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New Haven, Connecticut Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for New Haven fell 0.2 percentage points in November 2021 to 5.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.8 percentage points lower than the Connecticut rate. The unemployment rate in New Haven peaked in July 2020 at 10.5% and is now 5.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare New Haven unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
National 4.2% -0.4 -2.5
Connecticut 6.0% -0.4 -2.2
New Haven 5.2% -0.2 -2.3
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2021 data as December 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 35,117. There are now 17,973 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 November 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
New Haven 17,144 -229 -7,296

Number of Unemployed Persons

New Haven, Connecticut Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Connecticut
Unemployment Rate		 New Haven
Unemployment Rate		 New Haven
Unemployed
December
2021		 3.9% — — —
November
2021		 4.2% 6.0% 5.2% 17,144
October
2021		 4.6% 6.4% 5.4% 17,373
September
2021		 4.7% 6.8% 5.5% 17,612
August
2021		 5.2% 7.2% 5.6% 17,761
July
2021		 5.4% 7.3% 6.3% 19,889
June
2021		 5.9% 7.7% 6.3% 19,709
May
2021		 5.8% 8.1% 6.3% 19,445
April
2021		 6.0% 8.1% 7.3% 22,364
March
2021		 6.0% 8.3% 7.2% 21,880
February
2021		 6.2% 8.5% 7.1% 21,328
January
2021		 6.4% 8.1% 7.1% 23,056

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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