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



 
SELECTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

In May, the unemployment rate fell to 5.7 percent from 5.8 percent in 
April.
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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: 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 
      Apr......................       5.8      4.9      5.2     17.5     5.0      9.8    10.7        5.6         3.4       9.0         5.6          6.3 
      May......................       5.7      5.1      4.8     17.6     5.0      9.1     9.9        5.6         3.4       8.0         5.6          6.1 
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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.