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Stratford Unemployment Rate Jumps to 9 Percent

Job numbers from June report that about 2,500 Stratford residents were unemployed last month.

Jobs figures for June show Stratford with its highest unemployment rate all year.

Out of a labor force of about 28,000 people, about 2,500 were unemployed in that month, according to the Connecticut Department of Labor.

That's a 9 percent unemployment rate for Stratford, the highest rate in 2012, matching a January jobs report. In May, the unemployment rate in town was 8.6 percent.

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June figures show an 8.1 percent statewide unemployment rate. Nationally, that number is 8.2 percent.

Stratford Jobs Numbers
May 2012
June 2012
Total Labor Force

27,651

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27,899

Employed 25,266

25,401

Unemployed 2,385 2,498 Unemployment Rate

8.6 percent

9 percent


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