United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United States: Unemployment
1970 1969
Unemployment Rate6.1%3.5%
Male unemployment5.6%3.0%
Female unemployment6.9%4.5%
Gender Differences in unemployment1.3%1.5%
Unemployment over 24 years4.2%2.3%
Male unemployment 25 years and over3.7%1.9%
Female unemployment 25 years and over5.0%3.0%
United States: Unemployment

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.