New Haven, Connecticut Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for New Haven fell 0.2 percentage points in December 2011 to 8.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points higher than the Connecticut rate. The unemployment rate in New Haven peaked in November 2010 at 9.5% and is now 0.8 percentage points lower. You can also compare New Haven 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
New Haven	8.7%	-0.2	-0.8

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: New Haven, Connecticut, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

New Haven, Connecticut Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in New Haven peaked in April 2011 at 30,119. There are now 2,671 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. New Haven employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in New Haven, Connecticut) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
New Haven	27,448	-613	-2,660

Number of Unemployed Persons

New Haven, Connecticut Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Connecticut Unemployment Rate	New Haven Unemployment Rate	New Haven Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	8.2%	8.7%	27,448
November 2011	8.7%	8.4%	8.9%	28,061
October 2011	8.9%	8.7%	9.1%	28,649
September 2011	9.0%	8.9%	9.2%	28,879
August 2011	9.1%	9.0%	9.4%	29,250
July 2011	9.1%	9.1%	9.4%	29,556
June 2011	9.1%	9.1%	9.5%	29,922
May 2011	9.0%	9.1%	9.5%	30,108
April 2011	9.0%	9.1%	9.5%	30,119
March 2011	8.9%	9.1%	9.5%	30,017
February 2011	9.0%	9.0%	9.5%	30,088
January 2011	9.1%	9.0%	9.5%	30,105