2015 South Central

Eastern WDA
North Central
WDA
Northwest
WDA

South Central
WDA

Southwest
WDA

(41 towns)

Ashford

(37 towns)

Andover

(41 towns)

Barkhamsted
Bethel

(30 towns)

Bethany

(20 towns)

Ansonia

Branford

Beacon Falls Bridgeport Darien
Brooklyn Canterbury Chaplin

Bridgewater Brookfield Canaan

Chester

Bloomfield Bolton

Clinton Cromwell

Derby
Colchester Columbia Coventry Eastford
Bristol

Deep River Durham

Easton
Burlington Canton

Colebrook Cornwall

East Haddam East Hampton East Haven
Essex

Greenwich

East Hartford East Windsor Ellington
East Lyme Franklin

Norwalk Oxford
Goshen
Griswold Groton
Hartland

Guilford

Kent

Haddam

Seymour

Killingly
Farmington Glastonbury
Granby

Hamden

Litchfield Middlebury
Morris

Killingworth Madison

Stamford Stratford Trumbull Weston
Lebanon

Meriden

New Fairfield New Hartford New Milford Newtown Norfolk

Middlefield Middletown Milford

Marlborough New Britain Newington Plainville
Westport

Montville New London
North Stonington
Norwich Old Lyme Plainfield Pomfret

New Haven North Branford North Haven Old Saybrook
Orange

Plymouth Rocky Hill Simsbury Somers
North Canaan
Prospect Redding

Portland

Ridgefield Roxbury

Wallingford Westbrook West Haven Woodbridge

South Windsor
Stafford

Scotland Sprague

Thomaston Torrington Warren

Stonington Thompson Union
West Hartford Wethersfield

Waterbury Watertown Winchester Wolcott
Voluntown Waterford Willington Windham Woodstock
Windsor Locks
Woodbury

2015 Informaꢀon for Workforce Investment Planning

Connecꢀcut Department of Labor ‐ www.ct.gov/dol ‐ Labor Market Informa Ɵ on

PREFACE

The Connecꢀcut Department of Labor’s Oﬃce of Research is the state’s leading producer of informaꢀon

and staꢀsꢀcs on the economy, workforce, occupaꢀons, and careers. Our mission is to produce, analyze, and deliver ꢀmely and reliable workforce informaꢀon and staꢀsꢀcs to assist in decision‐making for those planning economic development iniꢀaꢀves, for educaꢀon 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 publicaꢀon contains a variety of data on Connecꢀcut and each of the state’s five Workforce Development Areas including populaꢀon and populaꢀon density, labor force, employment and wages by industry sector, and new housing permits. In addiꢀon, detailed informaꢀon on residents in need of workforce investment services such as high school dropouts, Medicaid recipients, adult probaꢀoners, 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 aforemenꢀoned topics for comparisons and trends analysis. Data sources are cited on each appendix table, which includes other State agencies, the Connecꢀcut Department of Labor and the U.S. Census Bureau. We wish to thank all of the data providers for their contribuꢀon to this year’s publicaꢀon. 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 aꢁribute such material to this publicaꢀon.

We hope that you ﬁnd the 2015 InformaƟon for Workforce Investment Planning an eﬀecꢀve data

source for your planning needs.

Addiꢀonal data on the North Central WDA are available at: hꢁp://www1.ctdol.state.ct.us/lmi/wia_northcentral.asp.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Director: Andrew Condon Managing Editor: Maꢁhew 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 publicaꢀon: Diana Arbelaez, Todd Bentsen, Patrick Flaherty, Jungmin Joo, Jonathan Kuchta, Doreen LeBel, Dana Placzek, and Michael Polzella.

Quesꢀons regarding informaꢀon in this report may be directed to:

Connecꢀcut 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

publicaꢀons are available on the Internet at: www.ct.gov/dol ‘Labor Market Informa Ɵ on’.

2015 Informaꢀon for Workforce Investment Planning

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Populaꢀon and Populaꢀon Density .............................................................................................................................. 1 Labor Force .................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Employment and Wages by Industry ......................................................................................................................... 3‐4 New Housing Permits.................................................................................................................................................... 5 Commuꢀng Paꢁerns ..................................................................................................................................................... 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 Probaꢀoners...................................................................................................................................................... 13 High School Enrollment and Dropout Rates ............................................................................................................... 14 Births to Teenage Mothers ........................................................................................................................................ 15

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WDA Economic Data:

Populaꢀon and Populaꢀon Density ............................................................................................................................ 16 Labor Force ................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Work Area Proﬁle........................................................................................................................................................ 18 Industry Employment Concentraꢀon………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………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 Addicꢀon Services ............................................................................................... 28 Adult Probaꢀoners...................................................................................................................................................... 29 High School Enrollment and Dropout Rates ............................................................................................................... 30 Births to Teenage Mothers ........................................................................................................................................ 31 Unemployment Insurance Claimants..................................................................................................................... 32‐33

Statewide Data:

Populaꢀon by Town (Maps)........................................................................................................................................ 34 Labor Force by WDA ................................................................................................................................................... 35 Unemployment Rate by Town (Map).......................................................................................................................... 36 Worksites by Size Class .............................................................................................................................................. 37 Employment and Wages by Industry ..................................................................................................................... 38‐39 Employment and Wages by Major Occupaꢀonal Category ........................................................................................ 40 Connecꢀcut’s Occupaꢀonal Forecast 2012‐2022 .…………………………………………………..……………………………………………..41 Business and Employment Changes Announced in the Media ..…………………………………...…………..………………………42‐45 Unemployment Insurance Claimants................................................................................................................... 46 –47 Poverty Income Guidelines and Lower Living Standard Income Levels...................................................................... 48 Per Capita, Median Family and Household Income.................................................................................................... 49 Characterisꢀcs of American Job Center Parꢀcipants ............................................................................................. 50‐53 Glossary of Terms................................................................................................................................................... 54‐56

South Central WDA

Population and Population Density

Connecꢀcut

Population
2014

 From 2000 to 2014, Connecꢀcut’s populaꢀon increased by 190,515 residents, from 3,405,565 to 3,596,677.

 Oxford, Mansﬁeld, and Ellington had the highest populaꢀon percentage changes statewide. The largest declines occurred in Sharon, Bridgewater, and Salisbury.

 The Eastern WDA had the largest populaꢀon increase of the ﬁve WDAs, rising 7.1 percent over the term.

 Statewide populaꢀon density increased by 5.6 percent over the period.

2014 Population Density by Area
2,000 1,800 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,000
800

 The South Central WDA experienced a
Fourteen‐year populaꢀon increase of 32,990, from 701,870 to 734,860 residents.

600 400 200

 The South Central towns with the largest populaꢀon percent increases over the term were Haddam, Chester, and Durham.

 New Haven was the most densely populated town with 6,911.5 persons per square mile.

2000-2014 Population Change by Area

1,200,000

 East Haddam was the least densely populated town with 168.0 persons per square mile.

+5.1%
1,000,000

800,000 600,000 400,000 200,000
0
+6.7%
+4.7%

+5.0%

NW
+7.1%

 The towns with the largest increase in populaꢀon density over the term were New Haven (+353.1 Pop/Sq Mile), West Haven (+234.8 Pop/Sq Mile), and Hamden (+137.6 Pop/Sq Mile).

See Also Appendix Tables and Maps on Pages 16 and 34

Labor Force

Unemployment Rate 2014

Connecꢀcut

 Connecꢀcut’s annual average labor force increased by 14,400 to 1,886,400 from 2013 to 2014.

 Statewide employment increased by 34,700 workers through 2014.

 The state’s annual average unemployment rate fell from 7.8% in 2013 to 6.6% in 2014, during which unemployment decreased by 20,400 parꢀcipants.

 The South Central WDA’s labor force increased by 2,900

10 Largest South Central Area Labor Forces in
2014

parꢀcipants from 2013 to 2014. Branford had the largest South Central town increase, up 300 parꢀcipants.

Labor Force

70,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000
0
10.0 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0
9.0
8.5

5.5
6.5
5.8

 South Central WDA employment increased by 7,100 workers through 2014. New Haven had the largest South Central town employment increase of 1,094 parꢀcipants.

 The South Central WDA had an unemployment rate of 6.6 percent in 2014, down 1.1 percentage points from a year before. New Haven had the highest unemployment rate (9.0%), Woodbridge had the lowest (4.2%).

Connecticut Labor Force Composition

1,950,000 1,900,000 1,850,000 1,800,000 1,750,000 1,700,000 1,650,000 1,600,000
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Employment Unemployment

See Also Appendix Tables on page 17, 35 and 36

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