[Economic Report of the President (1996)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
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Table B-38.--Civilian unemployment rate, 1948-95
[Percent;\1\ monthly data seasonally adjusted]
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Males                Females
-------------------------------------------   Both                         Experienced    Married     Women
All                    20                   20     sexes          Black            wage  and     men,        who
Year or month            civilian          16-   years          16-    years   16-19   White    and   Black     salary      spouse    maintain
workers  Total    19     and  Total    19     and    years          other            workers    present\2\
years   over         years   over                                                           families
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1948.............................      3.8     3.6    9.8    3.2    4.1    8.3    3.6      9.2     3.5    5.9  ......       4.3     ..........  ........
1949.............................      5.9     5.9   14.3    5.4    6.0   12.3    5.3     13.4     5.6    8.9  ......       6.8          3.5    ........

1950.............................      5.3     5.1   12.7    4.7    5.7   11.4    5.1     12.2     4.9    9.0  ......       6.0          4.6    ........
1951.............................      3.3     2.8    8.1    2.5    4.4    8.3    4.0      8.2     3.1    5.3  ......       3.7          1.5    ........
1952.............................      3.0     2.8    8.9    2.4    3.6    8.0    3.2      8.5     2.8    5.4  ......       3.4          1.4    ........
1953.............................      2.9     2.8    7.9    2.5    3.3    7.2    2.9      7.6     2.7    4.5  ......       3.2          1.7    ........
1954.............................      5.5     5.3   13.5    4.9    6.0   11.4    5.5     12.6     5.0    9.9  ......       6.2          4.0    ........
1955.............................      4.4     4.2   11.6    3.8    4.9   10.2    4.4     11.0     3.9    8.7  ......       4.8          2.6    ........
1956.............................      4.1     3.8   11.1    3.4    4.8   11.2    4.2     11.1     3.6    8.3  ......       4.4          2.3    ........
1957.............................      4.3     4.1   12.4    3.6    4.7   10.6    4.1     11.6     3.8    7.9  ......       4.6          2.8    ........
1958.............................      6.8     6.8   17.1    6.2    6.8   14.3    6.1     15.9     6.1   12.6  ......       7.3          5.1    ........
1959.............................      5.5     5.2   15.3    4.7    5.9   13.5    5.2     14.6     4.8   10.7  ......       5.7          3.6    ........

1960.............................      5.5     5.4   15.3    4.7    5.9   13.9    5.1     14.7     5.0   10.2  ......       5.7          3.7    ........
1961.............................      6.7     6.4   17.1    5.7    7.2   16.3    6.3     16.8     6.0   12.4  ......       6.8          4.6    ........
1962.............................      5.5     5.2   14.7    4.6    6.2   14.6    5.4     14.7     4.9   10.9  ......       5.6          3.6    ........
1963.............................      5.7     5.2   17.2    4.5    6.5   17.2    5.4     17.2     5.0   10.8  ......       5.6          3.4    ........
1964.............................      5.2     4.6   15.8    3.9    6.2   16.6    5.2     16.2     4.6    9.6  ......       5.0          2.8    ........
1965.............................      4.5     4.0   14.1    3.2    5.5   15.7    4.5     14.8     4.1    8.1  ......       4.3          2.4    ........
1966.............................      3.8     3.2   11.7    2.5    4.8   14.1    3.8     12.8     3.4    7.3  ......       3.5          1.9    ........
1967.............................      3.8     3.1   12.3    2.3    5.2   13.5    4.2     12.9     3.4    7.4  ......       3.6          1.8        4.9
1968.............................      3.6     2.9   11.6    2.2    4.8   14.0    3.8     12.7     3.2    6.7  ......       3.4          1.6        4.4
1969.............................      3.5     2.8   11.4    2.1    4.7   13.3    3.7     12.2     3.1    6.4  ......       3.3          1.5        4.4

1970.............................      4.9     4.4   15.0    3.5    5.9   15.6    4.8     15.3     4.5    8.2  ......       4.8          2.6        5.4
1971.............................      5.9     5.3   16.6    4.4    6.9   17.2    5.7     16.9     5.4    9.9  ......       5.7          3.2        7.3
1972.............................      5.6     5.0   15.9    4.0    6.6   16.7    5.4     16.2     5.1   10.0   10.4        5.3          2.8        7.2
1973.............................      4.9     4.2   13.9    3.3    6.0   15.3    4.9     14.5     4.3    9.0    9.4        4.5          2.3        7.1
1974.............................      5.6     4.9   15.6    3.8    6.7   16.6    5.5     16.0     5.0    9.9   10.5        5.3          2.7        7.0
1975.............................      8.5     7.9   20.1    6.8    9.3   19.7    8.0     19.9     7.8   13.8   14.8        8.2          5.1       10.0
1976.............................      7.7     7.1   19.2    5.9    8.6   18.7    7.4     19.0     7.0   13.1   14.0        7.3          4.2       10.1
1977.............................      7.1     6.3   17.3    5.2    8.2   18.3    7.0     17.8     6.2   13.1   14.0        6.6          3.6        9.4
1978.............................      6.1     5.3   15.8    4.3    7.2   17.1    6.0     16.4     5.2   11.9   12.8        5.6          2.8        8.5
1979.............................      5.8     5.1   15.9    4.2    6.8   16.4    5.7     16.1     5.1   11.3   12.3        5.5          2.8        8.3

1980.............................      7.1     6.9   18.3    5.9    7.4   17.2    6.4     17.8     6.3   13.1   14.3        6.9          4.2        9.2
1981.............................      7.6     7.4   20.1    6.3    7.9   19.0    6.8     19.6     6.7   14.2   15.6        7.3          4.3       10.4
1982.............................      9.7     9.9   24.4    8.8    9.4   21.9    8.3     23.2     8.6   17.3   18.9        9.3          6.5       11.7
1983.............................      9.6     9.9   23.3    8.9    9.2   21.3    8.1     22.4     8.4   17.8   19.5        9.2          6.5       12.2
1984.............................      7.5     7.4   19.6    6.6    7.6   18.0    6.8     18.9     6.5   14.4   15.9        7.1          4.6       10.3
1985.............................      7.2     7.0   19.5    6.2    7.4   17.6    6.6     18.6     6.2   13.7   15.1        6.8          4.3       10.4
1986.............................      7.0     6.9   19.0    6.1    7.1   17.6    6.2     18.3     6.0   13.1   14.5        6.6          4.4        9.8
1987.............................      6.2     6.2   17.8    5.4    6.2   15.9    5.4     16.9     5.3   11.6   13.0        5.8          3.9        9.2
1988.............................      5.5     5.5   16.0    4.8    5.6   14.4    4.9     15.3     4.7   10.4   11.7        5.2          3.3        8.1
1989.............................      5.3     5.2   15.9    4.5    5.4   14.0    4.7     15.0     4.5   10.0   11.4        5.0          3.0        8.1

1990.............................      5.5     5.6   16.3    4.9    5.4   14.7    4.8     15.5     4.7   10.1   11.3        5.3          3.4        8.2
1991.............................      6.7     7.0   19.8    6.3    6.3   17.4    5.7     18.6     6.0   11.1   12.4        6.5          4.4        9.1
1992.............................      7.4     7.8   21.5    7.0    6.9   18.5    6.3     20.0     6.5   12.7   14.1        7.1          5.0        9.9
1993.............................      6.8     7.1   20.4    6.4    6.5   17.4    5.9     19.0     6.0   11.7   12.9        6.5          4.4        9.5
1994.............................      6.1     6.2   19.0    5.4    6.0   16.2    5.4     17.6     5.3   10.5   11.5        5.9          3.7        8.9
1995.............................      5.6     5.6   18.4    4.8    5.6   16.1    4.9     17.3     4.9    9.6   10.4        5.4          3.3        8.0

1994: Jan........................      6.7     6.9   20.7    6.1    6.5   16.0    5.9     18.5     5.8   11.4   13.0        6.6          4.2        9.3
Feb........................      6.6     6.7   19.7    6.0    6.4   16.5    5.7     18.2     5.7   11.3   12.7        6.4          4.3        9.5
Mar........................      6.5     6.6   19.6    5.8    6.5   16.3    5.9     18.0     5.6   11.3   12.4        6.4          4.1        9.4
Apr........................      6.4     6.5   20.2    5.7    6.3   18.1    5.6     19.2     5.6   10.8   11.9        6.2          3.9        9.1
May........................      6.1     6.2   19.9    5.4    6.1   16.2    5.4     18.1     5.3   10.6   11.7        5.9          3.7        8.9
June.......................      6.1     6.0   18.0    5.3    6.1   16.0    5.4     17.1     5.3   10.4   11.3        5.9          3.6        8.8

July.......................      6.1     6.3   19.4    5.5    5.9   15.9    5.3     17.7     5.3   10.3   11.2        6.0          3.6        7.9
Aug........................      6.0     6.1   18.8    5.3    6.0   16.1    5.3     17.5     5.2   10.6   11.3        5.8          3.5        8.8
Sept.......................      5.8     5.8   18.5    5.1    5.8   15.9    5.2     17.2     5.1   10.2   10.7        5.7          3.4        8.9
Oct........................      5.7     5.7   18.1    5.0    5.7   16.0    5.0     17.1     5.0   10.4   11.1        5.5          3.3        8.9
Nov........................      5.6     5.5   16.5    4.9    5.6   15.0    5.0     15.8     4.8    9.8   10.5        5.4          3.2        8.7
Dec........................      5.4     5.5   18.5    4.7    5.4   15.8    4.7     17.2     4.8    9.2    9.8        5.3          3.2        8.8

1995: Jan........................      5.7     5.7   17.4    5.0    5.6   15.9    4.9     16.7     4.9    9.5   10.2        5.4          3.4        8.9
Feb........................      5.4     5.4   19.4    4.6    5.5   15.6    4.8     17.6     4.7    9.4   10.1        5.1          3.0        8.1
Mar........................      5.5     5.4   17.0    4.7    5.5   15.2    4.9     16.1     4.7    9.2    9.8        5.2          3.2        7.6
Apr........................      5.8     5.7   17.8    4.9    5.9   17.2    5.2     17.5     5.0    9.8   10.7        5.6          3.4        9.0
May........................      5.7     5.8   18.4    5.1    5.5   16.7    4.8     17.6     5.0    9.1    9.9        5.6          3.4        8.0
June.......................      5.6     5.5   17.4    4.8    5.7   15.2    5.0     16.4     4.8    9.8   10.6        5.4          3.4        8.4

July.......................      5.7     5.5   18.7    4.7    5.9   17.6    5.1     18.2     4.8   10.1   11.1        5.5          3.4        8.5
Aug........................      5.6     5.6   19.7    4.8    5.6   15.5    5.0     17.7     4.8   10.2   11.3        5.4          3.3        7.0
Sept.......................      5.6     5.6   18.3    4.9    5.6   16.8    4.9     17.5     4.8   10.2   11.3        5.5          3.5        8.0
Oct........................      5.5     5.3   19.5    4.5    5.6   14.5    5.0     17.1     4.8    9.4    9.9        5.4          3.1        7.9
Nov........................      5.6     5.7   19.0    4.9    5.5   16.8    4.8     17.9     5.0    8.9    9.4        5.4          3.3        7.7
Dec........................      5.6     5.7   19.1    4.9    5.4   17.4    4.6     18.3     5.0    9.3   10.2        5.5          3.1        6.6
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\1\ Unemployed as percent of civilian labor force in group specified.
\2\ Data for 1949 and 1951-54 are for April; 1950, for March.

Note.--Data relate to persons 16 years of age and over.
See footnote 5 and Note, Table B-31.

Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.