REGIONAL AND STATE UNEMPLOYMENT — 2013 ANNUAL AVERAGES The U.S. jobless rate declined by 0.7 percentage point from the prior year to 7.4 percent, and the national employment-population ratio was unchanged at 58.6 percent.
What was the unemployment rate in the US in 2012?
Bureau of Labor Statistics In August 2012, the unemployment rate edged down to 8.1 percent. Since the beginning of this year, the rate has held in a narrow range of 8.1 to 8.3 percent.
What was unemployment rate in 2016?
4.7 percent
Both the number of unemployed people and the unemployment rate were down over the year. Total unemployment declined by 353,000, to 7.6 million, in 2016. The unemployment rate declined to 4.7 percent in the fourth quarter, down by 0.3 percentage point over the year.
What’s the lowest unemployment rate in US history?
The unemployment rate has varied from as low as 1% during World War I to as high as 25% during the Great Depression. More recently, it reached notable peaks of 10.8% in November 1982 and 14.7% in April 2020.
7.0 percent
The U.S. labor market continued to improve gradually in 2013 as unemployment declined and employment expanded. In the fourth quarter of the year, 10.8 million people were unemployed and the unemployment rate was 7.0 percent, 0.8 percentage point lower than a year earlier.
What was the US unemployment rate in 2010?
9.6 percent
The U.S. jobless rate was 9.6 percent in 2010, and the national employment-population ratio was 58.5 percent. In 2010, 15 States reported annual average unemployment rates of 10.0 percent or more. Nevada recorded the highest rate, 14.9 percent, followed by Michigan, 12.5 percent, and California, 12.4 percent.
What was the US unemployment rate in 2016?
What was the unemployment rate in Ireland in 2012?
The overall employment rate in Ireland in 2012 was 58.8%, the fifth lowest in the EU and well below the EU average of 64.2%. The highest employment rate in the EU was in the Netherlands at 75.1% while the lowest was in Greece at 51.3%. The male employment rate in Ireland was 7.2 percentage points above the female rate in 2012.
What was the unemployment rate in Brazil in 2012?
The number of unemployed persons went up by 880 thousand to an all-time high of 14.81 million while those employed shrank by 529 thousand to 85.90 million.
What was the unemployment rate in October 2020?
The US unemployment rate dropped to 6.9 percent in October 2020, from the previous month’s 7.9 percent and compared with market expectations of 7.7 percent, as the number of unemployed persons fell by 1.5 million to 11.1 million and the employment rose by 2.2 million to 149.8 million.
What was the unemployment rate in February 2021?
The US unemployment rate edged down to 6.2 percent in February 2021, the lowest rate since April’s record high of 14.8 percent and below market expectations of 6.3 percent. Still, the jobless rate remained well above pre-pandemic levels.
