United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United States: Unemployment
1973 1972
Unemployment Rate4.9%5.2%
Male unemployment4.2%4.5%
Female unemployment6.1%6.2%
Gender Differences in unemployment1.9%1.7%
Unemployment over 24 years3.1%3.2%
Male unemployment 25 years and over2.5%2.7%
Female unemployment 25 years and over4.2%4.2%
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.