| Annual Quarterly | 2014 2007Q4 | California 6.1% 4.6% | Kentucky 6.1% 5.1% | Alaska 5.7% 4.5% |
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What was the US unemployment rate in 2014?
| Characteristic Unemployment rate | ’17 4.4% | ’16 4.9% | ’15 5.3% | ’14 6.2% |
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What was the national unemployment rate in 2013?
The U.S. labor market continued to improve gradually in 2013 as unemployment declined and employment expanded. In the fourth quarter of the year, 10.8 million people were unemployed and the unemployment rate was
7.0 percent
, 0.8 percentage point lower than a year earlier.
What was the unemployment rate in the United States in 2016?
Unemployment rates
The unemployment rate (U-3), measured as the number of persons unemployed divided by the civilian labor force, rose from 5.0% in December 2007 to peak at 10.0% in October 2009, before steadily falling to
4.7%
by December 2016 and then to 3.5% by December 2019.
What was the unemployment rate in the US in 2015?
National unemployment declined by 1.0 million during the year, to 7.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2015. The decrease was about half that experienced the previous year. The unemployment rate declined by 0.7 percentage point over the year, to
5.0 percent
in the fourth quarter of 2015.
What was unemployment rate in 2020?
Seasonally adjusted estimates for April 2020: Unemployment rate increased to
6.2%
. Participation rate decreased to 63.5%. Employment decreased to 12,418,700.
What was the unemployment rate at the end of 2014?
Unemployment in the United States continued to decline in 2014, with the number of unemployed falling by 1.9 million over the year, to 8.9 million in the fourth quarter. The unemployment rate fell to
5.7 percent
by year’s end—1.0 percentage point above the prerecessionary rate of 2007.
What was unemployment in 2016?
| Unemployment rate, States and Territories | New South Wales 5.2 5.1 | Victoria 5.7 5.8 | Queensland 6.4 6.4 | South Australia 6.9 6.8 |
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What was unemployment rate in 2021?
The unemployment rate declined by 0.2 percentage point to
5.2 percent
in August 2021. The number of unemployed people edged down to 8.4 million, following a large decrease in July 2021. Both measures are down considerably from their highs at the end of the February-April 2020 recession.
What was the average unemployment rate in 2019?
The U.S. labor market remained strong in 2019, as the unemployment rate fell to
3.5 percent
, the lowest rate since 1969.
What was the unemployment rate in April 2020?
In April 2020, the unemployment rate reached
14.8%
—the highest rate observed since data collection began in 1948. In July 2021, unemployment remained higher (5.4%) than it had been in February 2020 (3.5%).
What was unemployment rate in 2008?
The annual average U.S. jobless rate was
5.8 percent
in 2008.
What was unemployment rate in 2007?
In December 2007, the national unemployment rate was
5.0 percent
, and it had been at or below that rate for the previous 30 months. At the end of the recession, in June 2009, it was 9.5 percent. In the months after the recession, the unemployment rate peaked at 10.0 percent (in October 2009).
What was the US unemployment rate in 2010?
The U.S. jobless rate was
9.6 percent
in 2010, and the national employment-population ratio was 58.5 percent.
What was the highest unemployment rate in 2020?
| State Unemployment rate | New Mexico 8.4% | Washington 8.4% | Louisiana 8.3% |
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Which state in Australia has the highest unemployment rate?
Tasmania
had the highest unemployment rate among all states in Australia with 7 percent of those eligible to work jobs not in employment.
