| JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | Annual Average | ||
| WATERBURY LMA | Labor Force | 116,050 | 116,221 | 117,022 | 116,017 | 117,551 | 120,334 | 121,787 | 120,940 | 118,235 | 119,021 | 119,097 | 118,758 | 118,419 |
| Employed | 107,457 | 107,799 | 109,186 | 108,753 | 110,516 | 113,045 | 114,140 | 114,383 | 112,832 | 113,371 | 113,714 | 113,214 | 111,534 | |
| Unemployed | 8,593 | 8,422 | 7,836 | 7,264 | 7,035 | 7,289 | 7,647 | 6,557 | 5,403 | 5,650 | 5,383 | 5,544 | 6,885 | |
| Unemp. Rate % | 7.4 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.8 | |
| Bethlehem | Labor Force | 1,946 | 1,966 | 1,960 | 1,913 | 1,922 | 1,987 | 2,008 | 2,004 | 1,967 | 1,988 | 1,973 | 1,968 | 1,967 |
| Employed | 1,806 | 1,811 | 1,835 | 1,827 | 1,857 | 1,900 | 1,918 | 1,922 | 1,896 | 1,905 | 1,911 | 1,902 | 1,874 | |
| Unemployed | 140 | 155 | 125 | 86 | 65 | 87 | 90 | 82 | 71 | 83 | 62 | 66 | 93 | |
| Unemp. Rate % | 7.2 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 | |
| Middlebury | Labor Force | 3,358 | 3,333 | 3,361 | 3,294 | 3,338 | 3,414 | 3,467 | 3,462 | 3,388 | 3,412 | 3,425 | 3,407 | 3,388 |
| Employed | 3,137 | 3,147 | 3,187 | 3,175 | 3,226 | 3,300 | 3,332 | 3,339 | 3,294 | 3,309 | 3,319 | 3,305 | 3,256 | |
| Unemployed | 221 | 186 | 174 | 119 | 112 | 114 | 135 | 123 | 94 | 103 | 106 | 102 | 132 | |
| Unemp. Rate % | 6.6 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.9 | |
| Naugatuck | Labor Force | 16,847 | 16,859 | 16,959 | 16,682 | 16,985 | 17,392 | 17,629 | 17,529 | 17,114 | 17,178 | 17,186 | 17,165 | 17,127 |
| Employed | 15,568 | 15,618 | 15,819 | 15,756 | 16,011 | 16,378 | 16,536 | 16,572 | 16,347 | 16,425 | 16,475 | 16,402 | 16,159 | |
| Unemployed | 1,279 | 1,241 | 1,140 | 926 | 974 | 1,014 | 1,093 | 957 | 767 | 753 | 711 | 763 | 968 | |
| Unemp. Rate % | 7.6 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 5.7 | |
| Prospect | Labor Force | 4,577 | 4,598 | 4,620 | 4,586 | 4,628 | 4,732 | 4,788 | 4,754 | 4,660 | 4,687 | 4,703 | 4,685 | 4,669 |
| Employed | 4,301 | 4,315 | 4,371 | 4,353 | 4,424 | 4,525 | 4,569 | 4,579 | 4,516 | 4,538 | 4,552 | 4,532 | 4,465 | |
| Unemployed | 276 | 283 | 249 | 233 | 204 | 207 | 219 | 175 | 144 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 204 | |
| Unemp. Rate % | 6.0 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.4 | |
| Southbury | Labor Force | 6,642 | 6,666 | 6,752 | 6,679 | 6,789 | 6,957 | 7,024 | 7,049 | 6,911 | 6,966 | 6,946 | 6,900 | 6,857 |
| Employed | 6,360 | 6,381 | 6,463 | 6,437 | 6,541 | 6,691 | 6,756 | 6,770 | 6,679 | 6,710 | 6,731 | 6,701 | 6,602 | |
| Unemployed | 282 | 285 | 289 | 242 | 248 | 266 | 268 | 279 | 232 | 256 | 215 | 199 | 255 | |
| Unemp. Rate % | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.7 | |
| Thomaston | Labor Force | 4,099 | 4,123 | 4,127 | 4,109 | 4,125 | 4,243 | 4,318 | 4,271 | 4,146 | 4,217 | 4,185 | 4,183 | 4,179 |
| Employed | 3,801 | 3,814 | 3,863 | 3,847 | 3,910 | 3,999 | 4,038 | 4,046 | 3,992 | 4,011 | 4,023 | 4,005 | 3,946 | |
| Unemployed | 298 | 309 | 264 | 262 | 215 | 244 | 280 | 225 | 154 | 206 | 162 | 178 | 233 | |
| Unemp. Rate % | 7.3 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 5.6 | |
| Waterbury | Labor Force | 53,536 | 53,586 | 54,068 | 53,741 | 54,396 | 55,683 | 56,272 | 55,663 | 54,443 | 54,807 | 54,814 | 54,690 | 54,641 |
| Employed | 48,901 | 49,057 | 49,688 | 49,491 | 50,293 | 51,444 | 51,942 | 52,053 | 51,347 | 51,592 | 51,748 | 51,521 | 50,756 | |
| Unemployed | 4,635 | 4,529 | 4,380 | 4,250 | 4,103 | 4,239 | 4,330 | 3,610 | 3,096 | 3,215 | 3,066 | 3,169 | 3,885 | |
| Unemp. Rate % | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 7.1 | |
| Watertown | Labor Force | 12,050 | 12,069 | 12,113 | 12,055 | 12,225 | 12,479 | 12,612 | 12,567 | 12,296 | 12,405 | 12,452 | 12,433 | 12,313 |
| Employed | 11,330 | 11,366 | 11,512 | 11,467 | 11,653 | 11,919 | 12,035 | 12,060 | 11,897 | 11,954 | 11,990 | 11,937 | 11,760 | |
| Unemployed | 720 | 703 | 601 | 588 | 572 | 560 | 577 | 507 | 399 | 451 | 462 | 496 | 553 | |
| Unemp. Rate % | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.5 | |
| Wolcott | Labor Force | 8,034 | 8,036 | 8,068 | 8,009 | 8,130 | 8,284 | 8,485 | 8,454 | 8,237 | 8,265 | 8,295 | 8,251 | 8,213 |
| Employed | 7,552 | 7,576 | 7,674 | 7,643 | 7,767 | 7,945 | 8,022 | 8,039 | 7,930 | 7,968 | 7,992 | 7,957 | 7,839 | |
| Unemployed | 482 | 460 | 394 | 366 | 363 | 339 | 463 | 415 | 307 | 297 | 303 | 294 | 374 | |
| Unemp. Rate % | 6.0 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | |
| Woodbury | Labor Force | 4,959 | 4,985 | 4,995 | 4,947 | 5,013 | 5,163 | 5,184 | 5,188 | 5,075 | 5,095 | 5,118 | 5,075 | 5,066 |
| Employed | 4,700 | 4,715 | 4,776 | 4,757 | 4,834 | 4,944 | 4,992 | 5,003 | 4,935 | 4,959 | 4,974 | 4,952 | 4,878 | |
| Unemployed | 259 | 270 | 219 | 190 | 179 | 219 | 192 | 185 | 140 | 136 | 144 | 123 | 188 | |
| Unemp. Rate % | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.7 | |
| Note: Revised labor force estimates for 1990-1997 reflect incorporationof revised 1990 Census population inputs. In addition, the estimates startingwith January 1994 are not directly comparable to the data prior to thatdate due to the redesign of the Current Population Survey by the U.S. Bureauof Labor Statistics. Published by the Connecticut Department of Labor, Office of Research Last Updated: April 14, 1999 |