Labor Market Information - State of Connecticut Most Recent Labor Force Data by Labor Market Area (LMA)

Current Labor Force Data for Labor Market Area (LMA) - State of Connecticut

Last Updated: January 23, 2012

December 2011 - Current Monthly Data
Not Seasonally Adjusted	LABOR FORCE	EMPLOYED	UNEMPLOYED	UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
STATE OF CONNECTICUT	1,878,100	1,735,800	142,300	7.6%
Bridgeport-Stamford	475,420	441,807	33,613	7.1%
Danbury	92,908	87,290	5,618	6.0%
Enfield	49,786	46,312	3,474	7.0%
Hartford	598,185	552,960	45,225	7.6%
New Haven	311,289	286,482	24,807	8.0%
* Norwich-New London	135,102	124,530	10,572	7.8%
Torrington	54,590	50,685	3,905	7.2%
Waterbury	101,686	91,748	9,938	9.8%
Willimantic - Danielson	59,127	54,006	5,121	8.7%
* Connecticut portion only. For whole Area, including Rhode Island towns, see below.
Norwich-New London	147,960	136,197	11,763	8.0%
Westerly, RI	12,858	11,667	1,191	9.3%
UNITED STATES	153,373,000	140,681,000	12,692,000	8.3%

2011 Monthly Historical Data

January - December

Statewide Summary & LMAs

Bridgeport - Stamford

Willimantic - Danielson

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 1,200 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 considered 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.