United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment Rate 2009
 Unemployment less than 25 yearsUnemployment over 24 years
December 200918.8%
8.4%
November 200919.2%
8.4%
October 200919.1%
8.6%
September 200918.4%
8.4%
August 200918.1%
8.3%
July 200917.9%
8.1%
June 200918.0%
8.1%
May 200917.6%
8.0%
April 200916.7%
7.7%
March 200916.5%
7.4%
February 200916.0%
7.1%
January 200915.0%
6.6%
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United States: Unemployment Rate 2009

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.