[Economic Report of the President (2003)] [Administration of George W. Bush] [Online through the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] Table B-42.--Civilian unemployment rate, 1955-2002 [Percent;\1\ monthly data seasonally adjusted] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \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.