United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United States: Unemployment
1993 1992
Unemployment Rate6.5%7.4%
Male unemployment6.6%7.6%
Female unemployment6.4%7.2%
Unemployment less than 25 years12.5%14.2%
Gender Differences in unemployment-0.2%-0.4%
Male unemployment less than 25 years13.2%14.9%
Female unemployment less than 25 years11.8%13.4%
Unemployment over 24 years5.4%6.1%
Male unemployment 25 years and over5.4%6.2%
Female unemployment 25 years and over5.3%5.9%
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.