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In September 2019, the U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 3.5%, near the lowest rate in 50 years. [20] On May 8, 2020, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 20.5 million nonfarm jobs were lost and the unemployment rate rose to 14.7 percent in April, due to the Coronavirus pandemic in the United States .
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.
Percent change in unemployment rate from February 2020 to February 2021: +77.14% See: Industries Set To Bounce Back in 2021 By this comparison, the economy still has a lot of work to do to get ...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) defines the labor force as: [5]. Included are persons 16 years of age and older residing in the 50 States and the District of Columbia who are not inmates of institutions (for example, penal and mental facilities, homes for the aged), and who are not on active duty in the Armed Forces.
The rate was the highest of any month since the BLS began tracking in 1948. According to BLS statistics, the unemployment rate was at 3.5% in Feb 2020, a month prior to the pandemic's start in the ...
In early 2020, once the coronavirus outbreak was dubbed a pandemic, extreme measures were enacted around the globe. People were told to stay at home and not even go into work, and many businesses ...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported last month that the national August 2020 unemployment rate was 8.4%. More recently, on Wednesday, September 30, the BLS released metro area ...
The unemployment level of 5.1% is projected to rise to a 25-year high of 10.0%, according to Treasury data released in April 2020. [ 115 ] [ 116 ] The JobSeeker Payment unemployment benefit base rate was almost doubled in April when it had a Coronavirus Supplement of A$550 added to it, [ 117 ] but Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that this ...