JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | Annual Average | ||
DANBURY LMA | Labor Force | 106,236 | 105,547 | 106,831 | 106,658 | 107,360 | 109,529 | 111,586 | 111,080 | 107,743 | 108,880 | 109,365 | 109,344 | 108,346 |
Employed | 101,701 | 101,207 | 102,920 | 103,096 | 103,673 | 105,647 | 107,123 | 107,139 | 104,737 | 105,923 | 106,545 | 106,598 | 104,692 | |
Unemployed | 4,535 | 4,340 | 3,911 | 3,562 | 3,687 | 3,882 | 4,463 | 3,941 | 3,006 | 2,957 | 2,820 | 2,746 | 3,654 | |
Unemp. Rate % | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.4 | |
Bethel | Labor Force | 9,484 | 9,406 | 9,535 | 9,519 | 9,577 | 9,790 | 9,974 | 9,972 | 9,681 | 9,768 | 9,824 | 9,808 | 9,695 |
Employed | 9,106 | 9,062 | 9,215 | 9,231 | 9,283 | 9,460 | 9,592 | 9,593 | 9,378 | 9,484 | 9,540 | 9,545 | 9,374 | |
Unemployed | 378 | 344 | 320 | 288 | 294 | 330 | 382 | 379 | 303 | 284 | 284 | 263 | 321 | |
Unemp. Rate % | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 | |
Bridgewater | Labor Force | 920 | 922 | 935 | 939 | 947 | 958 | 977 | 972 | 950 | 959 | 965 | 960 | 951 |
Employed | 892 | 888 | 903 | 905 | 910 | 927 | 940 | 940 | 919 | 929 | 935 | 935 | 919 | |
Unemployed | 28 | 34 | 32 | 34 | 37 | 31 | 37 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 32 | |
Unemp. Rate % | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.4 | |
Brookfield | Labor Force | 7,906 | 7,885 | 7,952 | 7,948 | 7,979 | 8,145 | 8,308 | 8,293 | 8,061 | 8,134 | 8,158 | 8,131 | 8,075 |
Employed | 7,611 | 7,574 | 7,702 | 7,715 | 7,758 | 7,906 | 8,017 | 8,018 | 7,838 | 7,927 | 7,973 | 7,977 | 7,835 | |
Unemployed | 295 | 311 | 250 | 233 | 221 | 239 | 291 | 275 | 223 | 207 | 185 | 154 | 240 | |
Unemp. Rate % | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 3.0 | |
Danbury | Labor Force | 35,423 | 35,198 | 35,619 | 35,572 | 35,771 | 36,491 | 37,086 | 36,837 | 35,711 | 36,080 | 36,245 | 36,200 | 36,019 |
Employed | 33,448 | 33,286 | 33,849 | 33,907 | 34,097 | 34,746 | 35,232 | 35,237 | 34,447 | 34,837 | 35,042 | 35,059 | 34,432 | |
Unemployed | 1,975 | 1,912 | 1,770 | 1,665 | 1,674 | 1,745 | 1,854 | 1,600 | 1,264 | 1,243 | 1,203 | 1,141 | 1,587 | |
Unemp. Rate % | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.4 | |
New Fairfield | Labor Force | 6,867 | 6,814 | 6,892 | 6,907 | 6,933 | 7,100 | 7,279 | 7,237 | 6,962 | 7,033 | 7,065 | 7,067 | 7,013 |
Employed | 6,596 | 6,564 | 6,675 | 6,686 | 6,724 | 6,852 | 6,947 | 6,949 | 6,793 | 6,870 | 6,910 | 6,913 | 6,790 | |
Unemployed | 271 | 250 | 217 | 221 | 209 | 248 | 332 | 288 | 169 | 163 | 155 | 154 | 223 | |
Unemp. Rate % | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 3.2 | |
New Milford | Labor Force | 13,647 | 13,548 | 13,721 | 13,635 | 13,705 | 13,994 | 14,252 | 14,202 | 13,728 | 13,909 | 13,946 | 14,002 | 13,857 |
Employed | 13,003 | 12,939 | 13,158 | 13,181 | 13,255 | 13,507 | 13,696 | 13,698 | 13,391 | 13,542 | 13,622 | 13,629 | 13,385 | |
Unemployed | 644 | 609 | 563 | 454 | 450 | 487 | 556 | 504 | 337 | 367 | 324 | 373 | 472 | |
Unemp. Rate % | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.4 | |
Newtown | Labor Force | 11,394 | 11,334 | 11,497 | 11,477 | 11,584 | 11,801 | 12,036 | 11,953 | 11,640 | 11,747 | 11,796 | 11,807 | 11,673 |
Employed | 11,016 | 10,963 | 11,149 | 11,168 | 11,230 | 11,444 | 11,604 | 11,606 | 11,345 | 11,474 | 11,541 | 11,547 | 11,341 | |
Unemployed | 378 | 371 | 348 | 309 | 354 | 357 | 432 | 347 | 295 | 273 | 255 | 260 | 332 | |
Unemp. Rate % | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.8 | |
Redding | Labor Force | 4,270 | 4,240 | 4,297 | 4,294 | 4,347 | 4,424 | 4,512 | 4,494 | 4,386 | 4,426 | 4,447 | 4,443 | 4,382 |
Employed | 4,179 | 4,159 | 4,229 | 4,236 | 4,260 | 4,341 | 4,402 | 4,403 | 4,304 | 4,353 | 4,378 | 4,380 | 4,302 | |
Unemployed | 91 | 81 | 68 | 58 | 87 | 83 | 110 | 91 | 82 | 73 | 69 | 63 | 80 | |
Unemp. Rate % | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | |
Ridgefield | Labor Force | 11,643 | 11,564 | 11,700 | 11,730 | 11,847 | 12,081 | 12,283 | 12,248 | 11,928 | 12,073 | 12,131 | 12,146 | 11,948 |
Employed | 11,375 | 11,320 | 11,511 | 11,531 | 11,596 | 11,816 | 11,982 | 11,983 | 11,715 | 11,847 | 11,917 | 11,923 | 11,710 | |
Unemployed | 268 | 244 | 189 | 199 | 251 | 265 | 301 | 265 | 213 | 226 | 214 | 223 | 238 | |
Unemp. Rate % | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | |
Roxbury | Labor Force | 1,012 | 1,010 | 1,021 | 1,018 | 1,026 | 1,039 | 1,060 | 1,059 | 1,028 | 1,035 | 1,038 | 1,035 | 1,032 |
Employed | 975 | 970 | 986 | 988 | 994 | 1,013 | 1,027 | 1,027 | 1,004 | 1,015 | 1,021 | 1,022 | 1,004 | |
Unemployed | 37 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 32 | 26 | 33 | 32 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 28 | |
Unemp. Rate % | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.7 | |
Sherman | Labor Force | 1,612 | 1,607 | 1,609 | 1,606 | 1,618 | 1,642 | 1,682 | 1,681 | 1,628 | 1,645 | 1,670 | 1,665 | 1,639 |
Employed | 1,553 | 1,546 | 1,572 | 1,575 | 1,584 | 1,614 | 1,636 | 1,637 | 1,600 | 1,618 | 1,627 | 1,628 | 1,599 | |
Unemployed | 59 | 61 | 37 | 31 | 34 | 28 | 46 | 44 | 28 | 27 | 43 | 37 | 40 | |
Unemp. Rate % | 3.7 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.4 | |
Washington | Labor Force | 2,057 | 2,019 | 2,050 | 2,011 | 2,027 | 2,062 | 2,138 | 2,135 | 2,042 | 2,070 | 2,081 | 2,080 | 2,064 |
Employed | 1,946 | 1,936 | 1,969 | 1,972 | 1,984 | 2,021 | 2,050 | 2,050 | 2,004 | 2,027 | 2,038 | 2,039 | 2,003 | |
Unemployed | 111 | 83 | 81 | 39 | 43 | 41 | 88 | 85 | 38 | 43 | 43 | 41 | 61 | |
Unemp. Rate % | 5.4 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 3.0 |