United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment Rate 1981
 Unemployment over 24 years
December 19816.3%
November 19816.0%
October 19815.7%
September 19815.4%
August 19815.2%
July 19815.2%
June 19815.3%
May 19815.2%
April 19815.0%
March 19815.2%
February 19815.3%
January 19815.3%
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United States: Unemployment Rate 1981

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.