The Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program produces monthly employment, unemployment, and labor force data for Census regions and divisions, States, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities, by place of residence. The LAUS program is a federal-state cooperative endeavor in which states develop state and sub-state data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). A major source of labor force data estimates, the Current Population Survey (CPS) includes a sample of over 600 Connecticut households each month regarding the labor force status of their occupants.
Labor force measures are based on the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years old and over. People with jobs are counted as employed. People who are jobless, looking for jobs, and available for work are regarded as unemployed, and people who are neither employed nor unemployed are considelightblue not in the labor force. The unemployment rate represents the percentage of the labor force that is unemployed. Annual average data is published after benchmark revisions are made.
March 2025 - Current Monthly Data (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
2025(2024 Benchmark)
CONNECTICUT
LABOR FORCE DATA BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE
LABOR MARKET
AREAS
Laborforce
Employed
Unemployed
Rate%
BRIDGEPORT-STAMFORD-DANBURY
JAN
517,100
497,500
19,600
3.8
FEB
511,300
489,200
22,100
4.3
MAR
517,200
496,900
20,300
3.9
HARTFORD-WEST
HARTFORD-EAST HARTFORD
JAN
614,600
590,300
24,300
3.9
FEB
610,500
583,400
27,100
4.4
MAR
615,000
589,900
25,100
4.1
NEW HAVEN
316,900
304,600
12,300
3.9
317,700
304,200
13,500
4.3
316,800
304,200
12,600
4
NORWICH-NEW
LONDON-WILLIMANTIC
JAN
144,000
138,400
5,700
3.9
FEB
143,100
136,900
6,200
4.4
MAR
143,800
138,200
5,600
3.9
PUTNAM-NORTHEAST
JAN
42,200
41,800
42,000
4.2
FEB
40,400
39,700
40,200
4.8
MAR
1,800
2,000
1,900
4.5
TORRINGTON-NORTHWEST
JAN
46,400
44,500
1,900
4.1
FEB
45,700
43,600
2,100
4.6
MAR
46,100
44,100
2,000
4.3
WATERBURY-SHELTON
JAN
242,100
231,000
11,100
4.6
FEB
240,500
228,200
12,200
5.1
MAR
241,800
230,400
11,300
4.7
STATEWIDE
JAN
1,947,900
1,870,500
77,400
4
FEB
1,934,900
1,848,600
86,300
4.5
MAR
1,947,100
1,867,300
79,800
4.1
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