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New Haven, Connecticut Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for New Haven fell 0.1 percentage points in October 2023 to 3.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points lower than the Connecticut rate. The unemployment rate in New Haven peaked in July 2020 at 10.8% and is now 7.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare New Haven unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate October 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.9% +0.1 +0.2
Connecticut 3.5% 0.0 -0.5
New Haven 3.2% -0.1 -0.5
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with October 2023 data as November metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: New Haven, Connecticut, National

New Haven, Connecticut monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

New Haven, Connecticut Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in New Haven peaked in July 2020 at 36,393. There are now 25,492 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 October 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
New Haven 10,901 -82 -1,533

Number of Unemployed Persons

New Haven, Connecticut Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Connecticut
Unemployment Rate
New Haven
Unemployment Rate
New Haven
Unemployed
November
2023
3.7%
October
2023
3.9% 3.5% 3.2% 10,901
September
2023
3.8% 3.5% 3.3% 10,983
August
2023
3.8% 3.5% 3.4% 11,349
July
2023
3.5% 3.6% 3.5% 11,725
June
2023
3.6% 3.7% 3.6% 11,945
May
2023
3.7% 3.7% 3.6% 12,058
April
2023
3.4% 3.8% 3.6% 12,198
March
2023
3.5% 3.9% 3.7% 12,547
February
2023
3.6% 4.0% 3.7% 12,439
January
2023
3.4% 3.9% 3.6% 12,316
December
2022
3.5% 4.0% 3.7% 12,507

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers.