United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment Rate 1997
 Unemployment less than 25 yearsUnemployment over 24 years
December 199710.5%
3.6%
November 199710.8%
3.4%
October 199711.0%
3.5%
September 199711.2%
3.7%
August 199711.1%
3.7%
July 199711.2%
3.7%
June 199711.4%
3.8%
May 199711.1%
3.8%
April 199711.6%
3.8%
March 199711.7%
3.9%
February 199711.8%
4.0%
January 199712.2%
4.0%
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United States: Unemployment Rate 1997

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.