United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United States: Unemployment
1950 1949
Unemployment Rate4.3%6.6%
Male unemployment3.8%6.5%
Female unemployment5.2%6.8%
Gender Differences in unemployment1.4%0.3%
Unemployment over 24 years3.6%5.4%
Male unemployment 25 years and over3.3%5.4%
Female unemployment 25 years and over4.2%5.4%
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.

Clicking on the links in the table you can get more information.

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