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



 
SELECTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

In October, the unemployment rate declined slightly to 5.5 percent.
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                                                           [Monthly data seasonally adjusted]                                                           
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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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                                                                                                    Expe-                                               
               Period                   All    Men  20   Women     Both                            rienced   Married    Women                           
                                     civilian   years      20     sexes            Black             wage     men,       who     Full-time    Part-time 
                                      workers    and     years    16-19    White    and     Black    and     spouse   maintain   workers\1\   workers\1\
                                                 over     and     years            other            salary   present  families                          
                                                          over                                     workers                                              
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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: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 
      June.........................       5.6      4.8      5.0     16.4     4.8      9.8    10.6      5.4       3.4       8.4         5.5          6.3 
      July.........................       5.7      4.7      5.1     18.2     4.8     10.1    11.1      5.5       3.4       8.5         5.5          6.6 
      Aug..........................       5.6      4.8      5.0     17.7     4.8     10.2    11.3      5.4       3.3       7.0         5.6          5.9 
      Sept.........................       5.6      4.9      4.9     17.5     4.8     10.2    11.3      5.5       3.5       8.0         5.6          5.9 
      Oct..........................       5.5      4.5      5.0     17.1     4.8      9.4     9.9      5.4       3.1       7.9         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.