[Economic Indicators March, 1996]
[Page Number 12]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
SELECTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

In February, the unemployment rate fell 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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               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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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...............................       5.6      5.0      4.9     15.5     4.8     10.1    11.4      5.3       3.4       8.3         5.4          6.4 
1991...............................       6.8      6.4      5.7     18.7     6.1     11.1    12.5      6.6       4.4       9.3         6.8          7.0 
1992...............................       7.5      7.1      6.3     20.1     6.6     12.7    14.2      7.2       5.1      10.0         7.5          7.5 
1993...............................       6.9      6.4      5.9     19.0     6.1     11.7    13.0      6.6       4.4       9.7         6.9          7.2 
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 
1995...............................       5.6      4.8      4.9     17.3     4.9      9.6    10.4      5.4       3.3       8.0         5.5          6.0 
                                                                                                                                                        
1995:Feb...........................       5.4      4.6      4.9     17.1     4.7      9.4    10.3      5.2       3.1       8.3         5.3          6.0 
      Mar..........................       5.5      4.7      4.9     16.5     4.8      9.4    10.1      5.3       3.2       7.9         5.4          5.9 
      Apr..........................       5.7      4.9      5.1     17.2     4.9      9.7    10.7      5.5       3.3       8.7         5.6          6.1 
      May..........................       5.6      5.0      4.9     17.3     5.0      9.2    10.0      5.6       3.4       8.2         5.5          6.1 
      June.........................       5.6      4.8      5.0     16.9     4.9      9.7    10.5      5.4       3.4       8.3         5.5          6.2 
      July.........................       5.7      4.8      5.0     17.8     4.9      9.9    10.8      5.5       3.4       8.2         5.5          6.4 
      Aug..........................       5.6      4.8      4.9     17.6     4.8     10.0    11.0      5.4       3.3       7.2         5.5          6.0 
      Sept.........................       5.6      4.8      4.9     17.7     4.9     10.1    11.1      5.5       3.4       8.0         5.5          5.9 
      Oct..........................       5.5      4.5      5.0     17.1     4.8      9.4    10.0      5.4       3.2       7.9         5.4          5.9 
      Nov..........................       5.6      4.9      4.8     17.8     5.0      9.0     9.6      5.4       3.3       7.7         5.5          5.9 
      Dec..........................       5.6      4.8      4.7     18.0     4.9      9.3    10.2      5.4       3.2       6.8         5.5          5.9 
                                                                                                                                                        
1996:Jan...........................       5.8      4.9      5.1     18.2     5.0      9.5    10.6      5.4       3.3       8.2         5.7          6.0 
      Feb..........................       5.5      4.9      4.8     16.6     4.9      9.1    10.3      5.3       3.0       7.5         5.4          6.2 
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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.
    Note.--Data relate to persons 
age 16 years and over.

    Source: Department of Labor, 
    Bureau of Labor Statistics.