United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United States: Unemployment
1985 1984
Unemployment Rate7.0%7.3%
Male unemployment6.8%7.2%
Female unemployment7.2%7.4%
Unemployment less than 25 years13.5%13.7%
Gender Differences in unemployment0.4%0.2%
Male unemployment less than 25 years13.6%14.3%
Female unemployment less than 25 years13.3%13.0%
Unemployment over 24 years5.4%5.6%
Male unemployment 25 years and over5.2%5.5%
Female unemployment 25 years and over5.5%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.