Unemployment Rate in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Greater Bridgeport Planning Region's unemployment rate of 7.3% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Greater Bridgeport Planning Region for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,854 | Hawkins County, TN | 7.3% |
| #2,855 | Yakima County, WA | 7.3% |
| #2,856 | Little River County, AR | 7.3% |
| #2,857 | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT | 7.3% |
| #2,858 | San Lorenzo Municipio, PR | 7.3% |
| #2,859 | Hardy County, WV | 7.3% |
| #2,860 | Wayne County, MO | 7.3% |
About Unemployment Rate
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut has a unemployment rate of 7.3%, ranking #2,857 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 38.2% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Connecticut, it ranks #9 of 9. This places it in the 11th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.