[Economic Report of the President (2004)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-38.--Unemployment by demographic characteristic, 1959-2003
[Thousands of persons 16 years of age and over; monthly data seasonally adjusted]
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White \1\                 Black and other \1\        Black or African American
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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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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..............................................     5,692   4,121   2,177   1,944     795  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,241    620    621     230
2001..............................................     6,801   4,969   2,754   2,215     845  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,416    709    706     260
2002 .............................................     8,378   6,137   3,459   2,678     925  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,693    835    858     260
2003 .............................................     8,774   6,311   3,643   2,668     909  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,787    891    895     255

2002: Jan.........................................     8,126   6,045   3,355   2,690     936  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,645    803    842     269
Feb.........................................     8,184   6,014   3,320   2,694     907  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,617    785    832     260
Mar.........................................     8,278   6,030   3,396   2,634     940  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,730    871    859     280
Apr.........................................     8,578   6,232   3,474   2,759     905  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,784    835    948     325
May.........................................     8,397   6,166   3,446   2,720     931  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,665    808    857     254
June........................................     8,384   6,135   3,446   2,689     929  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,723    881    843     265

July........................................     8,400   6,225   3,515   2,709     991  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,626    767    859     212
Aug.........................................     8,335   6,150   3,506   2,644     942  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,624    806    818     256
Sept........................................     8,269   6,118   3,487   2,631     908  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,621    839    781     248
Oct.........................................     8,363   6,195   3,485   2,710     890  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,629    838    792     211
Nov.........................................     8,565   6,170   3,554   2,616     933  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,797    902    895     268
Dec.........................................     8,698   6,195   3,561   2,634     870  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,902    914    988     301

2003: Jan.........................................     8,428   6,132   3,537   2,595     927  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,727    884    843     249
Feb.........................................     8,581   6,129   3,500   2,629     939  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,751    907    845     243
Mar.........................................     8,519   6,166   3,503   2,663     918  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,681    848    833     261
Apr.........................................     8,799   6,294   3,663   2,631     918  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,782    893    889     259
May.........................................     8,957   6,491   3,730   2,762     917  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,776    960    815     287
June........................................     9,245   6,594   3,860   2,734     981  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,926    947    979     296

July........................................     9,048   6,559   3,886   2,673     933  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,836    893    943     271
Aug.........................................     8,929   6,502   3,808   2,694     903  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,813    871    942     217
Sept........................................     8,966   6,397   3,671   2,726     896  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,851    945    906     264
Oct.........................................     8,797   6,200   3,544   2,657     838  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,893    941    952     290
Nov.........................................     8,653   6,258   3,652   2,607     843  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,712    853    860     205
Dec.........................................     8,398   6,073   3,455   2,617     857  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,686    778    908     193
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\1\ See footnote 1 and Note, Table B-37.

Note.--See footnote 5 and Note, Table B-35.

Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.