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

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: October 19, 2020


September 2020 - Current Monthly Data
Not Seasonally Adjusted	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemployment Rate
STATE OF CONNECTICUT	1,889,400	1,747,200	142,300	7.5%
Bridgeport-Stamford	451,595	415,856	35,739	7.9%
Danbury	104,492	97,540	6,952	6.7%
Enfield	47,575	44,261	3,314	7.0%
Hartford	630,520	584,601	45,919	7.3%
New Haven	331,810	308,351	23,459	7.1%
* Norwich-New London-Westerly CT	123,856	112,648	11,208	9.0%
Torrington-Northwest	46,612	43,674	2,938	6.3%
Waterbury	109,898	100,103	9,795	8.9%
Danielson-Northeast	43,064	40,124	2,940	6.8%
* Connecticut portion only. For whole Area, including Rhode Island towns, see below.
Norwich-New London-Westerly RI	139,257	126,525	12,732	9.1%
Westerly, RI	15,401	13,877	1,524	9.9%
UNITED STATES	160,073,000	147,796,000	12,277,000	7.7%

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.

NOTE: Although consistent with prior Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) methodology, Connecticut's official unemployment rate for September produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program continues to be impacted by collection and classification challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Data collection and misclassification issues in the Current Population Survey (CPS), the foundation of the state's household-based labor force statistics, caused unemployment to be underestimated. The effect of the CPS misclassification problem on Connecticut's LAUS unemployment rate has declined since April and is now estimated to be in line with the misclassification at the national level. The BLS continues to work to overcome these problems as quickly as possible.


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