Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Hartford fell 0.1 percentage points in March 2012 to 7.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.0 percentage points lower than the Connecticut rate. The unemployment rate in Hartford peaked in February 2010 at 9.3% and is now 1.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare Hartford unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.2%	-0.1	-0.7
Connecticut	7.7%	-0.1	-1.4
Hartford	7.7%	-0.1	-1.3

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with March 2012 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Hartford, Connecticut, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Hartford, Connecticut Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Hartford peaked in March 2010 at 55,848. There are now 9,217 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Hartford employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Hartford, Connecticut) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
Hartford	46,631	-607	-7,477

Number of Unemployed Persons

Hartford, Connecticut Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Connecticut Unemployment Rate	Hartford Unemployment Rate	Hartford Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	7.7%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	7.7%	7.7%	46,631
February 2012	8.3%	7.8%	7.8%	47,238
January 2012	8.3%	8.0%	8.1%	48,928
December 2011	8.5%	8.1%	8.4%	50,325
November 2011	8.7%	8.3%	8.7%	51,842
October 2011	8.9%	8.5%	8.8%	52,724
September 2011	9.0%	8.6%	8.9%	52,983
August 2011	9.1%	8.8%	9.0%	53,597
July 2011	9.1%	8.9%	9.1%	54,066
June 2011	9.1%	8.9%	9.1%	54,570
May 2011	9.0%	8.9%	9.1%	54,664
April 2011	9.0%	9.0%	9.1%	54,532