United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United States: Unemployment
1988 1987
Unemployment Rate5.3%5.7%
Male unemployment5.3%5.7%
Female unemployment5.3%5.8%
Unemployment less than 25 years10.8%11.2%
Gender Differences in unemployment0%0.1%
Male unemployment less than 25 years11.1%11.7%
Female unemployment less than 25 years10.6%10.7%
Unemployment over 24 years4.1%4.5%
Male unemployment 25 years and over4.1%4.3%
Female unemployment 25 years and over4.0%4.6%
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.