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Eastern North Central Northwest South Central Southwest WDA WDA WDA WDA WDA (41 towns) (37 towns) (41 towns) (30 towns) (20 towns) Ashford Andover Barkhamsted Bethany Ansonia Bozrah Avon Bethel Branford Beacon Falls Brooklyn Berlin Bethlehem Chester Bridgeport Canterbury Bloomfield Bridgewater Clinton Darien Chaplin Bolton Brookfield Cromwell Derby Colchester Bristol Canaan Deep River Easton Columbia Burlington Cheshire Durham Fairfield Coventry Canton Colebrook East Haddam Greenwich Eastford East Granby Cornwall East Hampton Monroe East Lyme East Hartford Danbury East Haven New Canaan Franklin East Windsor Goshen Essex Norwalk Griswold Ellington Hartland Guilford Oxford Groton Enfield Harwinton Haddam Seymour Hampton Farmington Kent Hamden Shelton Killingly Glastonbury Litchfield Killingworth Stamford Lebanon Granby Middlebury Madison Stratford Ledyard Hartford Morris Meriden Trumbull Lisbon Hebron Naugatuck Middlefield Weston Lyme Manchester New Fairfield Middletown Westport Mansfield Marlborough New Hartford Milford Wilton Montville New Britain New Milford New Haven New London Newington Newtown North Branford North Stonington Plainville Norfolk North Haven Norwich Plymouth North Canaan Old Saybrook Old Lyme Rocky Hill Prospect Orange Plainfield Simsbury Redding Portland Pomfret Somers Ridgefield Wallingford Preston Southington Roxbury Westbrook Putnam South Windsor Salisbury West Haven Salem Stafford Sharon Woodbridge Scotland Suffield Sherman Sprague Tolland Southbury Sterling Vernon Thomaston Stonington West Hartford Torrington Thompson Wethersfield Warren Union Windsor Washington Voluntown Windsor Locks Waterbury Waterford Watertown Willington Winchester Windham Wolcott Woodstock Woodbury 2015 Informaon for Workforce Investment Planning Conneccut Department of Labor ‐ www.ct.gov/dol ‐ Labor Market InformaƟon PREFACE The Conneccut Department of Labor’s Office of Research is the state’s leading producer of informaon and stascs on the economy, workforce, occupaons, and careers. Our mission is to produce, analyze, and deliver mely and reliable workforce informaon and stascs to assist in decision‐making for those planning economic development iniaves, for educaon and training providers, and for job seekers and students who are seeking guidance in making career choices. In support of these efforts, the Office of Research is pleased to provide the 2015 InformaƟon for Workforce Investment Planning. This publicaon contains a variety of data on Conneccut and each of the state’s five Workforce Development Areas including populaon and populaon density, labor force, employment and wages by industry sector, and new housing permits. In addion, detailed informaon on residents in need of workforce investment services such as high school dropouts, Medicaid recipients, adult probaoners, Temporary Family Assistance (TFA) recipients, and other residents with barriers to employment is included. The 2015 InformaƟon for Workforce Investment Planning also includes appendix tables and historical data on the aforemenoned topics for comparisons and trends analysis. Data sources are cited on each appendix table, which includes other State agencies, the Conneccut Department of Labor and the U.S. Census Bureau. We wish to thank all of the data providers for their contribuon to this year’s publicaon. The charts and tables in the 2015 InformaƟon for Workforce Investment Planning are within the public domain, and may be copied and/or quoted. However, we do request that you aribute such material to this publicaon. We hope that you find the 2015 InformaƟon for Workforce Investment Planning an effecve data source for your planning needs. Addional data on the North Central WDA are available at: hp://www1.ctdol.state.ct.us/lmi/wia_northcentral.asp. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Director: Andrew Condon Managing Editor: Mahew Krzyzek, Economist We would like to thank the following Department of Labor and Office of Research staff who provided data and editorial assistance for this publicaon: Diana Arbelaez, Todd Bentsen, Patrick Flaherty, Jungmin Joo, Jonathan Kuchta, Doreen LeBel, Dana Placzek, and Michael Polzella. Quesons regarding informaon in this report may be directed to: Conneccut Department of Labor Office of Research 200 Folly Brook Boulevard Wethersfield, CT 06109 (860) 263‐6275 e‐mail: [email protected] The 2015 InformaƟon for Workforce Investment Planning and other Office of Research publicaons are available on the Internet at: www.ct.gov/dol ‘Labor Market InformaƟon’. 2015 Informaon for Workforce Investment Planning WDA Economic Data: Page Populaon and Populaon Density .............................................................................................................................. 1 Labor Force .................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Employment and Wages by Industry ......................................................................................................................... 3‐4 New Housing Permits .................................................................................................................................................... 5 Commung Paerns ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 WDA Data on Residents in Need of Workforce Investment Services: Temporary Family Assistance and SNAP Recipients .................................................................................................. 7‐8 State Supplement and Medicaid Recipients ............................................................................................................ 9‐10 State Administered General Assistance Recipients and Affordable Care Act ............................................................. 11 Department of Developmental Services Consumers .................................................................................................. 12 Adult Probaoners ...................................................................................................................................................... 13 High School Enrollment and Dropout Rates ............................................................................................................... 14 Births to Teenage Mothers ........................................................................................................................................ 15 A T WDA Economic Data: Populaon and Populaon Density ............................................................................................................................ 16 Labor Force ................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Work Area Profile. ....................................................................................................................................................... 18 Industry Employment Concentraon………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………19 Employment and Wages by Industry ..................................................................................................................... 20‐21 Employment and Wages by Town .............................................................................................................................. 22 New Housing Permits .................................................................................................................................................. 23 WDA Data on Residents in Need of Workforce Investment Services: Temporary Family Assistance and SNAP Recipients ................................................................................................... 24 State Supplement and Medicaid Recipients ............................................................................................................... 25 State Administered General Assistance Recipients and Affordable Care Act ............................................................. 26 Department of Developmental Services Consumers .................................................................................................. 27 Department of Mental Health and Addicon Services ............................................................................................... 28 Adult Probaoners ...................................................................................................................................................... 29 High School Enrollment and Dropout Rates ............................................................................................................... 30 Births to Teenage Mothers ........................................................................................................................................ 31 Unemployment Insurance Claimants ..................................................................................................................... 32‐33 Statewide Data: Populaon by Town (Maps) ........................................................................................................................................ 34 Labor Force by WDA ................................................................................................................................................... 35 Unemployment Rate by Town (Map) .........................................................................................................................