United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment Rate 1980
 Unemployment over 24 years
December 19805.2%
November 19805.3%
October 19805.4%
September 19805.4%
August 19805.6%
July 19805.6%
June 19805.4%
May 19805.2%
April 19805.0%
March 19804.5%
February 19804.3%
January 19804.3%
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United States: Unemployment Rate 1980

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.