[Economic Report of the President (2006)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-38.--Unemployment by demographic characteristic, 1959-2005
[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
2005 .............................................     7,591   5,350   2,931   2,419     845  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,700    844    856     267

2004: Jan.........................................     8,345   6,047   3,315   2,732     880  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,719    853    866     260
Feb.........................................     8,186   5,949   3,317   2,632     896  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,586    758    828     178
Mar.........................................     8,397   6,116   3,400   2,716     862  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,701    821    880     217
Apr.........................................     8,140   5,952   3,396   2,556     922  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,612    782    830     188
May.........................................     8,178   5,958   3,482   2,477     921  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,645    791    855     230
June........................................     8,247   6,050   3,344   2,707     868  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,684    818    866     246

July........................................     8,182   5,776   3,174   2,602     900  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,864    920    944     295
Aug.........................................     8,000   5,732   3,228   2,504     901  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,750    908    843     230
Sept........................................     7,981   5,660   3,184   2,476     873  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,732    893    840     214
Oct.........................................     8,040   5,618   3,209   2,409     891  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,814    919    894     289
Nov.........................................     7,974   5,614   3,112   2,502     854  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,796    928    868     263
Dec.........................................     8,040   5,599   3,163   2,436     936  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,808    943    864     249

2005: Jan.........................................     7,723   5,419   3,039   2,380     834  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,758    875    883     242
Feb.........................................     7,986   5,588   3,136   2,452     917  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,807    931    876     242
Mar.........................................     7,616   5,306   3,037   2,269     850  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,733    849    884     275
Apr.........................................     7,644   5,383   2,923   2,460     902  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,746    872    875     300
May.........................................     7,629   5,368   2,933   2,434     907  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,713    852    861     304
June........................................     7,493   5,224   2,804   2,420     839  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,766    902    863     262

July........................................     7,494   5,263   2,832   2,431     804  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,619    793    826     268
Aug.........................................     7,367   5,193   2,847   2,345     829  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,654    814    840     287
Sept........................................     7,648   5,489   3,024   2,465     801  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,613    785    828     242
Oct.........................................     7,418   5,415   2,877   2,537     838  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,559    774    785     248
Nov.........................................     7,572   5,215   2,782   2,433     826  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,819    903    916     326
Dec.........................................     7,375   5,264   2,855   2,409     789  ......  .....  ......  .....   1,582    741    841     194
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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.