New Haven, Connecticut Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for New Haven fell 0.5 percentage points in January 2021 to 7.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points lower than the Connecticut rate. The unemployment rate in New Haven peaked in December 2010 at 9.6% and is now 2.0 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.1% in March 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 4.5 percentage points. You can also compare New Haven unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
| Unemployment Rate | January 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| National | 6.3% | -0.4 | +2.8 |
| Connecticut | 8.1% | -0.1 | +4.4 |
| New Haven | 7.6% | -0.5 | +4.0 |
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 December 2010 at 31,338. There are now 6,619 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 10,345 in March 2020, the number of unemployed has now grown by 14,374. New Haven employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in New Haven, Connecticut) is also available.
| Unemployed Persons | January 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Haven | 24,719 | -1,755 | +12,758 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
New Haven, Connecticut Unemployment History
| Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Connecticut Unemployment Rate |
New Haven Unemployment Rate |
New Haven Unemployed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 |
6.0% | — | — | — |
| February 2021 |
6.2% | 8.5% | — | — |
| January 2021 |
6.3% | 8.1% | 7.6% | 24,719 |
| December 2020 |
6.7% | 8.2% | 8.1% | 26,474 |
| November 2020 |
6.7% | 8.2% | 8.2% | 26,946 |
| October 2020 |
6.9% | 8.2% | 5.9% | 19,246 |
| September 2020 |
7.8% | 8.3% | 7.5% | 24,732 |
| August 2020 |
8.4% | 8.4% | 7.7% | 24,950 |
| July 2020 |
10.2% | 11.3% | 9.5% | 31,276 |
| June 2020 |
11.1% | 11.4% | 9.1% | 29,562 |
| May 2020 |
13.3% | 11.4% | 8.5% | 26,166 |
| April 2020 |
14.8% | 8.6% | 7.5% | 23,020 |
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. ↩
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