[Economic Indicators May, 1999]
[Page Number 12]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
SELECTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

In May, the unemployment rate fell to 4.2 percent from 4.3 percent in 
April.
  ______________________________________________________________________


  ______________________________________________________________________

                                                           [Monthly data seasonally adjusted]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                 Unemployment rate (percent of civilian labor force in group)
                                    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     By sex and age               By race                            By selected groups
                                              ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
1996...............................       5.4      4.6      4.8     16.7     4.7      9.3    10.5      5.2       3.0       8.2         5.3          5.8
1997...............................       4.9      4.2      4.4     16.0     4.2      8.8    10.0      4.7       2.7       8.1         4.8          5.5
1998...............................       4.5      3.7      4.1     14.6     3.9      7.8     8.9      4.3       2.4       7.2         4.3          5.3
 
1998:May...........................       4.4      3.6      3.9     14.3     3.8      7.7     8.9      4.3       2.4       7.5         4.3          4.9
      June.........................       4.5      3.7      4.1     14.8     4.0      7.6     8.5      4.3       2.2       7.1         4.4          5.2
      July.........................       4.5      3.8      4.0     14.2     3.8      8.1     9.6      4.4       2.3       6.9         4.4          5.2
      Aug..........................       4.5      3.7      4.0     14.9     3.9      7.6     8.9      4.4       2.3       6.8         4.4          5.3
      Sept.........................       4.5      3.7      4.0     15.2     3.9      7.9     9.0      4.4       2.3       7.6         4.3          5.3
      Oct..........................       4.5      3.6      4.0     15.7     3.9      7.6     8.6      4.3       2.3       6.9         4.3          5.5
      Nov..........................       4.4      3.5      4.0     15.0     3.8      7.5     8.6      4.2       2.2       6.9         4.2          5.4
      Dec..........................       4.3      3.6      3.9     14.0     3.8      7.0     7.9      4.1       2.3       6.3         4.2          5.2
 
1999:Jan...........................       4.3      3.4      3.7     15.5     3.8      6.9     7.8      4.1       2.3       6.1         4.1          5.2
      Feb..........................       4.4      3.7      3.8     14.1     3.8      7.4     8.3      4.1       2.4       6.5         4.3          4.9
      Mar..........................       4.2      3.2      3.9     14.3     3.6      7.2     8.1      4.0       2.1       6.7         4.0          4.9
      Apr..........................       4.3      3.4      4.1     14.1     3.8      6.9     7.7      4.2       2.3       7.2         4.2          4.9
      May..........................       4.2      3.6      3.6     12.6     3.7      6.7     7.5      4.1       2.4       6.0         4.0          5.1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \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.