[Economic Report of the President (2003)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-38.--Unemployment by demographic characteristic, 1955-2002
[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
1999..............................................     5,880   4,273   2,274   1,999     844   1,606    792    814     318   1,309    626    684     268

2000..............................................     5,655   4,099   2,165   1,934     805   1,556    789    767     288   1,269    636    633     239
2001..............................................     6,742   4,923   2,730   2,193     866   1,819    933    886     321   1,450    731    719     271
2002 .............................................     8,266   6,058   3,401   2,657     943   2,208  1,122  1,086     329   1,727    856    871     268

2001: Jan.........................................     5,887   4,240   2,367   1,873     815   1,662    817    845     318   1,367    655    712     274
Feb.........................................     5,888   4,364   2,359   2,005     781   1,571    819    752     355   1,253    640    613     274
Mar.........................................     6,061   4,384   2,417   1,967     814   1,697    894    803     323   1,409    740    669     272
Apr.........................................     6,310   4,640   2,535   2,105     819   1,684    903    781     324   1,374    746    628     290
May.........................................     6,210   4,541   2,495   2,046     801   1,663    880    783     271   1,333    695    638     241
June........................................     6,465   4,728   2,662   2,066     869   1,738    889    849     300   1,409    710    699     264

July........................................     6,545   4,810   2,617   2,193     905   1,719    912    807     290   1,348    707    641     240
Aug.........................................     6,972   5,073   2,839   2,234     902   1,915  1,002    913     307   1,510    799    711     264
Sept........................................     7,064   5,127   2,807   2,320     871   1,921    961    960     318   1,488    724    764     259
Oct.........................................     7,665   5,628   3,178   2,450     891   2,035    997  1,038     350   1,604    751    853     285
Nov.........................................     8,026   5,914   3,406   2,508     920   2,087  1,039  1,048     347   1,647    793    854     299
Dec.........................................     8,259   6,015   3,319   2,696     913   2,156  1,060  1,096     358   1,711    826    885     296

2002: Jan.........................................     7,922   5,883   3,267   2,616     932   2,057  1,080    977     319   1,650    827    823     274
Feb.........................................     7,891   5,840   3,176   2,664     920   2,107  1,075  1,032     329   1,616    792    824     263
Mar.........................................     8,111   5,873   3,279   2,594     971   2,266  1,203  1,062     335   1,789    938    851     282
Apr.........................................     8,594   6,236   3,455   2,781     908   2,389  1,139  1,250     385   1,896    873  1,022     338
May.........................................     8,351   6,179   3,432   2,747     961   2,182  1,086  1,096     334   1,718    831    887     276
June........................................     8,424   6,148   3,473   2,675   1,006   2,273  1,194  1,079     356   1,794    924    870     276

July........................................     8,345   6,233   3,532   2,701   1,060   2,123  1,034  1,089     292   1,642    750    892     223
Aug.........................................     8,142   6,075   3,467   2,608     945   2,114  1,097  1,017     355   1,611    789    822     258
Sept........................................     8,092   6,011   3,395   2,615     911   2,077  1,087    990     321   1,633    869    763     259
Oct.........................................     8,209   6,087   3,355   2,732     888   2,132  1,083  1,050     241   1,665    856    810     211
Nov.........................................     8,508   6,149   3,588   2,561     953   2,353  1,198  1,155     337   1,846    940    907     275
Dec.........................................     8,590   6,086   3,449   2,636     867   2,458  1,233  1,224     336   1,952    931  1,021     288
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Note.--See footnote 5 and Note, Table B-35.

Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.