New Haven, Connecticut Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for New Haven fell 0.1 percentage points in March 2012 to 8.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points higher than the Connecticut rate. The unemployment rate in New Haven peaked in November 2010 at 9.5% and is now 1.4 percentage points lower. You can also compare New Haven 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
New Haven	8.1%	-0.1	-1.4

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: 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 4,313 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	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
New Haven	25,806	-142	-4,211

Number of Unemployed Persons

New Haven, Connecticut Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Connecticut Unemployment Rate	New Haven Unemployment Rate	New Haven Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	7.7%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	7.7%	8.1%	25,806
February 2012	8.3%	7.8%	8.2%	25,948
January 2012	8.3%	8.0%	8.5%	26,814
December 2011	8.5%	8.1%	8.7%	27,448
November 2011	8.7%	8.3%	8.9%	28,061
October 2011	8.9%	8.5%	9.1%	28,649
September 2011	9.0%	8.6%	9.2%	28,879
August 2011	9.1%	8.8%	9.4%	29,250
July 2011	9.1%	8.9%	9.4%	29,556
June 2011	9.1%	8.9%	9.5%	29,922
May 2011	9.0%	8.9%	9.5%	30,108
April 2011	9.0%	9.0%	9.5%	30,119