ANNUAL AVERAGE 2000

LMA/TOWNS	LABOR FORCE	EMPLOYED	UNEMPLOYED	RATE
Andover	1,839	1,810	29	1.6
Ansonia	9,535	9,275	260	2.7
Ashford	2,364	2,324	40	1.7
Avon	8,278	8,159	119	1.4
Barkhamsted	2,046	2,013	33	1.6
Beacon Falls	2,997	2,932	65	2.2
Berlin	10,033	9,838	195	1.9
Bethany	2,735	2,689	46	1.7
Bethel	10,400	10,238	162	1.6
Bethlehem	1,953	1,917	36	1.8
Bloomfield	9,245	9,006	239	2.6
Bolton	2,913	2,866	47	1.6
Bozrah	1,301	1,273	28	2.2
Branford	16,393	16,066	327	2.0
Bridgeport	60,350	58,173	2,177	3.6
Bridgewater	995	980	15	1.5
Bristol	32,560	31,807	753	2.3
Brookfield	8,585	8,447	138	1.6
Brooklyn	3,475	3,404	71	2.0
Burlington	4,717	4,638	79	1.7
Canaan	599	590	9	1.5
Canterbury	2,689	2,632	57	2.1
Canton	4,962	4,879	83	1.7
Chaplin	1,267	1,247	20	1.6
Cheshire	13,821	13,576	245	1.8
Chester	2,147	2,106	41	1.9
Clinton	7,345	7,211	134	1.8
Colchester	8,082	7,939	143	1.8
Colebrook	808	798	10	1.2
Columbia	2,782	2,737	45	1.6
Cornwall	810	798	12	1.5
Coventry	6,455	6,334	121	1.9
Cromwell	7,268	7,128	140	1.9
Danbury	41,649	40,911	738	1.8
Darien	8,663	8,537	126	1.5
Deep River	2,440	2,392	48	2.0
Derby	6,602	6,413	189	2.9
Durham	3,726	3,661	65	1.7
East Granby	2,689	2,642	47	1.7
East Haddam	4,779	4,687	92	1.9
East Hampton	6,031	5,862	169	2.8
East Hartford	24,689	23,978	711	2.9
East Haven	15,038	14,686	352	2.3
East Lyme	8,671	8,495	176	2.0
East Windsor	5,525	5,391	134	2.4
Eastford	889	873	16	1.8
Easton	3,593	3,541	52	1.4
Ellington	7,704	7,569	135	1.8
Enfield	22,856	22,329	527	2.3
Essex	3,506	3,448	58	1.7
Fairfield	27,440	26,953	487	1.8
Farmington	11,976	11,758	218	1.8
Franklin	1,045	1,028	17	1.6
Glastonbury	17,216	16,939	277	1.6
Goshen	1,407	1,380	27	1.9
Granby	5,735	5,642	93	1.6
Greenwich	29,157	28,726	431	1.5
Griswold	6,221	6,084	137	2.2
Groton	17,567	17,167	400	2.3
Guilford	11,967	11,777	190	1.6
Haddam	4,401	4,328	73	1.7
Hamden	28,830	28,208	622	2.2
Hampton	998	977	21	2.1
Hartford	46,165	43,988	2,177	4.7
Hartland	1,140	1,121	19	1.7
Harwinton	2,932	2,874	58	2.0
Hebron	5,027	4,947	80	1.6
Kent	1,553	1,531	22	1.4
Killingly	8,702	8,414	288	3.3
Killingworth	3,248	3,197	51	1.6
Lebanon	3,974	3,898	76	1.9
Ledyard	7,611	7,475	136	1.8
Lisbon	2,276	2,228	48	2.1
Litchfield	4,231	4,155	76	1.8
Lyme	1,020	1,004	16	1.6
Madison	9,271	9,114	157	1.7
Manchester	30,528	29,894	634	2.1
Mansfield	10,730	10,530	200	1.9
Marlborough	3,213	3,160	53	1.6
Meriden	29,381	28,538	843	2.9
Middlebury	3,472	3,404	68	2.0
Middlefield	2,289	2,245	44	1.9
Middletown	24,794	24,246	548	2.2
Milford	29,355	28,803	552	1.9
Monroe	10,211	10,035	176	1.7
Montville	9,421	9,214	207	2.2
Morris	1,269	1,246	23	1.8
Naugatuck	16,363	15,924	439	2.7
New Britain	33,442	32,255	1,187	3.5
New Canaan	8,506	8,391	115	1.4
New Fairfield	7,396	7,276	120	1.6
New Hartford	3,355	3,297	58	1.7
New Haven	51,884	50,151	1,733	3.3
New London	12,395	12,017	378	3.0
New Milford	15,356	15,103	253	1.6
Newington	16,063	15,714	349	2.2
Newtown	13,017	12,809	208	1.6
No. Stonington	2,881	2,825	56	1.9
Norfolk	949	935	14	1.5
North Branford	7,740	7,584	156	2.0
North Canaan	1,721	1,693	28	1.6
North Haven	12,090	11,868	222	1.8
Norwalk	46,616	45,741	875	1.9
Norwich	18,559	18,063	496	2.7
Old Lyme	3,860	3,792	68	1.8
Old Saybrook	5,182	5,090	92	1.8
Orange	6,672	6,561	111	1.7
Oxford	5,688	5,582	106	1.9
Plainfield	7,788	7,577	211	2.7
Plainville	9,722	9,503	219	2.3
Plymouth	6,358	6,200	158	2.5
Pomfret	2,058	2,018	40	1.9
Portland	4,800	4,700	100	2.1
Preston	2,513	2,462	51	2.0
Prospect	4,911	4,819	92	1.9
Putnam	4,846	4,725	121	2.5
Redding	4,297	4,229	68	1.6
Ridgefield	11,288	11,124	164	1.5
Rocky Hill	10,032	9,839	193	1.9
Roxbury	1,278	1,263	15	1.2
Salem	2,255	2,217	38	1.7
Salisbury	1,971	1,938	33	1.7
Scotland	895	883	12	1.3
Seymour	8,527	8,338	189	2.2
Sharon	1,545	1,524	21	1.4
Shelton	21,299	20,858	441	2.1
Sherman	1,992	1,964	28	1.4
Simsbury	11,625	11,451	174	1.5
Somers	4,322	4,233	89	2.1
South Windsor	13,611	13,365	246	1.8
Southbury	8,359	8,208	151	1.8
Southington	22,275	21,831	444	2.0
Sprague	1,626	1,578	48	3.0
Stafford	6,344	6,217	127	2.0
Stamford	63,667	62,454	1,213	1.9
Sterling	1,714	1,677	37	2.2
Stonington	9,452	9,289	163	1.7
Stratford	25,334	24,751	583	2.3
Suffield	6,480	6,354	126	1.9
Thomaston	4,286	4,183	103	2.4
Thompson	4,930	4,811	119	2.4
Tolland	7,369	7,254	115	1.6
Torrington	18,273	17,842	431	2.4
Trumbull	17,055	16,740	315	1.8
Union	431	423	8	1.9
Vernon	15,956	15,641	315	2.0
Voluntown	1,427	1,390	37	2.6
Wallingford	23,285	22,812	473	2.0
Warren	685	672	13	1.9
Washington	1,933	1,902	31	1.6
Waterbury	48,084	46,417	1,667	3.5
Waterford	9,464	9,260	204	2.2
Watertown	11,826	11,590	236	2.0
West Hartford	28,649	28,054	595	2.1
West Haven	27,813	27,133	680	2.4
Westbrook	3,367	3,307	60	1.8
Weston	4,722	4,665	57	1.2
Westport	12,054	11,867	187	1.6
Wethersfield	13,099	12,811	288	2.2
Willington	3,684	3,623	61	1.7
Wilton	8,051	7,935	116	1.4
Winchester	5,883	5,746	137	2.3
Windham	10,867	10,557	310	2.9
Windsor	15,403	15,090	313	2.0
Windsor Locks	6,540	6,407	133	2.0
Wolcott	8,302	8,130	172	2.1
Woodbridge	4,661	4,588	73	1.6
Woodbury	5,249	5,165	84	1.6
Woodstock	4,007	3,934	73	1.8

Towns in CAPITAL LETTERS are major cities. For the convenience of our data users, data for the town of Thompson, which is officially part of the Worcester, MA MSA, is included in the Danielson LMA.

** The Bureau of Labor Statistics has identified these five towns as a separate area to report labor force data. For the convenience of our data users, data for these towns are included in the Torrington LMA.