United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United States: Unemployment
2010 2009
Unemployment Rate9.3%9.9%
Male unemployment10.0%10.9%
Female unemployment8.5%8.7%
Unemployment less than 25 years17.9%18.8%
Gender Differences in unemployment-1.5%-2.2%
Male unemployment less than 25 years19.8%21.9%
Female unemployment less than 25 years15.9%15.5%
Unemployment over 24 years8.0%8.4%
Male unemployment 25 years and over8.5%9.2%
Female unemployment 25 years and over7.4%7.6%
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.