United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United States: Unemployment
1991 1990
Unemployment Rate7.3%6.3%
Male unemployment7.6%6.5%
Female unemployment6.9%5.9%
Unemployment less than 25 years14.6%12.0%
Gender Differences in unemployment-0.7%-0.6%
Male unemployment less than 25 years15.4%12.9%
Female unemployment less than 25 years13.7%10.9%
Unemployment over 24 years5.8%5.0%
Male unemployment 25 years and over6.0%5.2%
Female unemployment 25 years and over5.4%4.8%
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.