United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United States: Unemployment
1983 1982
Unemployment Rate8.3%10.8%
Male unemployment8.3%11.2%
Female unemployment8.3%10.4%
Gender Differences in unemployment14.9%-0.8%
Unemployment over 24 years0%8.6%
Male unemployment 25 years and over15.7%8.7%
Female unemployment 25 years and over14.1%8.4%
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.