# Cities in Connecticut by unemployed people, 2025

All 19 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployed_persons`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/connecticut-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Bridgeport, CT | 4,177 |
| 2 | Hartford, CT | 3,544 |
| 3 | New Haven, CT | 3,286 |
| 4 | Waterbury, CT | 3,269 |
| 5 | Stamford, CT | 2,871 |
| 6 | New Britain, CT | 2,092 |
| 7 | Norwalk, CT | 2,009 |
| 8 | Danbury, CT | 1,807 |
| 9 | Meriden, CT | 1,537 |
| 10 | Bristol, CT | 1,476 |
| 11 | West Haven, CT | 1,316 |
| 12 | Middletown, CT | 1,046 |
| 13 | Shelton, CT | 907 |
| 14 | Norwich, CT | 879 |
| 15 | Torrington, CT | 865 |
| 16 | Naugatuck, CT | 806 |
| 17 | New London, CT | 648 |
| 18 | Ansonia, CT | 526 |
| 19 | Derby, CT | 329 |