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


 
Table B-42.--Civilian unemployment rate, 1955-2002
[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    tain
years   over         years   over                                  workers           families
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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
1998....................................      4.5     4.4   16.2    3.7    4.6   12.9    4.1     14.6     3.9    7.8    8.9      4.3      2.4       7.2
1999....................................      4.2     4.1   14.7    3.5    4.3   13.2    3.8     13.9     3.7    7.0    8.0      4.0      2.2       6.4

2000....................................      4.0     3.9   14.0    3.3    4.1   12.1    3.6     13.1     3.5    6.7    7.6      3.9      2.0       5.9
2001....................................      4.8     4.8   15.9    4.2    4.7   13.4    4.1     14.7     4.2    7.7    8.7      4.6      2.7       6.6
2002....................................      5.8     5.9   18.0    5.3    5.6   14.8    5.1     16.5     5.1    9.2   10.3      5.7      3.6       8.0


2001: Jan...............................      4.2     4.2   14.8    3.6    4.1   12.5    3.5     13.7     3.6    7.0    8.2      4.0      2.3       6.4
Feb...............................      4.2     4.2   15.0    3.5    4.1   11.9    3.6     13.5     3.7    6.7    7.5      4.1      2.3       6.0
Mar...............................      4.3     4.4   14.3    3.8    4.2   13.3    3.6     13.8     3.7    7.2    8.4      4.2      2.4       6.1
Apr...............................      4.5     4.6   15.1    3.9    4.3   13.2    3.8     14.2     3.9    7.1    8.2      4.3      2.5       6.3
May...............................      4.4     4.5   15.4    3.9    4.3   12.1    3.8     13.8     3.9    7.1    8.0      4.3      2.6       6.2
June..............................      4.6     4.7   15.8    4.1    4.4   13.0    3.9     14.4     4.0    7.4    8.4      4.5      2.6       6.3

July..............................      4.6     4.7   15.6    4.0    4.6   14.0    4.0     14.8     4.1    7.3    8.1      4.5      2.7       6.3
Aug...............................      4.9     5.1   17.4    4.4    4.8   14.1    4.2     15.8     4.3    8.1    9.0      4.8      2.8       6.8
Sept..............................      5.0     5.0   16.0    4.3    5.0   13.6    4.4     14.9     4.3    8.0    8.8      4.8      2.8       7.1
Oct...............................      5.4     5.5   17.2    4.8    5.3   13.6    4.8     15.4     4.7    8.6    9.6      5.3      3.1       6.8
Nov...............................      5.6     5.9   17.7    5.2    5.4   13.7    4.9     15.7     5.0    8.8    9.9      5.5      3.3       8.0
Dec...............................      5.8     5.8   17.2    5.2    5.8   15.1    5.2     16.2     5.1    9.1   10.2      5.7      3.4       8.0

2002: Jan...............................      5.6     5.8   16.3    5.2    5.4   15.8    4.8     16.1     5.0    8.7    9.8      5.5      3.5       7.9
Feb...............................      5.5     5.6   16.8    5.0    5.5   14.3    5.0     15.6     4.9    8.8    9.6      5.5      3.4       8.0
Mar...............................      5.7     5.9   18.5    5.2    5.5   14.3    5.0     16.4     5.0    9.5   10.7      5.7      3.4       7.3
Apr...............................      6.0     6.1   18.1    5.4    6.0   15.4    5.4     16.8     5.3   10.0   11.2      5.9      3.9       8.6
May...............................      5.8     5.9   18.6    5.2    5.8   15.2    5.2     16.9     5.2    9.1   10.2      5.8      3.6       8.1
June..............................      5.9     6.1   19.6    5.4    5.7   15.6    5.1     17.6     5.2    9.5   10.7      5.7      4.1       8.2

July..............................      5.9     6.0   19.8    5.2    5.7   15.6    5.2     17.7     5.3    8.9    9.9      5.7      3.5       8.4
Aug...............................      5.7     6.0   20.1    5.2    5.4   14.2    4.9     17.2     5.1    8.8    9.6      5.5      3.4       7.3
Sept..............................      5.6     5.9   17.8    5.2    5.4   13.5    4.9     15.7     5.1    8.5    9.6      5.5      3.6       7.2
Oct...............................      5.7     5.8   15.6    5.2    5.7   13.6    5.2     14.6     5.1    8.8    9.8      5.7      3.4       8.0
Nov...............................      6.0     6.3   17.7    5.7    5.6   15.8    5.0     16.8     5.2    9.8   11.0      5.7      3.6       8.3
Dec...............................      6.0     6.2   17.1    5.6    5.9   15.1    5.3     16.1     5.1   10.1   11.5      5.9      3.6       8.7
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\1\ Unemployed as percent of civilian labor force in group specified.

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.