United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United States: Unemployment
1978 1977
Unemployment Rate6.0%6.4%
Male unemployment5.3%5.5%
Female unemployment7.0%7.5%
Gender Differences in unemployment1.7%2.0%
Unemployment over 24 years4.0%4.4%
Male unemployment 25 years and over3.3%3.7%
Female unemployment 25 years and over5.0%5.6%
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.