[Economic Report of the President (2005)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-38.--Unemployment by demographic characteristic, 1959-2004
[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
2004 .............................................     8,149   5,847   3,282   2,565     890  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,729    860    868     241

2003: Jan.........................................     8,484   6,139   3,577   2,562     906  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,726    883    843     248
Feb.........................................     8,636   6,183   3,540   2,642     941  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,772    914    858     252
Mar.........................................     8,493   6,128   3,475   2,653     921  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,676    842    835     268
Apr.........................................     8,822   6,308   3,673   2,634     917  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,808    911    896     264
May.........................................     8,926   6,491   3,702   2,789     917  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,810    982    828     289
June........................................     9,228   6,570   3,837   2,733     991  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,934    966    968     286

July........................................     9,024   6,540   3,891   2,649     929  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,809    878    931     267
Aug.........................................     8,914   6,494   3,784   2,710     900  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,810    860    950     218
Sept........................................     8,961   6,387   3,658   2,729     904  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,854    943    911     265
Oct.........................................     8,755   6,192   3,525   2,666     841  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,876    932    944     283
Nov.........................................     8,651   6,265   3,672   2,593     850  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,692    838    854     202
Dec.........................................     8,399   6,077   3,445   2,632     852  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,665    777    889     195

2004: Jan.........................................     8,303   5,972   3,286   2,686     841  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,728    856    872     262
Feb.........................................     8,195   5,975   3,339   2,636     912  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,598    768    830     171
Mar.........................................     8,330   6,098   3,414   2,684     867  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,685    809    876     222
Apr.........................................     8,143   5,934   3,374   2,560     936  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,612    777    834     194
May.........................................     8,172   5,991   3,493   2,498     939  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,642    793    849     241
June........................................     8,228   6,013   3,316   2,697     867  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,696    822    873     244

July........................................     8,184   5,773   3,168   2,605     886  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,838    899    939     294
Aug.........................................     8,018   5,752   3,228   2,523     917  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,749    910    839     235
Sept........................................     8,005   5,677   3,186   2,491     865  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,730    897    834     211
Oct.........................................     8,066   5,655   3,217   2,438     894  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,808    914    894     283
Nov.........................................     8,020   5,640   3,138   2,502     855  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,814    944    870     263
Dec.........................................     8,047   5,600   3,171   2,429     931  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,806    938    868     235
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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.