United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United States: Unemployment
1990 1989
Unemployment Rate6.3%5.4%
Male unemployment6.5%5.3%
Female unemployment5.9%5.4%
Unemployment less than 25 years12.0%11.2%
Gender Differences in unemployment-0.6%0.1%
Male unemployment less than 25 years12.9%12.0%
Female unemployment less than 25 years10.9%10.3%
Unemployment over 24 years5.0%4.1%
Male unemployment 25 years and over5.2%4.0%
Female unemployment 25 years and over4.8%4.3%
United States: Unemployment

In this page you can see United States unemployment rate . United States unemployment rate.
It is the percentage that expresses the proportion of unemployed in US compared to the total active population:

United States unemployment rate = total unemployed United States / United States active population

Unemployed is a worker who don´t have a employ.

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If you want to compare USA unemployment to other countries, see unemployment.