Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Hartford fell 0.3 percentage points in December 2011 to 8.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the Connecticut rate. The unemployment rate in Hartford peaked in February 2010 at 9.3% and is now 0.9 percentage points lower. You can also compare Hartford unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Connecticut	8.2%	-0.2	-0.8
Hartford	8.4%	-0.3	-0.7

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January 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 5,523 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Hartford employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Hartford, Connecticut) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Hartford	50,325	-1,517	-4,614

Number of Unemployed Persons

Hartford, Connecticut Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Connecticut Unemployment Rate	Hartford Unemployment Rate	Hartford Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	8.2%	8.4%	50,325
November 2011	8.7%	8.4%	8.7%	51,842
October 2011	8.9%	8.7%	8.8%	52,724
September 2011	9.0%	8.9%	8.9%	52,983
August 2011	9.1%	9.0%	9.0%	53,597
July 2011	9.1%	9.1%	9.1%	54,066
June 2011	9.1%	9.1%	9.1%	54,570
May 2011	9.0%	9.1%	9.1%	54,664
April 2011	9.0%	9.1%	9.1%	54,532
March 2011	8.9%	9.1%	9.0%	54,108
February 2011	9.0%	9.0%	9.0%	54,090
January 2011	9.1%	9.0%	9.1%	54,325