United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United States: Unemployment
1979 1978
Unemployment Rate6.0%6.0%
Male unemployment5.3%5.3%
Female unemployment6.8%7.0%
Gender Differences in unemployment1.5%1.7%
Unemployment over 24 years3.9%4.0%
Male unemployment 25 years and over3.4%3.3%
Female unemployment 25 years and over4.7%5.0%
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.

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

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