United States United States (US) unemployment rate

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United States: Unemployment rate by sex and age
United States: Unemployment
2011 2010
Unemployment Rate8.5%9.3%
Male unemployment8.7%10.0%
Female unemployment8.3%8.5%
Unemployment less than 25 years16.7%17.9%
Gender Differences in unemployment-0.4%-1.5%
Male unemployment less than 25 years18.4%19.8%
Female unemployment less than 25 years14.8%15.9%
Unemployment over 24 years7.2%8.0%
Male unemployment 25 years and over7.1%8.5%
Female unemployment 25 years and over7.3%7.4%
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.