United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment Rate 1956
 Unemployment RateMale unemploymentFemale unemployment
December 19564.2%
3.9%
4.7%
November 19564.3%
4.0%
4.9%
October 19563.9%
3.5%
4.7%
September 19563.9%
3.6%
4.6%
August 19564.1%
3.7%
4.8%
July 19564.4%
3.8%
5.7%
June 19564.3%
4.0%
5.1%
May 19564.3%
3.9%
5.0%
April 19564.0%
3.6%
4.8%
March 19564.2%
3.8%
5.1%
February 19563.9%
3.8%
4.3%
January 19564.0%
3.8%
4.5%
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United States: Unemployment Rate 1956

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.