United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment Rate 1949
 Unemployment RateMale unemploymentFemale unemployment
December 19496.6%
6.5%
6.8%
November 19496.4%
6.5%
6.3%
October 19497.9%
8.4%
6.8%
September 19496.6%
6.5%
6.8%
August 19496.8%
6.8%
6.8%
July 19496.7%
6.7%
6.8%
June 19496.2%
6.2%
6.2%
May 19496.1%
6.1%
6.0%
April 19495.3%
5.3%
5.5%
March 19495.0%
5.1%
4.6%
February 19494.7%
4.6%
4.8%
January 19494.3%
4.2%
4.4%
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United States: Unemployment Rate 1949

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.