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State's unemployment rate dips to 5.1 percent

November 30, 2015 11:00 pm • Last Updated: December 01, 2015 12:42 pm

By Carlos Virgen
Assistant Managing Editor for Audience Development

c.virgen@theday.com

While Connecticut's unemployment rate has dropped to just above the national average of 5 percent, locally, New London is still well above that at 7.1 percent. The city has the fourth worst rate behind Hartford, Waterbury and Bridgeport.

We looked at monthly data for towns in southeastern Connecticut. In our region, Lyme has the lowest rate at 3.5 percent, while Stonington has seen the sharpest decline in the last three months after an uptick in July.

Data source: http://www1.ctdol.state.ct.us/lmi/laus/lmi123.asp

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