[Economic Report of the President (1999)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
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POPULATION, EMPLOYMENT, WAGES, AND PRODUCTIVITY


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Table B-38.--Unemployment by demographic characteristic, 1955-98
[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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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
1998..............................................     6,210   4,484   2,431   2,053     876   1,726    835    891     329   1,426    671    756     281

1997:Jan..........................................     7,126   5,170   2,870   2,300     955   1,986    977  1,009     389   1,655    803    852     328
Feb...........................................     7,154   5,113   2,783   2,330     986   2,011    961  1,050     393   1,662    772    890     324
Mar...........................................     6,996   5,018   2,729   2,289     941   1,975    989    986     369   1,616    799    817     312
Apr...........................................     6,842   4,899   2,700   2,199     916   1,936    974    962     359   1,536    758    778     302
May...........................................     6,678   4,708   2,451   2,257     873   1,990    949  1,041     387   1,586    745    841     305
June..........................................     6,824   4,855   2,653   2,202     943   1,970  1,003    967     367   1,637    819    818     307

July..........................................     6,633   4,802   2,599   2,203     995   1,786    850    936     297   1,479    707    772     268
Aug...........................................     6,630   4,813   2,637   2,176     928   1,834    895    939     335   1,493    701    792     281
Sept..........................................     6,654   4,864   2,577   2,287     945   1,818    900    918     339   1,493    706    787     289
Oct...........................................     6,445   4,683   2,606   2,077     888   1,765    887    878     308   1,481    704    777     266
Nov...........................................     6,289   4,459   2,492   1,967     832   1,833    876    957     377   1,489    677    812     305
Dec...........................................     6,448   4,506   2,464   2,042     748   1,932    957    975     383   1,586    757    829     339

1998:Jan..........................................     6,345   4,567   2,462   2,105     816   1,811    879    932     344   1,482    705    777     293
Feb...........................................     6,363   4,540   2,454   2,086     856   1,800    861    939     337   1,494    699    795     292
Mar...........................................     6,432   4,628   2,512   2,116     893   1,797    852    945     338   1,468    667    801     288
Apr...........................................     5,952   4,263   2,243   2,020     809   1,686    792    894     284   1,424    647    777     257
May...........................................     6,039   4,353   2,389   1,964     842   1,695    792    903     333   1,409    620    789     281
June..........................................     6,245   4,570   2,470   2,100     934   1,682    801    881     298   1,363    618    745     242

July..........................................     6,231   4,395   2,431   1,964     795   1,797    911    886     334   1,534    779    755     292
Aug...........................................     6,217   4,537   2,446   2,091     899   1,687    820    867     325   1,420    674    746     285
Sept..........................................     6,263   4,530   2,509   2,021     906   1,759    854    905     379   1,443    676    767     315
Oct...........................................     6,258   4,552   2,447   2,105     958   1,702    828    874     352   1,387    657    730     295
Nov...........................................     6,080   4,383   2,348   2,035     905   1,695    820    875     333   1,397    672    725     293
Dec...........................................     6,021   4,436   2,432   2,004     892   1,576    790    786     291   1,273    618    655     237
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Note.--See footnote 5 and Note, Table B-35.

Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.