United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United States: Unemployment
2012 2011
Unemployment Rate7.9%8.5%
Male unemployment7.9%8.7%
Female unemployment7.9%8.3%
Unemployment less than 25 years16.5%16.7%
Gender Differences in unemployment0%-0.4%
Male unemployment less than 25 years17.1%18.4%
Female unemployment less than 25 years16.0%14.8%
Unemployment over 24 years6.5%7.2%
Male unemployment 25 years and over6.4%7.1%
Female unemployment 25 years and over6.6%7.3%
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.