NH-VT LMA (NH & VT)

Labor Force 2,890 2,920 2,970 2,900

Employment 2,760 2,810 2,860 2,780


Rate 4.5% 3.7% 3.6% 4.2%

Concord NH MicroNECTA

Labor Force 46,340 46,580 46,930 47,000

Employment 45,170 45,400 45,760 45,980

Unemployment 1,170 1,180 1,170 1,020

Rate 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.2%

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Conway NH-ME LMA, NH Portion

Labor Force 12,390 12,310 11,980 11,270

Employment 12,050 11,980 11,630 10,950


Rate 2.8% 2.7% 2.9% 2.8%

Conway NH-ME LMA (NH & ME)

Labor Force 16,250 16,140 15,810 15,030

Employment 15,810 15,710 15,360 14,610


Rate 2.7% 2.7% 2.8% 2.8%

Dover-Durham NH-ME MetroNECTA, NH Portion

Labor Force 71,370 73,150 73,560 73,710

Employment 69,440 71,230 71,650 72,000

Unemployment 1,930 1,920 1,910 1,710

Rate 2.7% 2.6% 2.6% 2.3%

Dover-Durham NH-ME MetroNECTA (NH & ME)

Labor Force 83,170 85,180 85,630 85,860

Employment 80,880 82,900 83,380 83,830

Unemployment 2,290 2,280 2,250 2,030

Rate 2.8% 2.7% 2.6% 2.4%

Expanded Claremont, NH estimating area (previously known as the Claremont-Newport NH LMA)

Labor Force 13,620 13,640 13,830 13,820

Employment 13,260 13,280 13,480 13,480


Rate 2.7% 2.6% 2.6% 2.4%

Franklin NH LMA

Labor Force 10,320 10,310 10,360 10,360

Employment 9,960 9,950 10,010 10,060


Rate 3.5% 3.5% 3.4% 2.9%

Haverhill NH LMA

Labor Force 3,430 3,460 3,440 3,420

Employment 3,310 3,350 3,340 3,320


Rate 3.4% 3.1% 2.9% 2.8%

Hillsborough NH LMA

Labor Force 8,050 8,180 8,180 8,030

Employment 7,830 7,960 7,960 7,830


Rate 2.8% 2.7% 2.7% 2.4%

Hinsdale Town, NH Portion, Brattleboro VT-NH LMA

Labor Force 2,070 2,090 2,090 2,040

Employment 1,980 2,000 2,000 1,960


Rate 4.3% 4.4% 4.3% 4.1%

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Keene NH MicroNECTA

Labor Force 26,160 26,510 26,860 26,880

Employment 25,410 25,770 26,110 26,200


Rate 2.9% 2.8% 2.8% 2.5%

Laconia NH MicroNECTA

Labor Force 11,100 11,100 11,150 11,060

Employment 10,740 10,750 10,810 10,730


Rate 3.2% 3.1% 3.1% 3.0%

Lebanon NH-VT MicroNECTA, NH Portion

Labor Force 24,760 24,910 25,060 24,810

Employment 24,230 24,360 24,500 24,310


Rate 2.1% 2.2% 2.2% 2.0%

Lebanon NH-VT MicroNECTA (NH & VT)

Labor Force 44,640 45,010 45,290 44,820

Employment 43,650 43,990 44,260 43,860

Unemployment 990 1,020 1,030 960

Rate 2.2% 2.3% 2.3% 2.1%

Littleton NH-VT LMA, NH Portion

Labor Force 12,520 12,500 12,380 12,060

Employment 12,140 12,130 12,010 11,700


Rate 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0%

Littleton NH-VT LMA (NH & VT)

Labor Force 13,320 13,310 13,190 12,840

Employment 12,910 12,910 12,790 12,460


Rate 3.1% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0%

Manchester NH MetroNECTA

Labor Force 116,220 116,840 117,690 118,020

Employment 112,820 113,500 114,430 114,980

Unemployment 3,400 3,340 3,260 3,040

Rate 2.9% 2.9% 2.8% 2.6%

Meredith NH LMA

Labor Force 6,910 6,950 6,940 6,970

Employment 6,690 6,730 6,730 6,770


Rate 3.2% 3.1% 3.1% 2.9%

Nashua NH-MA NECTA Division, NH Portion

Labor Force 161,410 161,280 162,550 162,870

Employment 155,860 155,830 157,270 157,930

Unemployment 5,550 5,450 5,280 4,940

Rate 3.4% 3.4% 3.2% 3.0%

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Nashua NH-MA NECTA Division (NH & MA)

Labor Force 170,460 170,380 171,720 172,040

Employment 164,580 164,580 166,100 166,820

Unemployment 5,880 5,800 5,620 5,220

Rate 3.4% 3.4% 3.3% 3.0%

New London NH LMA

Labor Force 8,990 9,070 8,850 8,430

Employment 8,780 8,860 8,640 8,240


Rate 2.4% 2.4% 2.4% 2.3%

Newport, NH LMA

Labor Force 6,320 6,330 6,420 6,400

Employment 6,170 6,180 6,270 6,270


Rate 2.4% 2.4% 2.3% 2.1%

Pelham Town, NH Portion, Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford MA-NH NECTA Division

Labor Force 7,630 7,640 7,690 7,760

Employment 7,300 7,320 7,370 7,440


Rate 4.3% 4.2% 4.1% 4.1%

Peterborough NH LMA

Labor Force 18,590 18,630 18,690 18,580

Employment 18,030 18,080 18,160 18,110


Rate 3.0% 2.9% 2.9% 2.5%

Plymouth NH LMA

Labor Force 17,560 18,290 18,450 17,560

Employment 17,150 17,860 18,020 17,170


Rate 2.3% 2.4% 2.3% 2.2%

Portsmouth NH-ME MetroNECTA, NH Portion

Labor Force 58,270 58,530 58,920 58,990

Employment 56,660 57,000 57,370 57,550

Unemployment 1,610 1,530 1,550 1,440

Rate 2.8% 2.6% 2.6% 2.4%

Portsmouth NH-ME MetroNECTA (NH & ME)

Labor Force 75,600 75,840 76,300 76,460

Employment 73,550 73,900 74,350 74,640

Unemployment 2,050 1,940 1,950 1,820

Rate 2.7% 2.6% 2.6% 2.4%

Raymond NH LMA

Labor Force 14,340 14,400 14,450 14,530

Employment 13,910 13,980 14,040 14,140


Rate 3.0% 2.9% 2.8% 2.7%

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Salem Town, NH Portion, Lawrence-Methuen-Salem MA-NH NECTA Division

Labor Force 17,610 17,650 17,810 17,920

Employment 16,910 16,980 17,150 17,280


Rate 4.0% 3.8% 3.7% 3.6%

Seabrook-Hampstead Area, NH Portion, Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury MA-NH NECTA Division

Labor Force 38,960 39,060 39,450 39,750

Employment 37,380 37,550 38,000 38,430

Unemployment 1,580 1,510 1,450 1,320

Rate 4.0% 3.9% 3.7% 3.3%

Wolfeboro NH LMA

Labor Force 8,760 8,720 8,700 8,700

Employment 8,430 8,410 8,390 8,400


Rate 3.7% 3.6% 3.6% 3.4%

Note: All city and town unemployment rates are available on our web site at www.nhes.nh.gov/elmi/statistics/candt-arch.htm

Amherst Town

Labor Force 6,150 6,160 6,200 6,230

Employment 5,990 5,990 6,040 6,070


Rate 2.7% 2.7% 2.6% 2.5%

Atkinson Town

Labor Force 3,900 3,910 3,940 3,980

Employment 3,740 3,750 3,800 3,840


Rate 4.2% 4.0% 3.6% 3.6%

Barrington Town

Labor Force 5,190 5,320 5,350 5,350

Employment 5,040 5,170 5,200 5,220


Rate 2.9% 2.8% 2.8% 2.4%

Bedford Town

Labor Force 11,750 11,820 11,900 11,950

Employment 11,450 11,520 11,610 11,670


Rate 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.3%

Belmont Town

Labor Force 3,500 3,500 3,540 3,510

Employment 3,360 3,360 3,400 3,410


Rate 4.1% 4.0% 3.9% 3.0%

Berlin City

Labor Force 3,820 3,840 3,830 3,850

Employment 3,630 3,660 3,640 3,650


Rate 5.0% 4.8% 4.9% 5.1%

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Bow Town

Labor Force 4,350 4,370 4,400 4,410

Employment 4,250 4,270 4,310 4,330


Rate 2.2% 2.3% 2.1% 1.9%

Charlestown Town

Labor Force 2,840 2,840 2,860 2,850

Employment 2,770 2,780 2,780 2,780


Rate 2.3% 2.2% 2.7% 2.3%

Claremont City

Labor Force 6,420 6,430 6,520 6,520

Employment 6,240 6,250 6,340 6,340


Rate 2.9% 2.8% 2.8% 2.7%

Colebrook Town

Labor Force 1,080 1,090 1,110 1,070

Employment 1,030 1,050 1,070 1,040


Rate 4.2% 3.5% 3.3% 3.0%

Concord City

Labor Force 22,280 22,390 22,570 22,600

Employment 21,700 21,810 21,980 22,090


Rate 2.6% 2.6% 2.6% 2.3%

Conway Town

Labor Force 5,440 5,400 5,260 4,940

Employment 5,300 5,260 5,110 4,810


Rate 2.5% 2.6% 2.8% 2.6%

Derry Town

Labor Force 20,000 19,950 20,100 20,120

Employment 19,210 19,200 19,380 19,460


Rate 4.0% 3.8% 3.6% 3.3%

Dover City

Labor Force 17,960 18,380 18,510 18,580

Employment 17,490 17,940 18,050 18,140


Rate 2.6% 2.4% 2.5% 2.4%

Durham Town

Labor Force 8,890 9,210 9,200 9,220

Employment 8,720 8,950 9,000 9,040


Rate 1.9% 2.8% 2.2% 1.9%

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Epping Town

Labor Force 4,140 4,170 4,180 4,170

Employment 4,000 4,030 4,050 4,060


Rate 3.3% 3.3% 3.0% 2.7%

Exeter Town

Labor Force 8,410 8,430 8,490 8,510

Employment 8,150 8,190 8,250 8,270


Rate 3.1% 2.9% 2.9% 2.8%

Farmington Town

Labor Force 3,580 3,650 3,670 3,680

Employment 3,460 3,550 3,570 3,590


Rate 3.3% 2.8% 2.8% 2.4%

Franklin City

Labor Force 3,890 3,880 3,910 3,900

Employment 3,740 3,730 3,760 3,780


Rate 3.9% 3.7% 3.8% 3.1%

Gilford Town

Labor Force 3,540 3,540 3,550 3,510

Employment 3,420 3,430 3,450 3,420


Rate 3.3% 3.1% 2.7% 2.5%

Goffstown Town

Labor Force 10,340 10,420 10,490 10,510

Employment 10,080 10,140 10,230 10,280


Rate 2.5% 2.7% 2.5% 2.2%

Hampstead Town

Labor Force 5,000 5,020 5,070 5,120

Employment 4,820 4,840 4,900 4,960


Rate 3.6% 3.6% 3.4% 3.1%

Hampton Town

Labor Force 8,980 9,010 9,060 9,070

Employment 8,650 8,700 8,760 8,790


Rate 3.7% 3.5% 3.3% 3.1%

Hanover Town

Labor Force 4,850 4,900 4,910 4,860

Employment 4,740 4,760 4,790 4,750


Rate 2.3% 2.8% 2.4% 2.2%

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Haverhill Town

Labor Force 2,350 2,370 2,360 2,340

Employment 2,280 2,310 2,300 2,280


Rate 3.1% 2.7% 2.6% 2.4%

Hillsborough Town

Labor Force 2,890 2,930 2,940 2,880

Employment 2,790 2,840 2,840 2,790


Rate 3.4% 3.2% 3.4% 3.0%

Hollis Town

Labor Force 4,160 4,130 4,170 4,190

Employment 4,010 4,000 4,040 4,060


Rate 3.5% 3.1% 3.0% 3.1%

Hooksett Town

Labor Force 8,720 8,760 8,820 8,860

Employment 8,470 8,530 8,600 8,640


Rate 2.8% 2.6% 2.5% 2.4%

Hudson Town

Labor Force 14,710 14,680 14,780 14,800

Employment 14,130 14,120 14,250 14,310


Rate 4.0% 3.8% 3.6% 3.3%

Keene City

Labor Force 11,820 11,990 12,130 12,140

Employment 11,490 11,650 11,800 11,840


Rate 2.8% 2.8% 2.7% 2.4%

Kingston Town

Labor Force 3,590 3,600 3,650 3,680

Employment 3,450 3,470 3,510 3,550


Rate 3.9% 3.6% 3.7% 3.5%

Laconia City

Labor Force 7,560 7,570 7,620 7,550

Employment 7,320 7,330 7,370 7,310


Rate 3.2% 3.1% 3.2% 3.2%

Lebanon City

Labor Force 7,490 7,520 7,580 7,500

Employment 7,330 7,370 7,420 7,360


Rate 2.1% 2.0% 2.1% 1.9%

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Litchfield Town

Labor Force 4,660 4,650 4,680 4,700

Employment 4,490 4,490 4,530 4,550


Rate 3.7% 3.5% 3.3% 3.1%

Littleton Town

Labor Force 3,090 3,090 3,060 2,980

Employment 3,000 3,000 2,970 2,890


Rate 3.0% 2.9% 3.0% 2.9%

Londonderry Town

Labor Force 15,440 15,440 15,550 15,610

Employment 14,950 14,940 15,080 15,140


Rate 3.2% 3.2% 3.0% 3.0%

Manchester City

Labor Force 62,070 62,370 62,850 63,040

Employment 60,120 60,480 60,980 61,270

Unemployment 1,950 1,890 1,870 1,770

Rate 3.1% 3.0% 3.0% 2.8%

Meredith Town

Labor Force 2,970 2,980 2,980 3,000

Employment 2,860 2,880 2,880 2,900


Rate 3.6% 3.5% 3.5% 3.2%

Merrimack Town

Labor Force 15,790 15,780 15,910 15,940

Employment 15,300 15,300 15,440 15,500


Rate 3.1% 3.0% 2.9% 2.8%

Milford Town

Labor Force 9,010 9,000 9,070 9,060

Employment 8,720 8,720 8,800 8,830


Rate 3.2% 3.1% 3.0% 2.6%

Nashua City

Labor Force 49,320 49,330 49,750 49,800

Employment 47,570 47,570 48,000 48,200

Unemployment 1,750 1,760 1,750 1,600

Rate 3.6% 3.6% 3.5% 3.2%

New London Town

Labor Force 1,990 2,020 1,960 1,860

Employment 1,940 1,960 1,910 1,820


Rate 2.6% 2.8% 2.7% 2.4%

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Newmarket Town

Labor Force 5,630 5,660 5,700 5,700

Employment 5,490 5,520 5,560 5,580


Rate 2.5% 2.4% 2.4% 2.0%

Newport Town

Labor Force 3,590 3,590 3,630 3,630

Employment 3,500 3,500 3,550 3,550


Rate 2.5% 2.5% 2.3% 2.1%

Pelham Town

Labor Force 7,630 7,640 7,690 7,760

Employment 7,300 7,320 7,370 7,440


Rate 4.3% 4.2% 4.1% 4.1%

Pembroke Town

Labor Force 4,300 4,330 4,360 4,370

Employment 4,160 4,190 4,220 4,240


Rate 3.3% 3.1% 3.2% 2.9%

Peterborough Town

Labor Force 3,680 3,690 3,700 3,690

Employment 3,600 3,610 3,630 3,620


Rate 2.2% 2.1% 1.9% 1.8%

Plaistow Town

Labor Force 4,180 4,180 4,220 4,270

Employment 3,980 3,990 4,040 4,090


Rate 4.7% 4.5% 4.4% 4.2%

Plymouth Town

Labor Force 3,500 3,670 3,690 3,510

Employment 3,430 3,570 3,600 3,430


Rate 2.0% 2.6% 2.4% 2.2%

Portsmouth City

Labor Force 13,650 13,720 13,830 13,860

Employment 13,340 13,420 13,510 13,550


Rate 2.3% 2.2% 2.3% 2.3%

Raymond Town

Labor Force 6,040 6,050 6,070 6,110

Employment 5,820 5,840 5,870 5,910


Rate 3.6% 3.4% 3.4% 3.2%

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Rochester City

Labor Force 17,000 17,410 17,540 17,580

Employment 16,530 16,950 17,050 17,140


Rate 2.8% 2.6% 2.8% 2.5%

Salem Town

Labor Force 17,610 17,650 17,810 17,920

Employment 16,910 16,980 17,150 17,280


Rate 4.0% 3.8% 3.7% 3.6%

Sandown Town

Labor Force 4,080 4,090 4,130 4,160

Employment 3,940 3,960 4,000 4,050


Rate 3.5% 3.1% 3.1% 2.6%

Seabrook Town

Labor Force 5,050 5,040 5,090 5,110

Employment 4,760 4,780 4,840 4,890


Rate 5.7% 5.2% 4.9% 4.4%

Somersworth City

Labor Force 6,570 6,720 6,770 6,790

Employment 6,380 6,550 6,590 6,620


Rate 2.9% 2.6% 2.6% 2.4%

Stratham Town

Labor Force 4,480 4,500 4,540 4,550

Employment 4,370 4,400 4,430 4,440


Rate 2.4% 2.3% 2.4% 2.3%

Swanzey Town

Labor Force 3,950 4,000 4,060 4,070

Employment 3,850 3,900 3,950 3,970


Rate 2.5% 2.6% 2.7% 2.5%

Weare Town

Labor Force 5,730 5,770 5,790 5,800

Employment 5,580 5,620 5,660 5,690


Rate 2.6% 2.6% 2.3% 1.9%

Windham Town

Labor Force 7,800 7,790 7,850 7,880

Employment 7,550 7,550 7,620 7,650


Rate 3.2% 3.1% 2.9% 2.9%

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Wolfeboro Town

Labor Force 2,720 2,730 2,720 2,710

Employment 2,640 2,640 2,630 2,630


Rate 3.0% 3.2% 3.3% 2.9%

Unemployment Rates*

UNITED STATES 4.5% 4.4% 4.1% 3.7%

NEW ENGLAND 4.2% 4.2% 3.9% 3.5%

CONNECTICUT 5.3% 5.1% 4.7% 4.3%

MAINE 3.4% 3.3% 3.1% 3.1%

MASSACHUSETTS 4.0% 4.0% 3.8% 3.3%

NEW HAMPSHIRE 3.1% 3.0% 2.9% 2.7%

RHODE ISLAND 5.3% 5.3% 4.8% 4.0%

VERMONT 3.3% 3.1% 3.0% 3.0%

*All estimates are by place of residence and are not seasonally adjusted.

Seasonally Adjusted**

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Labor Force 746,570 747,310 748,690 750,720

Employment 727,210 728,080 729,430 731,080

Unemployment 19,360 19,230 19,260 19,640

Rate 2.6% 2.6% 2.6% 2.6%

Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rates:

UNITED STATES 4.1% 4.1% 4.1% 3.9%

NEW ENGLAND 3.7% 3.6% 3.6% 3.6%

CONNECTICUT 4.5% 4.6% 4.5% 4.5%

MAINE 3.0% 2.9% 2.7% 2.7%

MASSACHUSETTS 3.5% 3.5% 3.5% 3.5%

NEW HAMPSHIRE 2.6% 2.6% 2.6% 2.6%

RHODE ISLAND 4.5% 4.6% 4.5% 4.5%

VERMONT 2.9% 2.8% 2.8% 2.8%

**Seasonally adjusted rates are not available for substate areas.

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