[Economic Report of the President (2003)] [Administration of George W. Bush] [Online through the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] Table B-43.--Civilian unemployment rate by demographic characteristic, 1959-2002 [Percent;\1\ monthly data seasonally adjusted] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- White Black and other or black ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Males Females Males Females civil- -------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- Year or month ian 20 20 20 20 work- Total 16-19 years 16-19 years Total 16-19 years 16-19 years ers Total years and Total years and Total years and Total years and over over over over -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Black and other -------------------------------------------------- 1959...................................... 5.5 4.8 4.6 14.0 4.1 5.3 12.0 4.7 10.7 11.5 25.2 10.5 9.4 27.7 8.3 1960...................................... 5.5 5.0 4.8 14.0 4.2 5.3 12.7 4.6 10.2 10.7 24.0 9.6 9.4 24.8 8.3 1961...................................... 6.7 6.0 5.7 15.7 5.1 6.5 14.8 5.7 12.4 12.8 26.8 11.7 11.9 29.2 10.6 1962...................................... 5.5 4.9 4.6 13.7 4.0 5.5 12.8 4.7 10.9 10.9 22.0 10.0 11.0 30.2 9.6 1963...................................... 5.7 5.0 4.7 15.9 3.9 5.8 15.1 4.8 10.8 10.5 27.3 9.2 11.2 34.7 9.4 1964...................................... 5.2 4.6 4.1 14.7 3.4 5.5 14.9 4.6 9.6 8.9 24.3 7.7 10.7 31.6 9.0 1965...................................... 4.5 4.1 3.6 12.9 2.9 5.0 14.0 4.0 8.1 7.4 23.3 6.0 9.2 31.7 7.5 1966...................................... 3.8 3.4 2.8 10.5 2.2 4.3 12.1 3.3 7.3 6.3 21.3 4.9 8.7 31.3 6.6 1967...................................... 3.8 3.4 2.7 10.7 2.1 4.6 11.5 3.8 7.4 6.0 23.9 4.3 9.1 29.6 7.1 1968...................................... 3.6 3.2 2.6 10.1 2.0 4.3 12.1 3.4 6.7 5.6 22.1 3.9 8.3 28.7 6.3 1969...................................... 3.5 3.1 2.5 10.0 1.9 4.2 11.5 3.4 6.4 5.3 21.4 3.7 7.8 27.6 5.8 1970...................................... 4.9 4.5 4.0 13.7 3.2 5.4 13.4 4.4 8.2 7.3 25.0 5.6 9.3 34.5 6.9 1971...................................... 5.9 5.4 4.9 15.1 4.0 6.3 15.1 5.3 9.9 9.1 28.8 7.3 10.9 35.4 8.7 1972...................................... 5.6 5.1 4.5 14.2 3.6 5.9 14.2 4.9 10.0 8.9 29.7 6.9 11.4 38.4 8.8 -------------------------------------------------- Black -------------------------------------------------- 1972...................................... 5.6 5.1 4.5 14.2 3.6 5.9 14.2 4.9 10.4 9.3 31.7 7.0 11.8 40.5 9.0 1973...................................... 4.9 4.3 3.8 12.3 3.0 5.3 13.0 4.3 9.4 8.0 27.8 6.0 11.1 36.1 8.6 1974...................................... 5.6 5.0 4.4 13.5 3.5 6.1 14.5 5.1 10.5 9.8 33.1 7.4 11.3 37.4 8.8 1975...................................... 8.5 7.8 7.2 18.3 6.2 8.6 17.4 7.5 14.8 14.8 38.1 12.5 14.8 41.0 12.2 1976...................................... 7.7 7.0 6.4 17.3 5.4 7.9 16.4 6.8 14.0 13.7 37.5 11.4 14.3 41.6 11.7 1977...................................... 7.1 6.2 5.5 15.0 4.7 7.3 15.9 6.2 14.0 13.3 39.2 10.7 14.9 43.4 12.3 1978...................................... 6.1 5.2 4.6 13.5 3.7 6.2 14.4 5.2 12.8 11.8 36.7 9.3 13.8 40.8 11.2 1979...................................... 5.8 5.1 4.5 13.9 3.6 5.9 14.0 5.0 12.3 11.4 34.2 9.3 13.3 39.1 10.9 1980...................................... 7.1 6.3 6.1 16.2 5.3 6.5 14.8 5.6 14.3 14.5 37.5 12.4 14.0 39.8 11.9 1981...................................... 7.6 6.7 6.5 17.9 5.6 6.9 16.6 5.9 15.6 15.7 40.7 13.5 15.6 42.2 13.4 1982...................................... 9.7 8.6 8.8 21.7 7.8 8.3 19.0 7.3 18.9 20.1 48.9 17.8 17.6 47.1 15.4 1983...................................... 9.6 8.4 8.8 20.2 7.9 7.9 18.3 6.9 19.5 20.3 48.8 18.1 18.6 48.2 16.5 1984...................................... 7.5 6.5 6.4 16.8 5.7 6.5 15.2 5.8 15.9 16.4 42.7 14.3 15.4 42.6 13.5 1985...................................... 7.2 6.2 6.1 16.5 5.4 6.4 14.8 5.7 15.1 15.3 41.0 13.2 14.9 39.2 13.1 1986...................................... 7.0 6.0 6.0 16.3 5.3 6.1 14.9 5.4 14.5 14.8 39.3 12.9 14.2 39.2 12.4 1987...................................... 6.2 5.3 5.4 15.5 4.8 5.2 13.4 4.6 13.0 12.7 34.4 11.1 13.2 34.9 11.6 1988...................................... 5.5 4.7 4.7 13.9 4.1 4.7 12.3 4.1 11.7 11.7 32.7 10.1 11.7 32.0 10.4 1989...................................... 5.3 4.5 4.5 13.7 3.9 4.5 11.5 4.0 11.4 11.5 31.9 10.0 11.4 33.0 9.8 1990...................................... 5.6 4.8 4.9 14.3 4.3 4.7 12.6 4.1 11.4 11.9 31.9 10.4 10.9 29.9 9.7 1991...................................... 6.8 6.1 6.5 17.6 5.8 5.6 15.2 5.0 12.5 13.0 36.3 11.5 12.0 36.0 10.6 1992...................................... 7.5 6.6 7.0 18.5 6.4 6.1 15.8 5.5 14.2 15.2 42.0 13.5 13.2 37.2 11.8 1993...................................... 6.9 6.1 6.3 17.7 5.7 5.7 14.7 5.2 13.0 13.8 40.1 12.1 12.1 37.4 10.7 1994...................................... 6.1 5.3 5.4 16.3 4.8 5.2 13.8 4.6 11.5 12.0 37.6 10.3 11.0 32.6 9.8 1995...................................... 5.6 4.9 4.9 15.6 4.3 4.8 13.4 4.3 10.4 10.6 37.1 8.8 10.2 34.3 8.6 1996...................................... 5.4 4.7 4.7 15.5 4.1 4.7 12.9 4.1 10.5 11.1 36.9 9.4 10.0 30.3 8.7 1997...................................... 4.9 4.2 4.2 14.3 3.6 4.2 12.8 3.7 10.0 10.2 36.5 8.5 9.9 28.7 8.8 1998...................................... 4.5 3.9 3.9 14.1 3.2 3.9 10.9 3.4 8.9 8.9 30.1 7.4 9.0 25.3 7.9 1999...................................... 4.2 3.7 3.6 12.6 3.0 3.8 11.3 3.3 8.0 8.2 30.9 6.7 7.8 25.1 6.8 2000...................................... 4.0 3.5 3.4 12.3 2.8 3.6 10.4 3.1 7.6 8.1 26.4 7.0 7.2 23.0 6.3 2001...................................... 4.8 4.2 4.3 13.8 3.7 4.1 11.4 3.6 8.7 9.3 30.5 8.0 8.1 27.5 7.0 2002...................................... 5.8 5.1 5.3 15.9 4.7 4.9 13.0 4.4 10.3 10.7 31.5 9.5 9.8 28.2 8.9 2001: Jan................................. 4.2 3.6 3.7 13.1 3.1 3.5 10.2 3.0 8.2 8.3 27.3 7.0 8.1 27.6 6.9 Feb................................. 4.2 3.7 3.7 12.7 3.1 3.7 9.6 3.3 7.5 8.2 31.1 6.7 6.9 25.1 5.9 Mar................................. 4.3 3.7 3.8 12.3 3.3 3.6 11.0 3.1 8.4 9.4 28.7 8.2 7.5 28.0 6.3 Apr................................. 4.5 3.9 4.0 12.9 3.4 3.9 10.9 3.4 8.2 9.5 33.5 8.1 7.1 27.7 5.9 May................................. 4.4 3.9 3.9 13.3 3.4 3.8 10.7 3.4 8.0 9.0 30.0 7.6 7.2 21.5 6.4 June................................ 4.6 4.0 4.2 14.3 3.6 3.8 11.0 3.4 8.4 9.1 30.5 7.8 7.8 25.7 6.7 July................................ 4.6 4.1 4.1 13.8 3.5 4.1 12.6 3.5 8.1 9.0 28.1 7.9 7.2 25.2 6.2 Aug................................. 4.9 4.3 4.4 15.1 3.8 4.2 12.4 3.6 9.0 10.1 31.4 8.8 8.0 28.7 7.0 Sept................................ 5.0 4.3 4.4 13.6 3.8 4.3 11.7 3.8 8.8 9.1 30.8 7.8 8.6 26.1 7.7 Oct................................. 5.4 4.7 4.9 14.7 4.4 4.5 11.5 4.1 9.6 9.6 31.2 8.2 9.6 29.1 8.5 Nov................................. 5.6 5.0 5.3 15.8 4.7 4.6 11.1 4.2 9.9 10.1 31.6 8.7 9.7 32.6 8.4 Dec................................. 5.8 5.1 5.2 14.6 4.6 5.0 12.8 4.5 10.2 10.4 32.0 9.1 10.0 34.8 8.7 2002: Jan................................. 5.6 5.0 5.1 13.7 4.7 4.8 14.6 4.2 9.8 10.3 32.1 8.9 9.4 29.0 8.4 Feb................................. 5,5 4,9 5,0 15.4 4.4 4.9 12.6 4.4 9.6 10.0 30.0 8.7 9.3 25.6 8.5 Mar................................. 5.7 5.0 5.1 16.3 4.5 4.8 12.7 4.3 10.7 11.7 36.9 10.1 9.8 24.7 9.0 Apr................................. 6.0 5.3 5.4 15.4 4.8 5.1 12.5 4.6 11.2 10.9 37.3 9.3 11.4 33.5 10.2 May................................. 5.8 5.2 5.3 15.4 4.8 5.1 14.2 4.5 10.2 10.3 36.8 8.6 10.1 22.3 9.5 June................................ 5.9 5.2 5.4 17.7 4.7 4.9 13.4 4.4 10.7 11.5 30.0 10.4 9.9 30.4 8.8 July................................ 5.9 5.3 5.5 19.1 4.8 5.0 13.6 4.4 9.9 9.6 20.5 9.0 10.2 34.8 8.9 Aug................................. 5.7 5.1 5.4 17.5 4.7 4.8 12.1 4.3 9.6 10.0 30.5 8.8 9.3 30.4 8.3 Sept................................ 5.6 5.1 5.3 15.3 4.7 4.8 12.3 4.3 9.6 10.7 34.7 9.3 8.5 20.8 7.9 Oct................................. 5.7 5.1 5.2 14.4 4.7 5.0 13.0 4.5 9.8 10.6 24.8 9.7 9.1 21.3 8.5 Nov................................. 6.0 5.2 5.6 15.8 5.0 4.7 13.3 4.2 11.0 12.0 29.7 10.9 10.1 31.6 9.0 Dec................................. 6.0 5.1 5.4 14.6 4.9 4.9 12.5 4.4 11.5 11.9 34.4 10.7 11.2 32.0 10.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Unemployed as percent of civilian labor force in group specified. Note.--See Note, Table B-42. Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.