United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United States: Unemployment
2019 2018
Unemployment Rate3.6%3.9%
Male unemployment3.5%3.9%
Female unemployment3.6%3.8%
Unemployment less than 25 years8.4%8.9%
Gender Differences in unemployment0.1%-0.1%
Male unemployment less than 25 years9.1%9.7%
Female unemployment less than 25 years7.6%8.1%
Unemployment over 24 years2.9%3.1%
Male unemployment 25 years and over2.8%3.1%
Female unemployment 25 years and over3.0%3.1%
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.