New London County, CT Unemployment Rate Report

New London County, CT Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in New London County, Connecticut has ranged from 1.6% in October 2000 to 13.9% in May 2020. The current unemployment rate for New London County is 4.5% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

New London County, CT Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

New London County, CT Current Unemployment - 4.5%

New London County, CT Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2022	5.4%	5.0%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.5%	5.0%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.7%	4.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.0%	3.7%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.3%	4.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.5%	4.1%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.6%	4.3%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.5%	4.3%	3.7%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2021	9.4%	8.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	9.3%	8.3%	6.2%
3 / 2021	9.2%	8.3%	6.0%
4 / 2021	7.5%	7.5%	6.1%
5 / 2021	7.3%	6.8%	5.8%
6 / 2021	7.4%	7.0%	5.9%
7 / 2021	7.0%	6.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.5%	6.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.8%	5.3%	4.7%
10 / 2021	5.6%	5.1%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.8%	4.4%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.5%	4.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2020	4.4%	4.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	4.4%	4.4%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.6%	3.6%	4.4%
4 / 2020	12.2%	8.0%	14.7%
5 / 2020	13.9%	9.4%	13.3%
6 / 2020	12.8%	10.2%	11.1%
7 / 2020	12.0%	10.3%	10.2%
8 / 2020	9.5%	8.2%	8.4%
9 / 2020	8.7%	7.5%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.6%	5.8%	6.9%
11 / 2020	8.7%	7.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	8.3%	7.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2019	4.6%	4.6%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.3%	4.3%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.9%	4.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.2%	3.3%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.5%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.7%	3.9%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.7%	3.9%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.5%	3.8%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.4%	3.5%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.3%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.2%	3.3%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.2%	3.2%	3.5%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2018	5.2%	5.2%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.9%	5.0%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.5%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.9%	4.1%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.0%	4.1%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.2%	4.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.0%	4.3%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.8%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.5%	3.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.4%	3.6%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.2%	3.3%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.3%	3.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2017	5.5%	5.6%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.3%	5.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.8%	5.0%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.4%	4.6%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.6%	4.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.6%	4.9%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.5%	4.8%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.3%	4.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.1%	4.4%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.1%	4.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.9%	4.1%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.9%	4.0%	4.1%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2016	6.3%	6.1%	4.9%
2 / 2016	6.1%	5.9%	4.9%
3 / 2016	5.7%	5.6%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.9%	5.1%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.1%	5.1%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.5%	5.5%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.2%	5.4%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.0%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.7%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.6%	4.6%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.2%	4.2%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.3%	4.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2015	7.1%	6.7%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.9%	6.5%	5.5%
3 / 2015	6.5%	6.1%	5.4%
4 / 2015	6.0%	5.6%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.9%	5.7%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.9%	5.8%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.9%	5.9%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.6%	5.7%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.5%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2015	5.4%	5.3%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.3%	5.1%	5.1%
12 / 2015	5.3%	5.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2014	7.7%	7.5%	6.6%
2 / 2014	7.7%	7.5%	6.7%
3 / 2014	7.4%	7.3%	6.7%
4 / 2014	6.5%	6.4%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.7%	6.6%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.7%	6.6%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.9%	6.9%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.6%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.3%	6.2%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.2%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2014	6.4%	6.0%	5.8%
12 / 2014	6.0%	5.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2013	9.0%	8.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	8.7%	8.5%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.4%	8.1%	7.5%
4 / 2013	7.9%	7.6%	7.6%
5 / 2013	8.1%	7.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	8.1%	7.9%	7.5%
7 / 2013	8.2%	8.1%	7.3%
8 / 2013	7.9%	7.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	7.7%	7.4%	7.2%
10 / 2013	7.6%	7.3%	7.2%
11 / 2013	7.3%	6.9%	6.9%
12 / 2013	7.4%	6.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2012	8.9%	8.7%	8.3%
2 / 2012	8.8%	8.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	8.6%	8.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.6%	8.1%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.6%	8.3%	8.2%
6 / 2012	8.8%	8.6%	8.2%
7 / 2012	9.0%	8.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	8.9%	8.8%	8.1%
9 / 2012	8.4%	8.2%	7.8%
10 / 2012	8.4%	8.1%	7.8%
11 / 2012	8.3%	7.9%	7.7%
12 / 2012	8.2%	7.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2011	9.7%	9.8%	9.1%
2 / 2011	9.6%	9.6%	9.0%
3 / 2011	9.2%	9.3%	9.0%
4 / 2011	8.7%	8.8%	9.1%
5 / 2011	8.9%	8.9%	9.0%
6 / 2011	8.9%	9.0%	9.1%
7 / 2011	9.0%	9.1%	9.0%
8 / 2011	8.8%	8.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	8.5%	8.4%	9.0%
10 / 2011	8.3%	8.2%	8.8%
11 / 2011	8.1%	8.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	8.0%	7.7%	8.5%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2010	9.1%	9.5%	9.8%
2 / 2010	9.1%	9.5%	9.8%
3 / 2010	8.9%	9.2%	9.9%
4 / 2010	8.6%	8.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	8.6%	8.9%	9.6%
6 / 2010	8.8%	9.1%	9.4%
7 / 2010	9.0%	9.3%	9.4%
8 / 2010	9.0%	9.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	8.8%	9.0%	9.5%
10 / 2010	8.9%	8.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	8.9%	9.0%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.6%	8.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2009	7.3%	7.3%	7.8%
2 / 2009	7.4%	7.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	7.2%	7.5%	8.7%
4 / 2009	7.1%	7.4%	9.0%
5 / 2009	7.1%	7.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	7.4%	8.0%	9.5%
7 / 2009	7.5%	8.3%	9.5%
8 / 2009	7.6%	8.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	7.6%	8.3%	9.8%
10 / 2009	7.6%	8.3%	10.0%
11 / 2009	7.8%	8.3%	9.9%
12 / 2009	7.7%	8.3%	9.9%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2008	5.1%	5.4%	5.0%
2 / 2008	5.0%	5.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.9%	5.3%	5.1%
4 / 2008	4.4%	4.8%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.9%	5.3%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.4%	5.6%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.6%	6.0%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.8%	6.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.8%	6.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.7%	6.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.1%	6.1%	6.8%
12 / 2008	6.1%	6.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2007	4.6%	4.8%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.4%	4.7%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.1%	4.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.8%	4.0%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.9%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.1%	4.5%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.3%	4.8%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.2%	4.6%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.1%	4.4%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.1%	4.4%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.3%	4.5%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.2%	4.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2006	4.7%	5.0%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.5%	4.8%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.2%	4.5%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.9%	4.0%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.1%	4.2%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.3%	4.4%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.4%	4.7%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.2%	4.6%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.0%	4.2%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.6%	3.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.8%	4.0%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.6%	3.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2005	4.8%	5.4%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.8%	5.4%	5.4%
3 / 2005	4.6%	5.1%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.4%	4.8%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.5%	5.0%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.8%	5.1%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.8%	5.2%	5.0%
8 / 2005	4.6%	5.0%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.4%	4.7%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.1%	4.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.3%	4.5%	5.0%
12 / 2005	3.8%	4.0%	4.9%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2004	5.2%	5.7%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.1%	5.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	4.9%	5.4%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.5%	4.9%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.7%	5.0%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.8%	5.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.7%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.5%	4.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.2%	4.6%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.0%	4.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.1%	4.5%	5.4%
12 / 2004	3.8%	4.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2003	5.2%	5.8%	5.8%
2 / 2003	5.2%	5.8%	5.9%
3 / 2003	5.0%	5.6%	5.9%
4 / 2003	4.7%	5.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	4.8%	5.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	5.1%	5.7%	6.3%
7 / 2003	5.1%	5.7%	6.2%
8 / 2003	4.9%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.6%	5.2%	6.1%
10 / 2003	4.5%	5.0%	6.0%
11 / 2003	4.7%	5.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	4.2%	4.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2002	3.3%	3.9%	5.7%
2 / 2002	3.2%	3.9%	5.7%
3 / 2002	3.2%	3.8%	5.7%
4 / 2002	3.4%	3.8%	5.9%
5 / 2002	3.7%	4.1%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.1%	4.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.3%	4.7%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.2%	4.7%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.1%	4.5%	5.7%
10 / 2002	4.2%	4.6%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.6%	4.9%	5.9%
12 / 2002	4.3%	4.7%	6.0%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2001	3.1%	3.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	3.0%	3.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	2.9%	3.2%	4.3%
4 / 2001	2.8%	2.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	2.8%	3.1%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.2%	3.4%	4.5%
7 / 2001	3.3%	3.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	2.9%	3.4%	4.9%
9 / 2001	2.5%	3.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	2.3%	2.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	2.4%	2.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	2.2%	2.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 2000	3.4%	3.3%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.2%	3.2%	4.1%
3 / 2000	2.7%	2.9%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.3%	2.3%	3.8%
5 / 2000	2.4%	2.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	2.5%	2.5%	4.0%
7 / 2000	2.5%	2.6%	4.0%
8 / 2000	2.3%	2.3%	4.1%
9 / 2000	1.8%	1.8%	3.9%
10 / 2000	1.6%	1.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	1.8%	1.9%	3.9%
12 / 2000	1.7%	1.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 1999	3.6%	3.5%	4.3%
2 / 1999	3.4%	3.5%	4.4%
3 / 1999	3.1%	3.1%	4.2%
4 / 1999	3.1%	3.0%	4.3%
5 / 1999	2.9%	2.9%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.1%	3.0%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.2%	3.0%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.7%	2.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	2.8%	2.5%	4.2%
10 / 1999	2.7%	2.5%	4.1%
11 / 1999	2.9%	2.6%	4.1%
12 / 1999	2.6%	2.3%	4.0%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 1998	5.1%	4.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	4.9%	4.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	4.6%	4.1%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.3%	3.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	4.1%	3.4%	4.4%
6 / 1998	4.3%	3.6%	4.5%
7 / 1998	4.1%	3.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	3.6%	3.2%	4.5%
9 / 1998	3.5%	3.0%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.1%	2.8%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.1%	2.8%	4.4%
12 / 1998	2.6%	2.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 1997	7.0%	6.4%	5.3%
2 / 1997	6.5%	6.2%	5.2%
3 / 1997	6.0%	5.8%	5.2%
4 / 1997	5.4%	5.3%	5.1%
5 / 1997	5.9%	5.3%	4.9%
6 / 1997	6.0%	5.4%	5.0%
7 / 1997	5.5%	5.2%	4.9%
8 / 1997	5.2%	4.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	5.0%	4.3%	4.9%
10 / 1997	4.8%	4.0%	4.7%
11 / 1997	4.7%	3.9%	4.6%
12 / 1997	4.1%	3.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 1996	5.9%	6.1%	5.6%
2 / 1996	5.8%	5.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	5.3%	5.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	5.2%	5.2%	5.6%
5 / 1996	5.2%	5.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.3%	5.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.7%	5.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	5.7%	5.3%	5.1%
9 / 1996	5.7%	5.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	6.0%	5.2%	5.2%
11 / 1996	6.4%	5.5%	5.4%
12 / 1996	6.0%	5.3%	5.4%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 1995	5.8%	6.3%	5.6%
2 / 1995	5.7%	6.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	5.3%	5.7%	5.4%
4 / 1995	5.3%	5.5%	5.8%
5 / 1995	5.3%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 1995	5.7%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	5.8%	5.8%	5.7%
8 / 1995	5.5%	5.5%	5.7%
9 / 1995	5.2%	5.1%	5.6%
10 / 1995	4.8%	4.8%	5.5%
11 / 1995	4.7%	4.9%	5.6%
12 / 1995	4.5%	4.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 1994	5.9%	6.3%	6.6%
2 / 1994	5.6%	6.2%	6.6%
3 / 1994	5.0%	5.7%	6.5%
4 / 1994	5.0%	5.4%	6.4%
5 / 1994	5.1%	5.3%	6.1%
6 / 1994	5.5%	5.7%	6.1%
7 / 1994	5.6%	5.9%	6.1%
8 / 1994	5.4%	5.7%	6.0%
9 / 1994	5.1%	5.4%	5.9%
10 / 1994	4.8%	5.1%	5.8%
11 / 1994	5.2%	5.4%	5.6%
12 / 1994	4.9%	5.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 1993	8.0%	8.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	7.6%	8.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	6.9%	7.3%	7.0%
4 / 1993	6.8%	7.0%	7.1%
5 / 1993	6.2%	6.8%	7.1%
6 / 1993	6.5%	6.9%	7.0%
7 / 1993	6.5%	6.8%	6.9%
8 / 1993	5.8%	6.4%	6.8%
9 / 1993	5.3%	5.8%	6.7%
10 / 1993	5.3%	5.6%	6.8%
11 / 1993	5.3%	5.5%	6.6%
12 / 1993	5.0%	5.2%	6.5%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 1992	7.9%	8.1%	7.3%
2 / 1992	7.6%	8.1%	7.4%
3 / 1992	7.3%	7.5%	7.4%
4 / 1992	6.8%	7.2%	7.4%
5 / 1992	7.0%	7.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	7.3%	7.7%	7.8%
7 / 1992	7.7%	7.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	7.2%	7.5%	7.6%
9 / 1992	7.1%	7.4%	7.6%
10 / 1992	6.6%	7.1%	7.3%
11 / 1992	6.8%	7.4%	7.4%
12 / 1992	6.7%	7.3%	7.4%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 1991	6.7%	6.1%	6.4%
2 / 1991	6.5%	6.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	6.0%	5.8%	6.8%
4 / 1991	5.6%	5.7%	6.7%
5 / 1991	6.1%	6.2%	6.9%
6 / 1991	6.6%	6.8%	6.9%
7 / 1991	6.6%	6.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	6.8%	6.9%	6.9%
9 / 1991	6.9%	6.9%	6.9%
10 / 1991	6.9%	6.9%	7.0%
11 / 1991	7.5%	7.1%	7.0%
12 / 1991	7.2%	7.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	New London County, CT%	Connecticut%	National %
1 / 1990	5.9%	5.3%	5.4%
2 / 1990	6.0%	5.3%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.7%	5.0%	5.2%
4 / 1990	5.5%	4.9%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.7%	5.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.9%	5.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.9%	5.3%	5.5%
8 / 1990	5.7%	5.2%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.6%	5.2%	5.9%
10 / 1990	5.3%	4.9%	5.9%
11 / 1990	5.7%	5.1%	6.2%
12 / 1990	5.8%	5.1%	6.3%