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CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

OFFICE OF RESEARCH
Phone: (860)263-6290

Technical Contact (860)263-6293

Available on-line at:
www1.ctdol.state.ct.us/lmi

CONNECTICUT
LABOR FORCE DATA FOR LABOR MARKET AREAS & TOWNS
(By Place of Residence - Not Seasonally Adjusted)

NOVEMBER 2013
**Labor Market Areas are highlighted, followed by the towns that make up the Area.**
LMA/TOWNS

BRIDGEPORT-STAMFORD
Ansonia
Bridgeport
Darien
Derby
Easton
Fairfield
Greenwich
Milford
Monroe
New Canaan
Newtown
Norwalk
Oxford
Redding
Ridgefield
Seymour
Shelton
Southbury
Stamford
Stratford
Trumbull
Weston
Westport
Wilton
Woodbridge
DANBURY
Bethel
Bridgewater
Brookfield
Danbury
New Fairfield
New Milford
Sherman
ENFIELD
East Windsor
Enfield
Somers
Suffield
Windsor Locks
HARTFORD
Andover
Ashford
Avon
Barkhamsted
Berlin
Bloomfield
Bolton
Bristol
Burlington
Canton
Colchester
Columbia
Coventry
Cromwell
East Granby

LABOR FORCE

RATE

LMA/TOWNS

469,598
9,986
64,935
9,144
6,920
3,702
28,632
29,186
29,565
10,330
8,679
14,327
48,580
7,218
4,718
11,778
9,159
22,230
8,926
66,926
26,616
18,012
4,773
12,364
8,289
4,605

EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED

439,482
9,202
58,144
8,720
6,387
3,514
26,990
27,790
27,754
9,807
8,246
13,601
45,631
6,858
4,514
11,194
8,529
20,909
8,403
63,107
24,619
17,010
4,567
11,747
7,849
4,390

30,116
784
6,791
424
533
188
1,642
1,396
1,811
523
433
726
2,949
360
204
584
630
1,321
523
3,819
1,997
1,002
206
617
440
215

6.4
7.9
10.5
4.6
7.7
5.1
5.7
4.8
6.1
5.1
5.0
5.1
6.1
5.0
4.3
5.0
6.9
5.9
5.9
5.7
7.5
5.6
4.3
5.0
5.3
4.7

91,357
10,847
942
9,116
45,303
7,424
15,854
1,872

86,474
10,240
887
8,623
42,905
7,038
15,000
1,782

4,883
607
55
493
2,398
386
854
90

5.3
5.6
5.8
5.4
5.3
5.2
5.4
4.8

47,996
6,295
22,657
4,721
7,472
6,852

44,820
5,857
21,126
4,433
7,045
6,359

3,176
438
1,531
288
427
493

6.6
7.0
6.8
6.1
5.7
7.2

HARTFORD (cont.)
East Haddam
East Hampton
East Hartford
Ellington
Farmington
Glastonbury
Granby
Haddam
Hartford
Hartland
Harwinton
Hebron
Lebanon
Manchester
Mansfield
Marlborough
Middlefield
Middletown
New Britain
New Hartford
Newington
Plainville
Plymouth
Portland
Rocky Hill
Simsbury
Southington
South Windsor
Stafford
Thomaston
Tolland
Union
Vernon
West Hartford
Wethersfield
Willington
Windsor

585,366
2,007
2,502
9,396
2,213
10,919
9,904
2,890
33,184
5,336
5,760
8,928
3,093
6,998
7,927
2,912

545,415
1,891
2,352
8,976
2,093
10,325
9,090
2,734
30,848
5,060
5,472
8,413
2,900
6,589
7,463
2,757

39,951
116
150
420
120
594
814
156
2,336
276
288
515
193
409
464
155

6.8
5.8
6.0
4.5
5.4
5.4
8.2
5.4
7.0
5.2
5.0
5.8
6.2
5.8
5.9
5.3

LABOR FORCE

EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED

RATE

545,415
4,941
6,678
23,944
8,755
12,143
17,627
5,920
4,866
42,702
1,135
2,937
5,344
3,959
30,707
12,932
3,409
2,282
24,469
31,882
3,604
15,812
9,447
6,243
4,929
10,404
11,180
22,782
13,569
6,390
4,200
7,975
500
15,652
28,072
12,556
3,532
14,973

39,951
264
415
2,155
487
687
911
301
239
6,437
60
165
303
245
2,114
835
198
143
1,784
3,220
228
973
654
554
291
576
588
1,355
802
421
298
396
23
1,120
1,651
777
172
1,103

6.8
5.1
5.9
8.3
5.3
5.4
4.9
4.8
4.7
13.1
5.0
5.3
5.4
5.8
6.4
6.1
5.5
5.9
6.8
9.2
5.9
5.8
6.5
8.2
5.6
5.2
5.0
5.6
5.6
6.2
6.6
4.7
4.4
6.7
5.6
5.8
4.6
6.9

Not Seasonally Adjusted:

CONNECTICUT
UNITED STATES

1,842,500
1,715,900
126,600
155,046,000 144,775,000 10,271,000

6.9
6.6

Seasonally Adjusted:
CONNECTICUT
UNITED STATES

1,848,900
1,708,600
140,300
155,294,000 144,386,000 10,907,000

7.6
7.0

585,366
5,205
7,093
26,099
9,242
12,830
18,538
6,221
5,105
49,139
1,195
3,102
5,647
4,204
32,821
13,767
3,607
2,425
26,253
35,102
3,832
16,785
10,101
6,797
5,220
10,980
11,768
24,137
14,371
6,811
4,498
8,371
523
16,772
29,723
13,333
3,704
16,076

All Labor Market Areas (LMAs) in Connecticut except three are federally-designated areas for
developing labor statistics. For the sake of simplicity, the federal Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk
NECTA is referred to in Connecticut DOL publications as the 'Bridgeport-Stamford LMA', and
the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford NECTA is referred to as the 'Hartford LMA'. The
Bureau of Labor Statistics has identified 17 towns in the northwest part of the State as a
separate area for reporting labor force data. For the convenience of our data users, these
towns are included in the Torrington LMA. For the same purpose, five towns which are part of
the Springfield, MA area are published as the 'Enfield LMA'. Similarly the towns of Putnam,
Thompson and Woodstock (part of the Worcester, MA area), plus four towns estimated
separately are included in the Willimantic Danielson LMA.

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CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

OFFICE OF RESEARCH
Phone: (860)263-6290

Technical Contact (860)263-6293

Available on-line at:
www1.ctdol.state.ct.us/lmi

CONNECTICUT
LABOR FORCE DATA FOR LABOR MARKET AREAS & TOWNS
(By Place of Residence - Not Seasonally Adjusted)

NOVEMBER 2013
**Labor Market Areas are highlighted, followed by the towns that make up the Area.**
LMA/TOWNS

EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED

RATE

LMA/TOWNS

NEW HAVEN
Bethany
Branford
Cheshire
Chester
Clinton
Deep River
Durham
East Haven
Essex
Guilford
Hamden
Killingworth
Madison
Meriden
New Haven
North Branford
North Haven
Old Saybrook
Orange
Wallingford
West Haven
Westbrook

LABOR FORCE

309,179
3,047
16,260
14,408
2,319
7,608
2,490
4,188
16,101
3,635
12,680
31,720
3,600
9,516
31,865
57,146
8,135
12,885
5,204
7,148
24,956
30,503
3,766

287,025
2,891
15,341
13,590
2,200
7,150
2,350
3,977
14,895
3,462
12,015
29,573
3,387
9,068
29,149
51,432
7,675
12,109
4,929
6,761
23,359
28,149
3,563

22,154
156
919
818
119
458
140
211
1,206
173
665
2,147
213
448
2,716
5,714
460
776
275
387
1,597
2,354
203

7.2
5.1
5.7
5.7
5.1
6.0
5.6
5.0
7.5
4.8
5.2
6.8
5.9
4.7
8.5
10.0
5.7
6.0
5.3
5.4
6.4
7.7
5.4

TORRINGTON
Bethlehem
Canaan
Colebrook
Cornwall
Goshen
Kent
Litchfield
Morris
Norfolk
North Canaan
Roxbury
Salisbury
Sharon
Torrington
Warren
Washington
Winchester
Woodbury

LABOR FORCE

53,419
1,985
654
784
775
1,485
1,563
4,188
1,277
959
1,660
1,303
1,771
1,392
19,336
769
1,849
6,143
5,525

EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED

50,122
1,887
631
753
741
1,417
1,493
3,960
1,206
901
1,570
1,246
1,707
1,337
17,881
731
1,751
5,674
5,236

3,297
98
23
31
34
68
70
228
71
58
90
57
64
55
1,455
38
98
469
289

RATE

6.2
4.9
3.5
4.0
4.4
4.6
4.5
5.4
5.6
6.0
5.4
4.4
3.6
4.0
7.5
4.9
5.3
7.6
5.2

*NORWICH-NEW LONDON
Bozrah
Canterbury
East Lyme
Franklin
Griswold
Groton
Ledyard
Lisbon
Lyme
Montville
New London
No. Stonington
Norwich
Old Lyme
Preston
Salem
Sprague
Stonington
Voluntown
Waterford

130,652
1,461
2,961
9,144
1,108
7,005
17,879
7,856
2,431
1,214
10,012
13,479
3,087
21,126
3,950
2,557
2,436
1,691
9,791
1,489
9,976

121,098
1,359
2,758
8,609
1,030
6,445
16,537
7,342
2,275
1,147
9,313
12,175
2,872
19,439
3,734
2,377
2,283
1,522
9,220
1,370
9,293

9,554
102
203
535
78
560
1,342
514
156
67
699
1,304
215
1,687
216
180
153
169
571
119
683

7.3
7.0
6.9
5.9
7.0
8.0
7.5
6.5
6.4
5.5
7.0
9.7
7.0
8.0
5.5
7.0
6.3
10.0
5.8
8.0
6.8

WATERBURY
Beacon Falls
Middlebury
Naugatuck
Prospect
Waterbury
Watertown
Wolcott

98,261
3,273
3,864
16,290
5,039
49,359
11,721
8,715

89,203
3,076
3,646
14,965
4,740
43,689
10,953
8,134

9,058
197
218
1,325
299
5,670
768
581

9.2
6.0
5.6
8.1
5.9
11.5
6.6
6.7

WILLIMANTIC-DANIELSON
56,640
52,264
4,376
7.7
3,916
3,647
269
6.9
Brooklyn
1,307
1,227
80
6.1
Chaplin
961
908
53
5.5
Eastford
1,064
991
73
6.9
Hampton
9,108
8,312
796
8.7
Killingly
8,214
7,463
751
9.1
Plainfield
2,243
2,109
134
6.0
Pomfret
5,212
4,854
358
6.9
Putnam
984
942
42
4.3
Scotland
2,106
1,937
169
8.0
Sterling
5,289
4,939
350
6.6
Thompson
11,855
10,765
1,090
9.2
Windham
4,382
4,171
211
4.8
Woodstock
*Connecticut portion only. For whole NECTA, including Rhode Island towns, see below.
*NORWICH-NEW LONDON
142,423
131,977
10,446
7.3
11,771
10,879
892
7.6
Westerly, RI

LABOR FORCE CONCEPTS

The civilian labor force comprises all state residents age 16 years and older classified as employed or unemployed in accordance with criteria described below. Excluded are
members of the military and persons in institutions (correctional and mental health, for example).
The employed are all persons who did any work as paid employees or in their own business during the survey week, or who have worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an
enterprise operated by a family member. Persons temporarily absent from a job because of illness, bad weather, strike or for personal reasons are also counted as employed whether
they were paid by their employer or were seeking other jobs.
The unemployed are all persons who did not work, but were available for work during the survey week (except for temporary illness) and made specific efforts to find a job in the prio
four weeks. Persons waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not be looking for work to be classified as unemployed.
The unemployment rate represents the number unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor force.
With the exception of those persons temporarily absent from a job or waiting to be recalled to one, persons with no job and who are not actively
looking for one are counted as "not in the labor force".
Over the course of a year, the size of the labor force and the levels of employment undergo fluctuations due to such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded
production, harvests, major holidays and the opening and closing of schools. Because these seasonal events follow a regular pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends
can be eliminated by adjusting the monthly statistics. Seasonal Adjustment makes it easier to observe cyclical and other nonseasonal developments.
Labor Force estimates are prepared following statistical procedures developed by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.