United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United States: Unemployment
1994 1993
Unemployment Rate5.5%6.5%
Male unemployment5.5%6.6%
Female unemployment5.5%6.4%
Unemployment less than 25 years11.5%12.5%
Gender Differences in unemployment0%-0.2%
Male unemployment less than 25 years12.1%13.2%
Female unemployment less than 25 years10.8%11.8%
Unemployment over 24 years4.3%5.4%
Male unemployment 25 years and over4.2%5.4%
Female unemployment 25 years and over4.4%5.3%
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.