Unemployment rates in March

April 09, 2002

The number of unemployed persons (8.1 million) and the unemployment rate (5.7 percent) were little changed in March.

Unemployment rates, March 2002 (seasonally adjusted)
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The unemployment rate for blacks increased to 10.7 percent in March. Jobless rates for the other major worker groups—adult men (5.2 percent), adult women (5.0 percent), teenagers (16.4 percent), whites (5.0 percent), and Hispanics (7.3 percent)—showed little or no change.

These data are a product of the Current Employment Statistics and Current Population Survey. Data in this article are seasonally adjusted. Find out more in "The Employment Situation: March 2002," news release USDL 02-195.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Editor's Desk, Unemployment rates in March on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2002/apr/wk2/art02.htm (visited May 19, 2013).

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