[Economic Indicators April, 1995]
[Page Number 12]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
SELECTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

In March, the unemployment rate rose to 5.5 percent from 5.4 percent in 
February.
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                                                               Unemployment rate (percent of civilian labor force in group)                             
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                                                  By sex and age               By race                             By selected groups                   
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             Period                 All               Women                                                                                             
                                  civilian   Men 20     20      Both            Black          Experienced   Married    Women                           
                                  workers    years    years    sexes    White    and    Black    wage and     men,       who     Full-time    Part-time 
                                              and      and     16-19            other             salary     spouse   maintain  workers \1\  workers \1\
                                              over     over    years                             workers     present  families                          
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1985...........................        7.2      6.2      6.6     18.6     6.2    13.7    15.1        6.8         4.3      10.4         7.1          7.5 
1986...........................        7.0      6.1      6.2     18.3     6.0    13.1    14.5        6.6         4.4       9.8         6.9          7.4 
1987...........................        6.2      5.4      5.4     16.9     5.3    11.6    13.0        5.8         3.9       9.2         6.0          6.9 
1988...........................        5.5      4.8      4.9     15.3     4.7    10.4    11.7        5.2         3.3       8.1         5.3          6.4 
1989...........................        5.3      4.5      4.7     15.0     4.5    10.0    11.4        5.0         3.0       8.1         5.1          6.2 
1990...........................        5.5      4.9      4.8     15.5     4.7    10.1    11.3        5.3         3.4       8.2         5.4          6.3 
1991...........................        6.7      6.3      5.7     18.6     6.0    11.1    12.4        6.5         4.4       9.1         6.7          6.9 
1992...........................        7.4      7.0      6.3     20.0     6.5    12.7    14.1        7.1         5.0       9.9         7.4          7.4 
1993...........................        6.8      6.4      5.9     19.0     6.0    11.7    12.9        6.5         4.4       9.5         6.8          7.1 
1994 \2\.......................        6.1      5.4      5.4     17.6     5.3    10.5    11.5        5.9         3.7       8.9         6.1          6.0 
                                                                                                                                                        
1994: Mar......................        6.5      5.8      5.9     18.0     5.6    11.3    12.4        6.4         4.1       9.4         6.6          6.3 
      Apr......................        6.4      5.7      5.6     19.2     5.6    10.8    11.9        6.2         3.9       9.1         6.4          6.2 
      May......................        6.1      5.4      5.4     18.1     5.3    10.6    11.7        5.9         3.7       8.9         6.1          6.2 
      June.....................        6.1      5.3      5.4     17.1     5.3    10.4    11.3        5.9         3.6       8.8         6.1          5.9 
      July.....................        6.1      5.5      5.3     17.7     5.3    10.3    11.2        6.0         3.6       7.9         6.1          6.0 
      Aug......................        6.0      5.3      5.3     17.5     5.2    10.6    11.3        5.8         3.5       8.8         6.0          6.2 
      Sept.....................        5.8      5.1      5.2     17.2     5.1    10.2    10.7        5.7         3.4       8.9         5.8          5.8 
      Oct......................        5.7      5.0      5.0     17.1     5.0    10.4    11.1        5.5         3.3       8.9         5.8          5.6 
      Nov......................        5.6      4.9      5.0     15.8     4.8     9.8    10.5        5.4         3.2       8.7         5.6          5.4 
      Dec .....................        5.4      4.7      4.7     17.2     4.8     9.2     9.8        5.3         3.2       8.8         5.3          5.9 
                                                                                                                                                        
1995: Jan......................        5.7      5.0      4.9     16.7     4.9     9.5    10.2        5.4         3.4       8.9         5.5          6.2 
      Feb .....................        5.4      4.6      4.8     17.6     4.7     9.4    10.1        5.1         3.0       8.1         5.3          6.0 
      Mar......................        5.5      4.7      4.9     16.1     4.7     9.2     9.8        5.2         3.2       7.6         5.4          5.8 
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    \1\ Revised definition; for 
details, see Employment and 
Earnings, February 1994.
    \2\ Data beginning January 1994 
are not directly comparable with 
data for earlier periods. See 
Employment and Earnings, February 
1994.
    Note.--Data relate to persons 
age 16 years and over.

    Source: Department of Labor, 
    Bureau of Labor Statistics.