United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United States: Unemployment
1982 1981
Unemployment Rate10.8%8.5%
Male unemployment11.2%8.5%
Female unemployment10.4%8.5%
Gender Differences in unemployment-0.8%0%
Unemployment over 24 years8.6%6.3%
Male unemployment 25 years and over8.7%6.3%
Female unemployment 25 years and over8.4%6.4%
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.

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