United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United States: Unemployment
1981 1980
Unemployment Rate8.5%7.2%
Male unemployment8.5%6.9%
Female unemployment8.5%7.6%
Gender Differences in unemployment0%0.7%
Unemployment over 24 years6.3%5.2%
Male unemployment 25 years and over6.3%4.8%
Female unemployment 25 years and over6.4%5.8%
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.

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