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Unemployment rates historically are lower for those groups with higher levels of education. For example, in May 2016 the unemployment rate for workers over 25 years of age was 2.5% for college graduates, 5.1% for those with a high school diploma, and 7.1% for those without a high school diploma.
The unemployment among Caucasians continues being much lower than those for African-Americans (at 8.5% vs. 15.8% also in 2009). [188] The youth unemployment rate was 18.5% in July 2009, the highest rate in that month since 1948. [189] The unemployment rate of young African Americans was 28.2% in May 2013. [190] The unemployment rate reached an ...
Unemployment in the US by State (June 2023) The list of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate compares the seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state and territory, sortable by name, rate, and change. Data are provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment publication.
A year after the biggest monthly job loss in U.S. history, millions of jobs have returned but the economy is still well short of pre-pandemic levels. Charting America's jobs: Unemployment recovery ...
The unemployment rate now stands at 9.8 percent, we learned Friday morning and, to quote Claude Raines in Casablanca, the market was shocked -- shocked! -- by the news, at least initially.
In 2003, prior to the significant expansion of subprime lending of 2004-2006, the unemployment rate was close to 6%. [52] The wider measure of unemployment ("U-6") which includes those employed part-time for economic reasons or marginally attached to the labor force rose from 8.4% pre-crisis to a peak of 17.1% in October 2009.
The extended federal unemployment benefits were a success during the pandemic. Congress must cement that success in the reconciliation bill. America's unemployment system is broken.
Before the pandemic, the U.S. labor force had risen each year since 1960 with the exception of the period following the Great Recession, when it remained below 2008 levels from 2009 to 2011. [2] In 2021, The Great Resignation resulted in record numbers in voluntary turnover for American workers. [3] US Census Bureau Employment (NAICS/SIC)