United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United States: Unemployment
2017 2016
Unemployment Rate4.1%4.7%
Male unemployment4.1%4.8%
Female unemployment4.0%4.6%
Unemployment less than 25 years9.1%10.0%
Gender Differences in unemployment-0.1%-0.2%
Male unemployment less than 25 years9.8%11.5%
Female unemployment less than 25 years8.3%8.5%
Unemployment over 24 years3.4%3.9%
Male unemployment 25 years and over3.3%3.9%
Female unemployment 25 years and over3.5%3.9%
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.