United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United States: Unemployment
2016 2015
Unemployment Rate4.7%5.0%
Male unemployment4.8%5.2%
Female unemployment4.6%4.8%
Unemployment less than 25 years10.0%11.1%
Gender Differences in unemployment-0.2%-0.4%
Male unemployment less than 25 years11.5%12.0%
Female unemployment less than 25 years8.5%10.1%
Unemployment over 24 years3.9%4.0%
Male unemployment 25 years and over3.9%4.1%
Female unemployment 25 years and over3.9%4.0%
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.