3 weeks ago - Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ... The unemployment rate represents the number of unemployed as a percentage of the labor force.

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Historical chart and data for the united states national unemployment rate back to 1948. Compares the level and annual rate of change. The full historical dataset is available for download here: U.S.

3 weeks ago - The US unemployment rate increased to 4.4% in September 2025 from 4.3% in August, exceeding market expectations of 4.3% and marking the highest level since October 2021. The number of unemployed rose by 219,000 to 7.603 million, while the number of employed increased by 251,000 to 163.645 million.

1 week ago - The historical average unemployment rate (January 1948-September 2020) is 5.8%. The government's broader U-6 unemployment rate, which includes the part-time underemployed was 8.3% in September 2017.

As New Deal programs were enacted, the unemployment rate gradually lowered. Virtually full employment was achieved during World War II. This graph does not indicate the numbers of people were “underemployed,” meaning those who did not earn enough to adequately provide for themselves and their dependents. ... Source | Bureau of Labor Statistics, Historical Statistics of the United States Colonial Times to the 1970, Part I (U.S.

November 19, 2025 - The annual unemployment rate fell to its lowest point in decades in 2022 as the U.S. economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

1Unadjusted civilian unemployment rates are shown through 2011. Thereafter, the rates are adjusted to the age-sex distribution of the civilian labor force in 2000. 2The average annual interest rate is the average of the nominal interest rates, which, in practice, are compounded semiannually, for special public-debt obligations issuable to the trust funds in each of the 12 months of the year. 3The U...

1 week ago - The advance unadjusted level of insured unemployment in state programs · totaled 1,880,845, a decrease of 103,231 (or -5.2 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had expected a · decrease of 55,485 (or -2.8 percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 1.2 percent ...

January 29, 2025 - The average unemployment rate during the Biden Administration (February 2021 through May 2024) was 4.1%, with the highest rates of over 6% from February 2021 to April 2021. The unemployment rate remained below 4% in the 27 months from February ...

3 weeks ago - The Unemployment Rate measures the percentage of the total work force that is unemployed and actively seeking employment during the previous month. A higher than expected reading should be taken as negative/bearish for the USD, while a lower than expected reading should be taken as positive/bullish ...

October 17, 2023 - The lowest monthly unemployment rate in U.S. history was 0.8% in October 1944, toward the end of World War II.

3 weeks ago - Do you have data on the unemployment and underemployment rates for college graduates before 1990? No. Data span from 1990 to the present. Does the Fed keep historical records on outcomes by major? The website seems to show only the latest year’s data. No, the “outcomes by major” data encompass only the most recent year period available to utilize ...

Unemployment Rate for United States from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for the Current Population Survey [household labor force survey] release. This page provides forecast and historical data, charts, statistics, news and updates for United States Unemployment Rate.

U.S. unemployment rate for 2021 was 5.35%, a 2.71% decline from 2020. Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. The full historical dataset is available for download here: U.S.

Select any point on the chart to see the True Rate of Unemployment for that month. ... Select any point on the chart to see the True Rate of Unemployment for that month.

March 10, 2021 - The unemployment rate trends of LBJ and Clinton are the only two since World War II that feature a steady decline and don’t feature an uptick. The unemployment rate at the end of Johnson’s presidency (3.4 percent) was considerably less than when his presidency started (5.5 percent).

Overall, national unemployment has returned to pre-pandemic rates, and the same trend has been observed across racial/ethnic groups. However, unemployment rates for African American/Black and Hispanic/Latino individuals are still consistently higher than the U.S.

February 3, 2023 - “When President Biden took office, the unemployment rate was 6.3%. Today, it is just 3.4%. That’s the lowest in 54 years.” · Also last month, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at 2.9% for the last quarter of 2022 and that ...

3 weeks ago - The establishment survey · measures nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by industry. For more information about the · concepts and statistical methodology used in these two surveys, see the Technical Note. ... the jobless rate was 4.2 percent, and the number of unemployed people was 7.1 ...