Connecticut Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change
Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change
Year Ago |
| 1978 | 1,426,000 | - | 5.2 | - |
| 1979 | 1,488,000 | 4.3 | 5.1 | -0.1 |
| 1980 | 1,507,000 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 0.8 |
| 1981 | 1,494,000 | -0.9 | 6.2 | 0.3 |
| 1982 | 1,492,000 | -0.1 | 6.9 | 0.8 |
| 1983 | 1,515,000 | 1.5 | 6.0 | -0.9 |
| 1984 | 1,594,000 | 5.2 | 4.6 | -1.4 |
| 1985 | 1,628,000 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 0.2 |
| 1986 | 1,673,000 | 2.8 | 3.8 | -1.1 |
| 1987 | 1,695,000 | 1.3 | 3.3 | -0.5 |
| 1988 | 1,688,000 | -0.4 | 3.0 | -0.3 |
| 1989 | 1,697,000 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 0.6 |
| 1990 | 1,738,695 | 2.5 | 5.2 | 1.5 |
| 1991 | 1,716,245 | -1.3 | 6.8 | 1.6 |
| 1992 | 1,680,758 | -2.1 | 7.6 | 0.8 |
| 1993 | 1,672,617 | -0.5 | 6.3 | -1.4 |
| 1994 | 1,640,558 | -1.9 | 5.6 | -0.7 |
| 1995 | 1,657,732 | 1.0 | 5.3 | -0.3 |
| 1996 | 1,659,643 | 0.1 | 5.3 | 0.0 |
| 1997 | 1,674,937 | 0.9 | 4.8 | -0.5 |
| 1998 | 1,684,831 | 0.6 | 3.3 | -1.6 |
| 1999 | 1,696,007 | 0.7 | 2.7 | -0.6 |
| 2000 | 1,697,670 | 0.1 | 2.3 | -0.4 |
| 2001 | 1,700,046 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 0.9 |
| 2002 | 1,700,949 | 0.1 | 4.4 | 1.3 |
| 2003 | 1,696,857 | -0.2 | 5.5 | 1.1 |
| 2004 | 1,703,865 | 0.4 | 4.9 | -0.5 |
| 2005 | 1,720,346 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 0.0 |
| 2006 | 1,748,368 | 1.6 | 4.4 | -0.5 |
| 2007 | 1,765,835 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 0.2 |
| 2008 | 1,769,223 | 0.2 | 5.7 | 1.1 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1995-Jan | 1,640,688 | 1.3 | 5.9 | -0.6 |
| Feb | 1,642,177 | 1.6 | 5.8 | -0.4 |
| Mar | 1,652,446 | 1.0 | 5.3 | -0.5 |
| Apr | 1,651,547 | 0.9 | 5.4 | 0.1 |
| May | 1,651,633 | 0.6 | 5.2 | -0.2 |
| Jun | 1,672,129 | 0.5 | 5.6 | -0.1 |
| Jul | 1,689,510 | 0.4 | 5.8 | -0.2 |
| Aug | 1,679,044 | 0.8 | 5.3 | -0.4 |
| Sep | 1,646,620 | 0.9 | 4.9 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 1,662,461 | 1.3 | 4.5 | -0.3 |
| Nov | 1,655,970 | 1.3 | 4.8 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 1,648,557 | 1.8 | 4.7 | -0.5 |
| 1996-Jan | 1,621,337 | -1.2 | 6.0 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 1,627,537 | -0.9 | 5.7 | -0.1 |
| Mar | 1,642,742 | -0.6 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 1,644,787 | -0.4 | 5.2 | -0.2 |
| May | 1,655,163 | 0.2 | 5.3 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 1,677,825 | 0.3 | 5.4 | -0.2 |
| Jul | 1,694,186 | 0.3 | 5.6 | -0.2 |
| Aug | 1,688,035 | 0.5 | 5.0 | -0.3 |
| Sep | 1,658,282 | 0.7 | 5.0 | 0.1 |
| Oct | 1,674,187 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 1,668,365 | 0.7 | 5.2 | 0.5 |
| Dec | 1,663,273 | 0.9 | 5.1 | 0.4 |
| 1997-Jan | 1,641,353 | 1.2 | 6.1 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 1,642,191 | 0.9 | 5.8 | 0.1 |
| Mar | 1,662,751 | 1.2 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 1,666,055 | 1.3 | 5.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 1,675,029 | 1.2 | 5.1 | -0.2 |
| Jun | 1,694,331 | 1.0 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 1,711,486 | 1.0 | 5.1 | -0.5 |
| Aug | 1,701,977 | 0.8 | 4.6 | -0.4 |
| Sep | 1,667,982 | 0.6 | 4.2 | -0.8 |
| Oct | 1,680,954 | 0.4 | 3.8 | -1.1 |
| Nov | 1,680,352 | 0.7 | 3.8 | -1.4 |
| Dec | 1,674,777 | 0.7 | 3.5 | -1.6 |
| 1998-Jan | 1,652,307 | 0.7 | 4.2 | -1.8 |
| Feb | 1,653,564 | 0.7 | 4.1 | -1.7 |
| Mar | 1,667,699 | 0.3 | 3.8 | -1.6 |
| Apr | 1,671,631 | 0.3 | 3.3 | -1.9 |
| May | 1,680,498 | 0.3 | 3.3 | -1.8 |
| Jun | 1,699,579 | 0.3 | 3.6 | -1.7 |
| Jul | 1,714,914 | 0.2 | 3.5 | -1.6 |
| Aug | 1,709,077 | 0.4 | 3.0 | -1.5 |
| Sep | 1,681,181 | 0.8 | 3.0 | -1.2 |
| Oct | 1,694,666 | 0.8 | 2.6 | -1.3 |
| Nov | 1,696,149 | 0.9 | 2.6 | -1.2 |
| Dec | 1,696,710 | 1.3 | 2.2 | -1.3 |
| 1999-Jan | 1,673,521 | 1.3 | 3.2 | -1.0 |
| Feb | 1,670,266 | 1.0 | 3.3 | -0.9 |
| Mar | 1,684,909 | 1.0 | 2.8 | -1.0 |
| Apr | 1,684,979 | 0.8 | 2.8 | -0.4 |
| May | 1,695,145 | 0.9 | 2.6 | -0.6 |
| Jun | 1,714,724 | 0.9 | 3.0 | -0.7 |
| Jul | 1,724,858 | 0.6 | 2.7 | -0.8 |
| Aug | 1,717,221 | 0.5 | 2.1 | -0.9 |
| Sep | 1,686,951 | 0.3 | 2.4 | -0.6 |
| Oct | 1,700,377 | 0.3 | 2.3 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 1,698,820 | 0.2 | 2.5 | -0.1 |
| Dec | 1,700,312 | 0.2 | 2.1 | -0.1 |
| 2000-Jan | 1,679,803 | 0.4 | 2.9 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 1,679,921 | 0.6 | 3.1 | -0.2 |
| Mar | 1,691,561 | 0.4 | 2.5 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 1,697,791 | 0.8 | 2.2 | -0.7 |
| May | 1,693,345 | -0.1 | 2.3 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 1,715,367 | 0.0 | 2.6 | -0.4 |
| Jul | 1,719,747 | -0.3 | 2.6 | -0.1 |
| Aug | 1,714,174 | -0.2 | 2.2 | 0.1 |
| Sep | 1,685,505 | -0.1 | 1.8 | -0.5 |
| Oct | 1,698,846 | -0.1 | 1.5 | -0.8 |
| Nov | 1,695,613 | -0.2 | 1.7 | -0.8 |
| Dec | 1,700,363 | 0.0 | 1.7 | -0.4 |
| 2001-Jan | 1,678,837 | -0.1 | 3.1 | 0.2 |
| Feb | 1,677,010 | -0.2 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 1,691,865 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 1,695,232 | -0.2 | 2.9 | 0.7 |
| May | 1,698,020 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 0.7 |
| Jun | 1,716,627 | 0.1 | 3.6 | 1.0 |
| Jul | 1,730,292 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 0.9 |
| Aug | 1,715,020 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 1.2 |
| Sep | 1,696,040 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 1.2 |
| Oct | 1,703,902 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 1.3 |
| Nov | 1,698,408 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 1.4 |
| Dec | 1,699,300 | -0.1 | 3.0 | 1.3 |
| 2002-Jan | 1,668,289 | -0.6 | 4.1 | 1.0 |
| Feb | 1,679,299 | 0.1 | 4.1 | 1.0 |
| Mar | 1,687,700 | -0.2 | 3.9 | 1.0 |
| Apr | 1,694,305 | -0.1 | 4.0 | 1.1 |
| May | 1,699,836 | 0.1 | 4.0 | 1.0 |
| Jun | 1,714,509 | -0.1 | 4.6 | 1.0 |
| Jul | 1,725,679 | -0.3 | 4.7 | 1.2 |
| Aug | 1,722,259 | 0.4 | 4.5 | 1.1 |
| Sep | 1,703,539 | 0.4 | 4.5 | 1.5 |
| Oct | 1,712,134 | 0.5 | 4.4 | 1.6 |
| Nov | 1,702,968 | 0.3 | 4.9 | 1.8 |
| Dec | 1,700,874 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 1.8 |
| 2003-Jan | 1,673,366 | 0.3 | 5.9 | 1.8 |
| Feb | 1,676,189 | -0.2 | 5.9 | 1.8 |
| Mar | 1,688,618 | 0.1 | 5.7 | 1.8 |
| Apr | 1,695,650 | 0.1 | 5.4 | 1.5 |
| May | 1,696,113 | -0.2 | 5.4 | 1.4 |
| Jun | 1,712,039 | -0.1 | 6.0 | 1.4 |
| Jul | 1,717,683 | -0.5 | 5.9 | 1.1 |
| Aug | 1,711,102 | -0.6 | 5.5 | 0.9 |
| Sep | 1,685,805 | -1.0 | 5.3 | 0.8 |
| Oct | 1,702,774 | -0.5 | 4.9 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 1,702,777 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 0.2 |
| Dec | 1,700,172 | 0.0 | 4.7 | -0.2 |
| 2004-Jan | 1,677,802 | 0.3 | 5.6 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 1,678,807 | 0.2 | 5.6 | -0.3 |
| Mar | 1,688,424 | 0.0 | 5.4 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 1,697,077 | 0.1 | 4.8 | -0.7 |
| May | 1,701,290 | 0.3 | 5.0 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 1,718,004 | 0.3 | 5.2 | -0.8 |
| Jul | 1,732,034 | 0.8 | 5.2 | -0.7 |
| Aug | 1,722,741 | 0.7 | 4.8 | -0.7 |
| Sep | 1,697,299 | 0.7 | 4.5 | -0.8 |
| Oct | 1,712,904 | 0.6 | 4.3 | -0.6 |
| Nov | 1,712,617 | 0.6 | 4.5 | -0.6 |
| Dec | 1,707,382 | 0.4 | 4.2 | -0.5 |
| 2005-Jan | 1,682,618 | 0.3 | 5.4 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 1,683,466 | 0.3 | 5.5 | -0.1 |
| Mar | 1,698,051 | 0.6 | 5.1 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 1,712,162 | 0.9 | 4.7 | -0.1 |
| May | 1,719,190 | 1.1 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 1,735,093 | 1.0 | 5.1 | -0.1 |
| Jul | 1,749,780 | 1.0 | 5.1 | -0.1 |
| Aug | 1,744,536 | 1.3 | 4.8 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 1,720,734 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 0.2 |
| Oct | 1,737,760 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 1,731,438 | 1.1 | 4.7 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 1,729,327 | 1.3 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| 2006-Jan | 1,708,133 | 1.5 | 5.0 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 1,710,996 | 1.6 | 5.0 | -0.5 |
| Mar | 1,727,399 | 1.7 | 4.5 | -0.6 |
| Apr | 1,735,398 | 1.4 | 4.0 | -0.7 |
| May | 1,743,936 | 1.4 | 4.2 | -0.8 |
| Jun | 1,764,105 | 1.7 | 4.6 | -0.6 |
| Jul | 1,774,985 | 1.4 | 4.9 | -0.3 |
| Aug | 1,769,154 | 1.4 | 4.6 | -0.3 |
| Sep | 1,747,297 | 1.5 | 4.3 | -0.4 |
| Oct | 1,767,900 | 1.7 | 3.9 | -0.6 |
| Nov | 1,765,854 | 2.0 | 4.2 | -0.5 |
| Dec | 1,765,257 | 2.1 | 3.8 | -0.3 |
| 2007-Jan | 1,736,540 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 1,736,585 | 1.5 | 4.9 | -0.1 |
| Mar | 1,755,036 | 1.6 | 4.4 | -0.1 |
| Apr | 1,757,145 | 1.3 | 4.2 | 0.1 |
| May | 1,763,949 | 1.1 | 4.3 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 1,782,921 | 1.1 | 4.7 | 0.1 |
| Jul | 1,793,707 | 1.1 | 4.9 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 1,780,616 | 0.6 | 4.6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 1,763,797 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 0.1 |
| Oct | 1,774,381 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 1,778,040 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 0.4 |
| Dec | 1,767,303 | 0.1 | 4.5 | 0.7 |
| 2008-Jan | 1,748,174 | 0.7 | 5.4 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 1,744,774 | 0.5 | 5.4 | 0.5 |
| Mar | 1,759,658 | 0.3 | 5.2 | 0.9 |
| Apr | 1,771,467 | 0.8 | 4.6 | 0.5 |
| May | 1,772,976 | 0.5 | 5.3 | 1.0 |
| Jun | 1,789,073 | 0.3 | 5.7 | 1.0 |
| Jul | 1,798,415 | 0.3 | 6.1 | 1.2 |
| Aug | 1,786,300 | 0.3 | 6.1 | 1.6 |
| Sep | 1,763,363 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 1.4 |
| Oct | 1,775,766 | 0.1 | 5.8 | 1.5 |
| Nov | 1,766,750 | -0.6 | 6.2 | 1.6 |
| Dec | 1,753,960 | -0.8 | 6.6 | 2.0 |
| 2009-Jan | 1,724,511 | -1.4 | 7.9 | 2.5 |
| Feb | 1,723,544 | -1.2 | 7.9 | 2.6 |
| Mar | 1,728,246 | -1.8 | 7.8 | 2.5 |
| Apr | 1,729,618 | -2.4 | 7.6 | 3.0 |
| May | 1,736,216 | -2.1 | 7.8 | 2.5 |
| Jun | 1,749,680 | -2.2 | 8.0 | 2.3 |
| Jul | 1,770,415 | -1.6 | 8.0 | 1.9 |
| Aug | 1,753,003 | -1.9 | 8.0 | 1.9 |
| Sep | 1,719,857 | -2.5 | 8.2 | 2.4 |
| Oct | 1,740,983 | -2.0 | 8.3 | 2.5 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.
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