Westport’s unemployment rate in June fell to 5.9 percent from 6.3 percent in May, the Connecticut Department of Labor said today.
The 6.3 percent May rate was the highest since January when it was 6.6 percent.
The Department of Labor said the June labor force in Westport numbered 12,917 persons with 12,154 employed, a high for the year.
It said the number of unemployed in June was 763, down from 806 in May.




The only ones that can afford to live here are those who have jobs and liberals/progressives with trust funds.
Some of us have to work 60-80 hours a week to support our bloated government and entitlements.
“Yes we can” make everybody suffer equally.