Very High Unemployment Area
Bridgeport, CT Current Unemployment - 6.4%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
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1990
Bridgeport, CT Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2022
7.7%
5.0%
4.0%
2 / 2022
7.6%
5.0%
3.8%
3 / 2022
6.5%
4.3%
3.6%
4 / 2022
5.5%
3.7%
3.6%
5 / 2022
6.1%
4.0%
3.6%
6 / 2022
6.3%
4.1%
3.6%
7 / 2022
6.6%
4.3%
3.5%
8 / 2022
6.4%
4.3%
3.7%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2021
12.9%
8.0%
6.3%
2 / 2021
13.0%
8.3%
6.2%
3 / 2021
13.2%
8.3%
6.0%
4 / 2021
12.1%
7.5%
6.1%
5 / 2021
11.2%
6.8%
5.8%
6 / 2021
11.7%
7.0%
5.9%
7 / 2021
10.8%
6.6%
5.4%
8 / 2021
9.7%
6.1%
5.2%
9 / 2021
8.6%
5.3%
4.7%
10 / 2021
8.4%
5.1%
4.6%
11 / 2021
7.5%
4.4%
4.2%
12 / 2021
7.2%
4.1%
3.9%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2020
6.5%
4.4%
3.6%
2 / 2020
6.7%
4.4%
3.5%
3 / 2020
5.6%
3.6%
4.4%
4 / 2020
10.6%
8.0%
14.7%
5 / 2020
13.3%
9.4%
13.3%
6 / 2020
15.0%
10.2%
11.1%
7 / 2020
15.3%
10.3%
10.2%
8 / 2020
12.6%
8.2%
8.4%
9 / 2020
11.8%
7.5%
7.9%
10 / 2020
12.6%
5.8%
6.9%
11 / 2020
12.2%
7.5%
6.7%
12 / 2020
12.1%
7.7%
6.7%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2019
6.7%
4.6%
4.0%
2 / 2019
6.5%
4.3%
3.8%
3 / 2019
6.1%
4.0%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.9%
3.3%
3.6%
5 / 2019
5.3%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2019
5.5%
3.9%
3.7%
7 / 2019
5.7%
3.9%
3.7%
8 / 2019
5.8%
3.8%
3.7%
9 / 2019
5.1%
3.5%
3.5%
10 / 2019
5.0%
3.5%
3.6%
11 / 2019
4.7%
3.3%
3.5%
12 / 2019
4.7%
3.2%
3.5%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2018
7.8%
5.2%
4.1%
2 / 2018
7.5%
5.0%
4.1%
3 / 2018
7.0%
4.6%
4.0%
4 / 2018
6.3%
4.1%
3.9%
5 / 2018
5.9%
4.1%
3.8%
6 / 2018
6.2%
4.4%
4.0%
7 / 2018
6.2%
4.3%
3.9%
8 / 2018
6.2%
4.1%
3.8%
9 / 2018
5.3%
3.7%
3.7%
10 / 2018
5.3%
3.6%
3.8%
11 / 2018
4.9%
3.3%
3.7%
12 / 2018
4.8%
3.4%
3.9%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2017
8.4%
5.6%
4.7%
2 / 2017
8.0%
5.4%
4.7%
3 / 2017
7.5%
5.0%
4.4%
4 / 2017
7.0%
4.6%
4.4%
5 / 2017
6.6%
4.7%
4.4%
6 / 2017
6.9%
4.9%
4.3%
7 / 2017
6.9%
4.8%
4.3%
8 / 2017
7.0%
4.7%
4.4%
9 / 2017
6.2%
4.4%
4.2%
10 / 2017
6.2%
4.3%
4.1%
11 / 2017
6.0%
4.1%
4.2%
12 / 2017
5.9%
4.0%
4.1%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2016
9.0%
6.1%
4.9%
2 / 2016
8.7%
5.9%
4.9%
3 / 2016
8.4%
5.6%
5.0%
4 / 2016
7.7%
5.1%
5.0%
5 / 2016
7.2%
5.1%
4.8%
6 / 2016
7.5%
5.5%
4.9%
7 / 2016
7.8%
5.4%
4.8%
8 / 2016
7.7%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2016
7.1%
4.8%
5.0%
10 / 2016
6.9%
4.6%
4.9%
11 / 2016
6.7%
4.2%
4.7%
12 / 2016
6.3%
4.3%
4.7%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2015
9.7%
6.7%
5.7%
2 / 2015
9.5%
6.5%
5.5%
3 / 2015
9.0%
6.1%
5.4%
4 / 2015
8.5%
5.6%
5.4%
5 / 2015
8.5%
5.7%
5.6%
6 / 2015
8.5%
5.8%
5.3%
7 / 2015
8.5%
5.9%
5.2%
8 / 2015
8.5%
5.7%
5.1%
9 / 2015
8.2%
5.4%
5.0%
10 / 2015
7.7%
5.3%
5.0%
11 / 2015
7.4%
5.1%
5.1%
12 / 2015
7.3%
5.0%
5.0%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2014
11.8%
7.5%
6.6%
2 / 2014
11.7%
7.5%
6.7%
3 / 2014
11.2%
7.3%
6.7%
4 / 2014
10.1%
6.4%
6.2%
5 / 2014
10.2%
6.6%
6.3%
6 / 2014
10.4%
6.6%
6.1%
7 / 2014
10.3%
6.9%
6.2%
8 / 2014
10.2%
6.7%
6.1%
9 / 2014
9.6%
6.2%
5.9%
10 / 2014
9.2%
6.1%
5.7%
11 / 2014
9.4%
6.0%
5.8%
12 / 2014
8.6%
5.6%
5.6%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2013
13.2%
8.6%
8.0%
2 / 2013
13.1%
8.5%
7.7%
3 / 2013
12.4%
8.1%
7.5%
4 / 2013
12.0%
7.6%
7.6%
5 / 2013
12.0%
7.8%
7.5%
6 / 2013
12.1%
7.9%
7.5%
7 / 2013
12.1%
8.1%
7.3%
8 / 2013
12.1%
7.9%
7.2%
9 / 2013
11.4%
7.4%
7.2%
10 / 2013
11.1%
7.3%
7.2%
11 / 2013
10.8%
6.9%
6.9%
12 / 2013
10.4%
6.7%
6.7%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2012
13.1%
8.7%
8.3%
2 / 2012
13.0%
8.6%
8.3%
3 / 2012
12.7%
8.5%
8.2%
4 / 2012
12.2%
8.1%
8.2%
5 / 2012
12.4%
8.3%
8.2%
6 / 2012
12.8%
8.6%
8.2%
7 / 2012
13.0%
8.9%
8.2%
8 / 2012
13.0%
8.8%
8.1%
9 / 2012
12.5%
8.2%
7.8%
10 / 2012
12.3%
8.1%
7.8%
11 / 2012
12.1%
7.9%
7.7%
12 / 2012
11.6%
7.6%
7.9%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2011
14.4%
9.8%
9.1%
2 / 2011
14.1%
9.6%
9.0%
3 / 2011
13.9%
9.3%
9.0%
4 / 2011
13.4%
8.8%
9.1%
5 / 2011
13.4%
8.9%
9.0%
6 / 2011
13.6%
9.0%
9.1%
7 / 2011
13.6%
9.1%
9.0%
8 / 2011
13.3%
8.9%
9.0%
9 / 2011
12.7%
8.4%
9.0%
10 / 2011
12.3%
8.2%
8.8%
11 / 2011
12.0%
8.0%
8.6%
12 / 2011
11.6%
7.7%
8.5%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2010
13.4%
9.5%
9.8%
2 / 2010
13.3%
9.5%
9.8%
3 / 2010
13.1%
9.2%
9.9%
4 / 2010
12.8%
8.9%
9.9%
5 / 2010
12.4%
8.9%
9.6%
6 / 2010
12.7%
9.1%
9.4%
7 / 2010
12.9%
9.3%
9.4%
8 / 2010
13.2%
9.3%
9.5%
9 / 2010
13.0%
9.0%
9.5%
10 / 2010
12.8%
8.9%
9.4%
11 / 2010
13.3%
9.0%
9.8%
12 / 2010
12.9%
8.7%
9.3%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2009
11.1%
7.3%
7.8%
2 / 2009
11.4%
7.5%
8.3%
3 / 2009
11.2%
7.5%
8.7%
4 / 2009
11.1%
7.4%
9.0%
5 / 2009
11.1%
7.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
11.5%
8.0%
9.5%
7 / 2009
12.0%
8.3%
9.5%
8 / 2009
12.4%
8.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
12.0%
8.3%
9.8%
10 / 2009
12.0%
8.3%
10.0%
11 / 2009
12.4%
8.3%
9.9%
12 / 2009
12.4%
8.3%
9.9%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2008
8.5%
5.4%
5.0%
2 / 2008
8.7%
5.4%
4.9%
3 / 2008
8.6%
5.3%
5.1%
4 / 2008
7.8%
4.8%
5.0%
5 / 2008
8.0%
5.3%
5.4%
6 / 2008
8.4%
5.6%
5.6%
7 / 2008
9.0%
6.0%
5.8%
8 / 2008
9.4%
6.2%
6.1%
9 / 2008
9.1%
6.0%
6.1%
10 / 2008
9.1%
6.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
9.3%
6.1%
6.8%
12 / 2008
9.4%
6.1%
7.3%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2007
7.6%
4.8%
4.6%
2 / 2007
7.4%
4.7%
4.5%
3 / 2007
6.9%
4.4%
4.4%
4 / 2007
6.3%
4.0%
4.5%
5 / 2007
6.3%
4.2%
4.4%
6 / 2007
6.7%
4.5%
4.6%
7 / 2007
7.4%
4.8%
4.7%
8 / 2007
7.3%
4.6%
4.6%
9 / 2007
6.7%
4.4%
4.7%
10 / 2007
6.7%
4.4%
4.7%
11 / 2007
7.0%
4.5%
4.7%
12 / 2007
6.9%
4.4%
5.0%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2006
8.0%
5.0%
4.7%
2 / 2006
7.7%
4.8%
4.8%
3 / 2006
7.3%
4.5%
4.7%
4 / 2006
6.4%
4.0%
4.7%
5 / 2006
6.3%
4.2%
4.6%
6 / 2006
6.5%
4.4%
4.6%
7 / 2006
7.1%
4.7%
4.7%
8 / 2006
7.2%
4.6%
4.7%
9 / 2006
6.4%
4.2%
4.5%
10 / 2006
6.1%
3.9%
4.4%
11 / 2006
6.2%
4.0%
4.5%
12 / 2006
5.7%
3.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2005
8.6%
5.4%
5.3%
2 / 2005
8.5%
5.4%
5.4%
3 / 2005
8.3%
5.1%
5.2%
4 / 2005
7.7%
4.8%
5.2%
5 / 2005
7.6%
5.0%
5.1%
6 / 2005
7.8%
5.1%
5.0%
7 / 2005
7.9%
5.2%
5.0%
8 / 2005
7.8%
5.0%
4.9%
9 / 2005
7.3%
4.7%
5.0%
10 / 2005
6.7%
4.4%
5.0%
11 / 2005
6.9%
4.5%
5.0%
12 / 2005
6.4%
4.0%
4.9%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2004
9.6%
5.7%
5.7%
2 / 2004
9.3%
5.6%
5.6%
3 / 2004
8.7%
5.4%
5.8%
4 / 2004
7.9%
4.9%
5.6%
5 / 2004
7.8%
5.0%
5.6%
6 / 2004
7.9%
5.2%
5.6%
7 / 2004
7.9%
5.2%
5.5%
8 / 2004
7.7%
4.9%
5.4%
9 / 2004
7.0%
4.6%
5.4%
10 / 2004
6.8%
4.4%
5.5%
11 / 2004
7.1%
4.5%
5.4%
12 / 2004
6.9%
4.2%
5.4%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2003
9.4%
5.8%
5.8%
2 / 2003
9.3%
5.8%
5.9%
3 / 2003
9.3%
5.6%
5.9%
4 / 2003
8.3%
5.3%
6.0%
5 / 2003
8.9%
5.4%
6.1%
6 / 2003
9.5%
5.7%
6.3%
7 / 2003
9.1%
5.7%
6.2%
8 / 2003
9.3%
5.5%
6.1%
9 / 2003
8.7%
5.2%
6.1%
10 / 2003
8.3%
5.0%
6.0%
11 / 2003
8.3%
5.1%
5.8%
12 / 2003
7.9%
4.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2002
6.9%
3.9%
5.7%
2 / 2002
6.6%
3.9%
5.7%
3 / 2002
6.4%
3.8%
5.7%
4 / 2002
6.0%
3.8%
5.9%
5 / 2002
6.5%
4.1%
5.8%
6 / 2002
7.1%
4.4%
5.8%
7 / 2002
7.3%
4.7%
5.8%
8 / 2002
7.5%
4.7%
5.7%
9 / 2002
7.3%
4.5%
5.7%
10 / 2002
7.5%
4.6%
5.7%
11 / 2002
7.9%
4.9%
5.9%
12 / 2002
7.9%
4.7%
6.0%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2001
5.3%
3.3%
4.2%
2 / 2001
5.6%
3.3%
4.2%
3 / 2001
5.6%
3.2%
4.3%
4 / 2001
4.8%
2.9%
4.4%
5 / 2001
4.9%
3.1%
4.3%
6 / 2001
5.4%
3.4%
4.5%
7 / 2001
5.5%
3.5%
4.6%
8 / 2001
5.5%
3.4%
4.9%
9 / 2001
4.9%
3.0%
5.0%
10 / 2001
4.8%
2.8%
5.3%
11 / 2001
4.9%
2.9%
5.5%
12 / 2001
4.7%
2.8%
5.7%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 2000
5.3%
3.3%
4.0%
2 / 2000
5.2%
3.2%
4.1%
3 / 2000
4.8%
2.9%
4.0%
4 / 2000
3.8%
2.3%
3.8%
5 / 2000
3.7%
2.4%
4.0%
6 / 2000
4.0%
2.5%
4.0%
7 / 2000
4.2%
2.6%
4.0%
8 / 2000
3.7%
2.3%
4.1%
9 / 2000
2.9%
1.8%
3.9%
10 / 2000
2.6%
1.7%
3.9%
11 / 2000
2.9%
1.9%
3.9%
12 / 2000
2.9%
1.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 1999
7.2%
3.5%
4.3%
2 / 1999
7.2%
3.5%
4.4%
3 / 1999
6.7%
3.1%
4.2%
4 / 1999
5.9%
3.0%
4.3%
5 / 1999
5.6%
2.9%
4.2%
6 / 1999
5.9%
3.0%
4.3%
7 / 1999
5.4%
3.0%
4.3%
8 / 1999
4.6%
2.5%
4.2%
9 / 1999
4.7%
2.5%
4.2%
10 / 1999
4.7%
2.5%
4.1%
11 / 1999
4.9%
2.6%
4.1%
12 / 1999
4.1%
2.3%
4.0%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 1998
7.9%
4.5%
4.6%
2 / 1998
7.7%
4.4%
4.6%
3 / 1998
7.3%
4.1%
4.7%
4 / 1998
5.9%
3.5%
4.3%
5 / 1998
6.0%
3.4%
4.4%
6 / 1998
6.2%
3.6%
4.5%
7 / 1998
6.1%
3.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
5.7%
3.2%
4.5%
9 / 1998
5.4%
3.0%
4.6%
10 / 1998
5.5%
2.8%
4.5%
11 / 1998
5.4%
2.8%
4.4%
12 / 1998
4.9%
2.4%
4.4%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 1997
11.1%
6.4%
5.3%
2 / 1997
10.9%
6.2%
5.2%
3 / 1997
10.3%
5.8%
5.2%
4 / 1997
9.8%
5.3%
5.1%
5 / 1997
8.7%
5.3%
4.9%
6 / 1997
8.9%
5.4%
5.0%
7 / 1997
8.2%
5.2%
4.9%
8 / 1997
7.5%
4.7%
4.8%
9 / 1997
7.2%
4.3%
4.9%
10 / 1997
6.6%
4.0%
4.7%
11 / 1997
6.7%
3.9%
4.6%
12 / 1997
6.1%
3.5%
4.7%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 1996
10.9%
6.1%
5.6%
2 / 1996
10.0%
5.9%
5.5%
3 / 1996
9.5%
5.5%
5.5%
4 / 1996
8.6%
5.2%
5.6%
5 / 1996
8.8%
5.4%
5.6%
6 / 1996
9.1%
5.5%
5.3%
7 / 1996
9.3%
5.7%
5.5%
8 / 1996
8.6%
5.3%
5.1%
9 / 1996
8.9%
5.3%
5.2%
10 / 1996
8.6%
5.2%
5.2%
11 / 1996
9.0%
5.5%
5.4%
12 / 1996
9.7%
5.3%
5.4%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 1995
10.5%
6.3%
5.6%
2 / 1995
10.2%
6.1%
5.4%
3 / 1995
9.5%
5.7%
5.4%
4 / 1995
8.8%
5.5%
5.8%
5 / 1995
8.5%
5.5%
5.6%
6 / 1995
8.8%
5.7%
5.6%
7 / 1995
9.0%
5.8%
5.7%
8 / 1995
8.8%
5.5%
5.7%
9 / 1995
8.3%
5.1%
5.6%
10 / 1995
8.1%
4.8%
5.5%
11 / 1995
8.2%
4.9%
5.6%
12 / 1995
8.0%
4.8%
5.6%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 1994
11.0%
6.3%
6.6%
2 / 1994
10.4%
6.2%
6.6%
3 / 1994
9.7%
5.7%
6.5%
4 / 1994
9.0%
5.4%
6.4%
5 / 1994
8.7%
5.3%
6.1%
6 / 1994
9.0%
5.7%
6.1%
7 / 1994
9.4%
5.9%
6.1%
8 / 1994
9.0%
5.7%
6.0%
9 / 1994
9.0%
5.4%
5.9%
10 / 1994
8.3%
5.1%
5.8%
11 / 1994
8.7%
5.4%
5.6%
12 / 1994
8.1%
5.1%
5.5%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 1993
13.2%
8.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
12.7%
8.0%
7.1%
3 / 1993
11.5%
7.3%
7.0%
4 / 1993
10.8%
7.0%
7.1%
5 / 1993
10.6%
6.8%
7.1%
6 / 1993
10.7%
6.9%
7.0%
7 / 1993
10.5%
6.8%
6.9%
8 / 1993
9.8%
6.4%
6.8%
9 / 1993
9.4%
5.8%
6.7%
10 / 1993
8.6%
5.6%
6.8%
11 / 1993
8.7%
5.5%
6.6%
12 / 1993
8.2%
5.2%
6.5%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 1992
13.6%
8.1%
7.3%
2 / 1992
13.3%
8.1%
7.4%
3 / 1992
12.3%
7.5%
7.4%
4 / 1992
11.9%
7.2%
7.4%
5 / 1992
11.9%
7.4%
7.6%
6 / 1992
12.6%
7.7%
7.8%
7 / 1992
12.3%
7.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
11.7%
7.5%
7.6%
9 / 1992
12.0%
7.4%
7.6%
10 / 1992
11.6%
7.1%
7.3%
11 / 1992
11.7%
7.4%
7.4%
12 / 1992
11.5%
7.3%
7.4%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 1991
10.7%
6.1%
6.4%
2 / 1991
10.1%
6.1%
6.6%
3 / 1991
10.0%
5.8%
6.8%
4 / 1991
9.7%
5.7%
6.7%
5 / 1991
10.5%
6.2%
6.9%
6 / 1991
11.1%
6.8%
6.9%
7 / 1991
11.0%
6.9%
6.8%
8 / 1991
10.7%
6.9%
6.9%
9 / 1991
11.3%
6.9%
6.9%
10 / 1991
10.7%
6.9%
7.0%
11 / 1991
11.2%
7.1%
7.0%
12 / 1991
11.0%
7.1%
7.3%
Month/Year
Bridgeport, CT%
Connecticut%
National %
1 / 1990
10.7%
5.3%
5.4%
2 / 1990
10.2%
5.3%
5.3%
3 / 1990
9.5%
5.0%
5.2%
4 / 1990
9.0%
4.9%
5.4%
5 / 1990
8.7%
5.0%
5.4%
6 / 1990
8.6%
5.2%
5.2%
7 / 1990
9.5%
5.3%
5.5%
8 / 1990
9.0%
5.2%
5.7%
9 / 1990
9.0%
5.2%
5.9%
10 / 1990
8.6%
4.9%
5.9%
11 / 1990
8.9%
5.1%
6.2%
12 / 1990
8.4%
5.1%
6.3%