United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United States: Unemployment
1949 1948
Unemployment Rate6.6%4.0%
Male unemployment6.5%3.9%
Female unemployment6.8%4.2%
Gender Differences in unemployment0.3%0.3%
Unemployment over 24 years5.4%3.2%
Male unemployment 25 years and over5.4%3.1%
Female unemployment 25 years and over5.4%3.5%
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.