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



Table B-42.--Civilian unemployment rate, 1950-97
[Percent;\1\ monthly data seasonally adjusted]
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Males                Females                                       Experi-
-------------------------------------------   Both                           enced    Married     Women
All                    20                   20     sexes          Black            wage      men,        who
Year or month              civilian          16-   years          16-    years   16-19   White    and   Black    and      spouse      main-
workers  Total    19     and  Total    19     and    years          other           salary  present\2\    tain
years   over         years   over                                  workers              families
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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.................................      5.6     5.7   16.3    5.0    5.5   14.7    4.9     15.5     4.8   10.1   11.4      5.3        3.4        8.3
1991.................................      6.8     7.2   19.8    6.4    6.4   17.5    5.7     18.7     6.1   11.1   12.5      6.6        4.4        9.3
1992.................................      7.5     7.9   21.5    7.1    7.0   18.6    6.3     20.1     6.6   12.7   14.2      7.2        5.1       10.0
1993.................................      6.9     7.2   20.4    6.4    6.6   17.5    5.9     19.0     6.1   11.7   13.0      6.6        4.4        9.7
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
1996.................................      5.4     5.4   18.1    4.6    5.4   15.2    4.8     16.7     4.7    9.3   10.5      5.2        3.0        8.2
1997.................................      4.9     4.9   16.9    4.2    5.0   15.0    4.4     16.0     4.2    8.8   10.0      4.7        2.7        8.1

1996: Jan............................      5.7     5.6   18.8    4.8    5.8   16.6    5.1     17.7     4.9    9.5   10.5      5.4        3.2        7.9
Feb............................      5.5     5.6   18.0    4.8    5.4   15.7    4.8     16.9     4.8    9.2   10.1      5.3        3.1        7.4
Mar............................      5.5     5.6   18.8    4.9    5.4   15.5    4.7     17.2     4.8    9.4   10.6      5.4        3.1        7.4
Apr............................      5.5     5.6   18.1    4.8    5.4   15.5    4.8     16.9     4.8    9.4   10.6      5.3        3.0        7.6
May............................      5.5     5.5   17.9    4.8    5.5   15.2    4.9     16.6     4.9    9.2   10.2      5.5        3.0        8.7
June...........................      5.3     5.3   16.8    4.6    5.3   15.0    4.7     15.9     4.6    9.0   10.1      5.1        3.0        7.7

July...........................      5.5     5.5   19.3    4.7    5.4   13.3    4.9     16.5     4.7    9.5   10.7      5.3        3.0        9.0
Aug............................      5.2     5.0   17.9    4.3    5.3   15.9    4.7     16.9     4.5    9.0   10.7      5.0        2.9        8.5
Sept...........................      5.2     5.3   17.2    4.6    5.2   14.2    4.5     15.8     4.5    9.3   10.7      5.0        3.0        8.4
Oct............................      5.3     5.2   18.2    4.4    5.4   14.9    4.7     16.6     4.5    9.5   10.8      5.1        2.9        8.5
Nov............................      5.4     5.3   18.7    4.5    5.5   15.3    4.8     17.0     4.7    9.2   10.7      5.2        3.1        8.7
Dec............................      5.3     5.1   17.9    4.3    5.5   15.8    4.9     16.8     4.6    9.2   10.5      5.1        2.9        8.5

1997: Jan............................      5.3     5.3   18.3    4.5    5.3   15.4    4.7     16.9     4.5    9.3   10.7      5.1        2.8        8.7
Feb............................      5.3     5.1   17.9    4.4    5.5   16.7    4.7     17.3     4.5    9.5   11.0      5.0        2.8        8.8
Mar............................      5.2     5.1   17.9    4.4    5.3   15.0    4.7     16.5     4.4    9.3   10.5      4.9        2.8        8.7
Apr............................      5.0     4.9   17.4    4.2    5.0   13.7    4.4     15.6     4.2    8.9    9.9      4.7        2.7        7.9
May............................      4.8     4.5   15.7    3.9    5.1   15.6    4.5     15.7     4.1    9.2   10.3      4.7        2.7        7.9
June...........................      5.0     5.0   18.2    4.2    5.0   14.7    4.4     16.5     4.3    8.9   10.3      4.8        2.7        8.0

July...........................      4.9     4.8   17.2    4.1    5.0   15.3    4.3     16.3     4.2    8.4    9.6      4.6        2.6        7.6
Aug............................      4.9     4.8   17.3    4.1    5.0   15.0    4.3     16.2     4.2    8.4    9.5      4.7        2.6        8.0
Sept...........................      4.9     4.8   17.2    4.1    5.0   15.5    4.3     16.4     4.2    8.4    9.6      4.7        2.6        7.8
Oct............................      4.8     4.8   16.3    4.1    4.7   14.7    4.1     15.5     4.1    8.2    9.6      4.5        2.6        7.8
Nov............................      4.6     4.5   15.6    3.9    4.7   14.7    4.0     15.2     3.9    8.4    9.7      4.4        2.4        8.1
Dec............................      4.7     4.7   14.2    4.1    4.6   14.3    4.0     14.3     3.9    8.6    9.9      4.5        2.6        7.7
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\1\ Unemployed as percent of civilian labor force in group specified.
\2\ Data for 1950 are for March; data for 1951-54 are for April.

Note.--Data relate to persons 16 years of age and over.
See footnote 5 and Note, Table B-35.

Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.