United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United States: Unemployment
1960 1959
Unemployment Rate6.6%5.3%
Male unemployment6.3%5.0%
Female unemployment7.0%5.8%
Gender Differences in unemployment0.7%0.8%
Unemployment over 24 years5.3%4.2%
Male unemployment 25 years and over5.1%3.9%
Female unemployment 25 years and over5.6%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.

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

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