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


 
Table B-42.--Civilian unemployment rate, 1959-2003
[Percent;\1\ monthly data seasonally adjusted, except as noted by NSA]
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Males               Females                                By race
------------------------------------------         --------------------------------------   His-              Women
Both                        Black             panic   Married     who
All                    20                   20    sexes                         or                 or      men,     main-
Year or month        civilian          16-   years          16-   years   16-19               Black    Afri-    Asian    Latino   spouse    tain
workers  Total    19     and  Total    19     and   years     White      and      can     (NSA)   eth- ni- present  families
years   over         years   over              \2\      other   Ameri-     \2\      city              (NSA)
\2\      can               \3\
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1959.....................      5.5     5.2   15.3    4.7    5.9   13.5    5.2    14.6       4.8      10.7   ......  ........  .......     3.6   ........

1960.....................      5.5     5.4   15.3    4.7    5.9   13.9    5.1    14.7       5.0      10.2   ......  ........  .......     3.7   ........
1961.....................      6.7     6.4   17.1    5.7    7.2   16.3    6.3    16.8       6.0      12.4   ......  ........  .......     4.6   ........
1962.....................      5.5     5.2   14.7    4.6    6.2   14.6    5.4    14.7       4.9      10.9   ......  ........  .......     3.6   ........
1963.....................      5.7     5.2   17.2    4.5    6.5   17.2    5.4    17.2       5.0      10.8   ......  ........  .......     3.4   ........
1964.....................      5.2     4.6   15.8    3.9    6.2   16.6    5.2    16.2       4.6       9.6   ......  ........  .......     2.8   ........
1965.....................      4.5     4.0   14.1    3.2    5.5   15.7    4.5    14.8       4.1       8.1   ......  ........  .......     2.4   ........
1966.....................      3.8     3.2   11.7    2.5    4.8   14.1    3.8    12.8       3.4       7.3   ......  ........  .......     1.9   ........
1967.....................      3.8     3.1   12.3    2.3    5.2   13.5    4.2    12.9       3.4       7.4   ......  ........  .......     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   ......  ........  .......     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   ......  ........  .......     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   ......  ........  .......     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   ......  ........  .......     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  ........  .......     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  ........     7.5      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  ........     8.1      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  ........    12.2      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  ........    11.5      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  ........    10.1      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  ........     9.1      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  ........     8.3      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  ........    10.1      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  ........    10.4      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  ........    13.8      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  ........    13.7      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  ........    10.7      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  ........    10.5      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  ........    10.6      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  ........     8.8      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  ........     8.2      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  ........     8.0      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  ........     8.2      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  ........    10.0      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  ........    11.6      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  ........    10.8      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  ........     9.9      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  ........     9.3      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  ........     8.9      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  ........     7.7      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  ........     7.2      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  ........     6.4      2.2       6.4

2000.....................      4.0     3.9   14.0    3.3    4.1   12.1    3.6    13.1       3.5   ........     7.6      3.6      5.7      2.0       5.9
2001.....................      4.7     4.8   16.0    4.2    4.7   13.4    4.1    14.7       4.2   ........     8.6      4.5      6.6      2.7       6.6
2002.....................      5.8     5.9   18.1    5.3    5.6   14.9    5.1    16.5       5.1   ........    10.2      5.9      7.5      3.6       8.0
2003.....................      6.0     6.3   19.3    5.6    5.7   15.6    5.1    17.5       5.2   ........    10.8      6.0      7.7      3.8       8.5

2002: Jan................      5.6     5.8   17.3    5.2    5.5   15.6    4.9    16.4       5.1   ........    10.0      5.6      7.8      3.5       8.2
Feb................      5.7     5.8   17.2    5.2    5.5   14.8    5.0    16.0       5.0   ........     9.8      5.6      7.0      3.5       8.3
Mar................      5.7     5.9   18.4    5.2    5.6   14.6    5.0    16.5       5.0   ........    10.5      5.6      7.4      3.5       7.9
Apr................      5.9     6.0   18.0    5.3    5.9   15.5    5.3    16.8       5.2   ........    10.7      5.9      8.0      3.9       8.2
May................      5.8     5.9   18.5    5.2    5.7   14.8    5.2    16.7       5.1   ........    10.0      5.9      7.0      3.6       8.1
June...............      5.8     5.9   18.5    5.3    5.6   14.8    5.1    16.7       5.1   ........    10.4      6.9      7.2      3.9       8.2

July...............      5.8     5.9   18.5    5.2    5.7   14.9    5.1    16.8       5.2   ........     9.9      6.2      7.4      3.5       8.6
Aug................      5.7     6.0   20.1    5.2    5.5   14.3    5.0    17.2       5.1   ........     9.8      6.5      7.5      3.5       7.6
Sept...............      5.7     5.9   18.1    5.2    5.5   14.2    4.9    16.2       5.1   ........     9.7      5.4      7.5      3.6       7.0
Oct................      5.7     5.9   16.0    5.3    5.6   14.2    5.1    15.1       5.1   ........     9.8      5.6      7.8      3.5       7.7
Nov................      5.9     6.1   18.2    5.5    5.6   15.8    5.0    17.1       5.1   ........    10.9      5.6      7.8      3.6       8.0
Dec................      6.0     6.2   18.1    5.6    5.7   15.3    5.2    16.7       5.2   ........    11.4      5.9      8.0      3.7       7.9

2003: Jan................      5.8     6.1   18.6    5.5    5.4   15.4    4.8    17.0       5.1   ........    10.5      5.6      7.9      3.6       8.0
Feb................      5.9     6.1   19.5    5.5    5.6   15.0    5.1    17.3       5.1   ........    10.7      6.0      7.7      3.7       9.0
Mar................      5.8     6.1   20.5    5.4    5.6   14.8    5.1    17.6       5.1   ........    10.3      6.5      7.7      3.8       8.4
Apr................      6.0     6.3   20.2    5.7    5.6   15.5    5.1    17.8       5.2   ........    10.8      5.8      7.6      3.8       8.5
May................      6.1     6.5   20.3    5.8    5.7   16.0    5.1    18.1       5.4   ........    10.7      5.1      8.1      3.9       8.3
June...............      6.3     6.7   19.9    6.0    5.9   18.2    5.2    19.0       5.5   ........    11.6      7.8      8.2      4.3       8.7

July...............      6.2     6.6   20.4    5.9    5.7   15.9    5.2    18.2       5.4   ........    11.1      6.2      8.1      3.9       9.0
Aug................      6.1     6.4   17.6    5.8    5.8   16.2    5.2    16.9       5.4   ........    10.9      5.9      7.8      3.9       8.4
Sept...............      6.1     6.4   19.6    5.8    5.8   15.2    5.3    17.5       5.3   ........    11.1      6.2      7.5      3.8       8.5
Oct................      6.0     6.2   18.7    5.6    5.7   15.4    5.2    17.1       5.1   ........    11.4      6.1      7.3      3.8       8.4
Nov................      5.9     6.2   18.3    5.6    5.5   13.0    5.1    15.7       5.2   ........    10.4      5.2      7.4      3.7       8.3
Dec................      5.7     5.8   17.4    5.3    5.6   14.7    5.1    16.1       5.0   ........    10.3      5.3      6.6      3.3       8.4
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\1\ Unemployed as percent of civilian labor force in group specified.
\2\ See footnote 1, Table B-37.
\3\ Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.

Note.--Data relate to persons 16 years of age and over.
See footnote 5 and Note, Table B-35.

NSA indicates data are not seasonally adjusted.

Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.