New Haven's Economic Resilience

With 77,080 jobs, the city of New Haven has the second highest concentration of jobs in Connecticut (and the highest percentage of growth in recent years).  Interestingly,  approximately 7,500 individuals are considered freelance or self-employed workers, a group often hard to identify and quantify, according to a study by DataCore Partners LLC.  New Haven's Economic Development Commission says these include creative sector professionals, academic telecommuters and consultants in a wide array of fields with clients throughout the region.  All of which contributes to what is described as New Haven's "resilience through a recession."

Travel and Tourism Boost Economy and Employment

Connecticut's Department of Economic and Community Development - launching initiatives to promote tourism and advance the arts in Connecticut - indicates that the state reaps $11.5 billion every year through total traveler and tourism revenue and $1.15 billion in state and local tax revenue, according to the most recent analysis conducted by UConn's Center for Economic Analysis.  They report that travel and tourism create more than 110,000 jobs statewide, approximately 6.5% of Connecticut's total employment.