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What Is the Unemployment Rate?


The Fed - Unemployment Rate - Federal Reserve Board

Federal Reserve policymakers closely monitor the unemployment rate to help judge whether the U.S. economy is at (or close to) maximum employment ...

Unemployment Rate - Countries - List - Trading Economics

This page displays a table with actual values, consensus figures, forecasts, statistics and historical data charts for - Unemployment Rate.

Unemployment | National Equity Atlas

Unemployment rate by race/ethnicity: United States; Year: 2022; Poverty: All income levels.

Unemployment rate primer (video) - Khan Academy

Learn how the official rate of unemployment is calculated in this video, and learn what it means to be officially unemployed.

Unemployment Rates During the COVID-19 Pandemic: In Brief

This report discusses recent unemployment rate patterns at the national and state levels using. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data. The two ...

Veteran Unemployment Rates | U.S. Department of Labor

In 2023, there were 17.90 million veterans in the civilian non-institutional population 18 years and over. Of those veterans, 8.63 million were in the civilian ...

Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) - IDES - Illinois.gov

The Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program develops monthly and annual estimates of the labor force, employed, unemployed and the unemployment rate.

Unemployment in the United States - Wikipedia

These factors can affect the number of workers, the duration of unemployment, and wage levels. U.S. employment statistics (unemployment rate and monthly changes ...

Unemployment Rate (Seasonally Adjusted) - KFF

Sources. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Regional and State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly), Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected ...

Unemployment rate - The World Factbook - CIA

12.43% (2023 est.) 12.42% (2022 est.) 14.93% (2021 est.) note: % of labor ...

Unemployment Rate - 20-24 Yrs. (LNS14000036) - FRED

Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Rate - 20-24 Yrs. (LNS14000036) from Jan 1948 to Oct 2024 about 20 to 24 years, household survey, ...

News: Unemployment is at its Lowest Level in 54 years

Today, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics released the monthly Jobs Report which shows the unemployment rate has ...

What does the unemployment rate measure? - Brookings Institution

The only criteria for being counted as unemployed (and hence included in the unemployment rate) are that you are without a job and that you have ...

What Is Unemployment? Causes, Types, and Measurement

Unemployment occurs when workers who want to work are unable to find jobs. High rates of unemployment signal economic distress while extremely low rates of ...

The Unemployment Rate in Context | CEA - The White House

At 4.2% the unemployment rate, while still low, is up half-a-point from the beginning of the year. What's behind this increase? There is no ...

Employment Rates and Unemployment Rates by Educational ...

The unemployment rate is the percentage of persons in the civilian labor force who are not working and who made specific efforts to find employment sometime ...

Data and Statistics - Missouri Department of Labor

Unemployment Rate - 3.9% · Initial Unemployment Claims Filed - 8,989 · Minimum Wage - $12.30 per hour. · Potential OSHA Fines Avoided by Missouri Businesses - ...

Unemployment Rate: Definition & Formula | Vaia

The unemployment rate is the percentage of people in the labor force that is unemployed at any given time.

Origins of the Unemployment Rate - David Card

Most professional economists (and many non- economists) know that the unemployment rate represents the fraction of people in the labor force who are currently ...

Labor Force Home - LaborStats.Alaska.Gov

Alaska statewide unemployment rate. September 2024 - 3.9% (not seasonally adjusted) ... To view unemployment rates and labor force data for an area, click on the ...