United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment Rate 1979
 Unemployment RateMale unemploymentFemale unemployment
December 19796.0%
5.3%
6.8%
November 19795.9%
5.3%
6.7%
October 19796.0%
5.3%
6.9%
September 19795.9%
5.2%
6.7%
August 19796.0%
5.2%
7.1%
July 19795.7%
5.1%
6.6%
June 19795.7%
4.9%
6.8%
May 19795.6%
4.8%
6.7%
April 19795.8%
5.1%
6.8%
March 19795.8%
5.1%
6.8%
February 19795.9%
5.2%
6.9%
January 19795.9%
5.1%
6.9%
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United States: Unemployment Rate 1979

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.