• Connecticut’s Unemployment – October 2012

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Connecticut’s unemployment rate was estimated at 9.0% for October 2012. This is up one-tenth of a percentage point from September 2012 (8.9%), and five-tenths of a percentage point higher than October 2011 (8.5%). Connecticut’s seasonally adjusted civilian labor force was calculated at 1,894,400 in October 2012, down 23,000 over the year (-1.2%), and down by 3,500 (-0.2%) from last month. Connecticut’s labor force peaked over a year ago in February 2011, at an all-time high of 1,921,800, seasonally adjusted. Unemployment: The estimate of people unemployed, seasonally adjusted, was higher by 1,500 (0.9%) from September 2012 to 171,100 in October, and the unemployment rate rose one-tenth of a percentage point to 9.0%. The October 2012 United States unemployment rate was 7.9%, up one-tenth of a percentage point over the month. Source: CTDOL

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