[Economic Report of the President (1998)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]



Table B-38.--Unemployment by demographic characteristic, 1954-97
[Thousands of persons 16 years of age and over; monthly data seasonally adjusted]
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White                     Black and other                    Black
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All                              Both                          Both                          Both
Year or  month                    civilian                    Fe-    sexes                   Fe-   sexes                   Fe-   sexes
workers   Total   Males   males     16-   Total  Males   males    16-   Total  Males   males    16-
19                            19                            19
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1954..............................................     3,532   2,859   1,913     946     423     673    431    242      79  ......  .....  ......  .....
1955..............................................     2,852   2,252   1,478     774     373     601    376    225      77  ......  .....  ......  .....
1956..............................................     2,750   2,159   1,366     793     382     591    345    246      95  ......  .....  ......  .....
1957..............................................     2,859   2,289   1,477     812     401     570    364    206      96  ......  .....  ......  .....
1958..............................................     4,602   3,680   2,489   1,191     541     923    610    313     138  ......  .....  ......  .....
1959..............................................     3,740   2,946   1,903   1,043     525     793    517    276     128  ......  .....  ......  .....

1960..............................................     3,852   3,065   1,988   1,077     575     788    498    290     138  ......  .....  ......  .....
1961..............................................     4,714   3,743   2,398   1,345     669     971    599    372     159  ......  .....  ......  .....
1962..............................................     3,911   3,052   1,915   1,137     580     861    509    352     142  ......  .....  ......  .....
1963..............................................     4,070   3,208   1,976   1,232     708     863    496    367     176  ......  .....  ......  .....
1964..............................................     3,786   2,999   1,779   1,220     708     787    426    361     165  ......  .....  ......  .....
1965..............................................     3,366   2,691   1,556   1,135     705     678    360    318     171  ......  .....  ......  .....
1966..............................................     2,875   2,255   1,241   1,014     651     622    310    312     186  ......  .....  ......  .....
1967..............................................     2,975   2,338   1,208   1,130     635     638    300    338     203  ......  .....  ......  .....
1968..............................................     2,817   2,226   1,142   1,084     644     590    277    313     194  ......  .....  ......  .....
1969..............................................     2,832   2,260   1,137   1,123     660     571    267    304     193  ......  .....  ......  .....

1970..............................................     4,093   3,339   1,857   1,482     871     754    380    374     235  ......  .....  ......  .....
1971..............................................     5,016   4,085   2,309   1,777   1,011     930    481    450     249  ......  .....  ......  .....
1972..............................................     4,882   3,906   2,173   1,733   1,021     977    486    491     288     906    448    458     279
1973..............................................     4,365   3,442   1,836   1,606     955     924    440    484     280     846    395    451     262
1974..............................................     5,156   4,097   2,169   1,927   1,104   1,058    544    514     318     965    494    470     297
1975..............................................     7,929   6,421   3,627   2,794   1,413   1,507    815    692     355   1,369    741    629     330
1976..............................................     7,406   5,914   3,258   2,656   1,364   1,492    779    713     355   1,334    698    637     330
1977..............................................     6,991   5,441   2,883   2,558   1,284   1,550    784    766     379   1,393    698    695     354
1978..............................................     6,202   4,698   2,411   2,287   1,189   1,505    731    774     394   1,330    641    690     360
1979..............................................     6,137   4,664   2,405   2,260   1,193   1,473    714    759     362   1,319    636    683     333

1980..............................................     7,637   5,884   3,345   2,540   1,291   1,752    922    830     377   1,553    815    738     343
1981..............................................     8,273   6,343   3,580   2,762   1,374   1,930    997    933     388   1,731    891    840     357
1982..............................................    10,678   8,241   4,846   3,395   1,534   2,437  1,334  1,104     443   2,142  1,167    975     396
1983..............................................    10,717   8,128   4,859   3,270   1,387   2,588  1,401  1,187     441   2,272  1,213  1,059     392
1984..............................................     8,539   6,372   3,600   2,772   1,116   2,167  1,144  1,022     384   1,914  1,003    911     353
1985..............................................     8,312   6,191   3,426   2,765   1,074   2,121  1,095  1,026     394   1,864    951    913     357
1986..............................................     8,237   6,140   3,433   2,708   1,070   2,097  1,097    999     383   1,840    946    894     347
1987..............................................     7,425   5,501   3,132   2,369     995   1,924    969    955     353   1,684    826    858     312
1988..............................................     6,701   4,944   2,766   2,177     910   1,757    888    869     316   1,547    771    776     288
1989..............................................     6,528   4,770   2,636   2,135     863   1,757    889    868     331   1,544    773    772     300

1990..............................................     7,047   5,186   2,935   2,251     903   1,860    971    889     308   1,565    806    758     268
1991..............................................     8,628   6,560   3,859   2,701   1,029   2,068  1,087    981     330   1,723    890    833     280
1992..............................................     9,613   7,169   4,209   2,959   1,037   2,444  1,314  1,130     390   2,011  1,067    944     324
1993..............................................     8,940   6,655   3,828   2,827     992   2,285  1,227  1,058     373   1,844    971    872     313
1994..............................................     7,996   5,892   3,275   2,617     960   2,104  1,092  1,011     360   1,666    848    818     300
1995..............................................     7,404   5,459   2,999   2,460     952   1,945    984    961     394   1,538    762    777     325
1996..............................................     7,236   5,300   2,896   2,404     939   1,936    984    952     367   1,592    808    784     310
1997..............................................     6,739   4,836   2,641   2,195     912   1,903    935    967     359   1,560    747    813     302

1996: Jan.........................................     7,522   5,520   2,982   2,538   1,011   1,956    971    985     354   1,578    779    799     304
Feb.........................................     7,345   5,444   2,974   2,470     954   1,878  1,009    869     344   1,509    798    711     276
Mar.........................................     7,355   5,397   3,006   2,391     956   1,940  1,033    907     367   1,590    841    749     301
Apr.........................................     7,348   5,407   2,972   2,435     950   1,933  1,024    909     375   1,589    816    773     320
May.........................................     7,359   5,538   3,028   2,510     951   1,905    998    907     356   1,547    802    745     292
June........................................     7,095   5,214   2,889   2,325     911   1,875    941    934     325   1,520    768    752     279

July........................................     7,347   5,297   2,933   2,364     921   1,992  1,035    957     364   1,624    859    765     318
Aug.........................................     6,916   5,027   2,710   2,317     911   1,895    905    990     392   1,627    779    848     356
Sept........................................     7,003   5,057   2,808   2,249     886   1,950    985    965     366   1,616    833    783     308
Oct.........................................     7,079   5,097   2,779   2,318     915   2,003    986  1,017     404   1,650    827    823     336
Nov.........................................     7,231   5,302   2,839   2,463     964   1,952    985    967     376   1,645    847    798     310
Dec.........................................     7,161   5,266   2,761   2,505     946   1,938    925  1,013     381   1,607    746    861     315

1997: Jan.........................................     7,188   5,157   2,842   2,315     944   1,991    988  1,003     389   1,644    805    839     328
Feb.........................................     7,174   5,115   2,766   2,349     985   2,037    962  1,075     398   1,698    782    916     333
Mar.........................................     7,080   5,069   2,746   2,323     945   1,996    995  1,001     373   1,622    795    827     314
Apr.........................................     6,768   4,846   2,657   2,189     909   1,915    960    955     347   1,525    745    780     292
May.........................................     6,566   4,656   2,427   2,229     865   1,975    931  1,044     387   1,587    732    855     306
June........................................     6,814   4,880   2,669   2,211     961   1,923    973    950     339   1,590    791    799     285

July........................................     6,633   4,771   2,607   2,164     968   1,814    882    932     313   1,484    718    766     266
Aug.........................................     6,657   4,837   2,631   2,206     942   1,824    891    933     334   1,491    702    789     280
Sept........................................     6,678   4,854   2,626   2,228     943   1,835    907    928     350   1,511    714    797     302
Oct.........................................     6,496   4,721   2,642   2,079     897   1,781    900    881     319   1,488    713    775     274
Nov.........................................     6,289   4,469   2,460   2,009     836   1,843    884    959     378   1,510    696    814     314
Dec.........................................     6,392   4,534   2,518   2,016     757   1,892    943    949     376   1,560    755    805     331
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Note.--See footnote 5 and Note, Table B-35.

Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.