United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment Rate 1986
 Unemployment less than 25 yearsUnemployment over 24 years
December 198613.0%
5.1%
November 198612.8%
5.4%
October 198613.0%
5.5%
September 198613.6%
5.4%
August 198613.1%
5.4%
July 198613.3%
5.5%
June 198613.5%
5.6%
May 198613.7%
5.5%
April 198613.7%
5.5%
March 198613.2%
5.6%
February 198613.6%
5.6%
January 198613.0%
5.1%
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United States: Unemployment Rate 1986

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.