Westport’s unemployment rate in March was 6.2 percent, down from 6.5 percent in February, the Connecticut Department of Labor said today.
A year ago, the March 2010 unemployment rate was 6.0. It had been down to 5.7 percent in December.
The slight improvement in March was better than Greenwich’s 6.7 rate, the same as New Canaan’s, but not as good as the 5.8 percent rate in Wilton, Weston, and Darien.
The neighboring urban areas continued with high unemployment rates – 14.5 in Bridgeport, 8.5 in Norwalk, and 7.7 in Stamford.
The department said the number of Westport unemployed in March was 798, down from 821 in February.
The March labor force in Westport numbered 12, 787, up from 12,701 in February, with 11,991 employed, up from 11,880 employed in February, it said.
