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Civilian unemployment, seasonally adjusted
Month
Total
Men, 20 years and over
Women, 20 years and over
16 to 19 years old
White
Black or African American
Asian
Hispanic or Latino
Aug 2005
7,345 3,322 2,860 1,163 5,156 1,670 245 1,149
Sept 2005
7,553 3,431 3,014 1,108 5,416 1,600 284 1,274
Oct 2005
7,453 3,301 3,003 1,148 5,438 1,569 212 1,200
Nov 2005
7,566 3,318 3,015 1,233 5,237 1,829 238 1,242
Dec 2005
7,279 3,284 2,931 1,064 5,185 1,566 252 1,239
Jan 2006
7,064 3,124 2,850 1,090 5,097 1,503 200 1,131
Feb 2006
7,184 3,228 2,840 1,116 5,107 1,633 198 1,104
Mar 2006
7,072 3,144 2,746 1,182 4,950 1,648 234 1,064
Apr 2006
7,120 3,241 2,823 1,055 5,040 1,621 261 1,125
May 2006
6,980 3,239 2,730 1,011 5,019 1,507 220 1,039
June 2006
7,001 3,083 2,751 1,167 5,030 1,522 206 1,078
July 2006
7,175 3,191 2,822 1,162 5,057 1,652 161 1,070
Aug 2006
7,091 3,207 2,720 1,164 5,107 1,527 202 1,095
Sept 2006
6,847 2,902 2,776 1,170 4,848 1,560 203 1,135
Oct 2006
6,727 3,012 2,610 1,105 4,824 1,471 193 1,011
Nov 2006
6,872 3,088 2,697 1,087 4,919 1,494 214 1,076
Dec 2006
6,762 3,079 2,616 1,067 4,918 1,452 168 1,064
Jan 2007
7,116 3,318 2,727 1,071 5,214 1,398 213 1,184
Feb 2007
6,927 3,282 2,579 1,065 5,066 1,410 178 1,093
Mar 2007
6,731 3,124 2,554 1,054 4,771 1,457 212 1,079
Apr 2007
6,850 3,156 2,585 1,108 4,971 1,443 246 1,204
May 2007
6,766 3,115 2,556 1,095 4,871 1,439 228 1,249
June 2007
6,979 3,178 2,640 1,161 5,067 1,477 191 1,188
July 2007
7,149 3,275 2,813 1,061 5,232 1,417 188 1,268
Aug 2007
7,067 3,210 2,793 1,065 5,245 1,334 249 1,190
Sept 2007
7,170 3,284 2,770 1,116 5,266 1,410 237 1,283
Oct 2007
7,237 3,356 2,800 1,081 5,182 1,490 272 1,242
Nov 2007
7,240 3,282 2,814 1,144 5,260 1,490 262 1,282
Dec 2007
7,645 3,501 2,964 1,180 5,537 1,576 268 1,389
Jan 2008
7,685 3,538 2,901 1,245 5,583 1,605 224 1,363
Feb 2008
7,497 3,491 2,871 1,135 5,511 1,479 205 1,344
Mar 2008
7,822 3,671 3,056 1,094 5,618 1,628 257 1,504
Apr 2008
7,637 3,647 2,886 1,105 5,552 1,526 252 1,557
May 2008
8,395 3,859 3,171 1,365 6,040 1,700 297 1,523
June 2008
8,575 4,021 3,224 1,331 6,232 1,673 300 1,678
July 2008
8,937 4,284 3,223 1,430 6,528 1,772 272 1,660
Aug 2008
9,438 4,482 3,692 1,264 6,849 1,897 329 1,784
Sept 2008
9,494 4,796 3,390 1,308 6,798 2,011 290 1,777
Oct 2008
10,074 5,013 3,704 1,358 7,423 2,022 280 1,949
Nov 2008
10,538 5,280 3,918 1,340 7,813 2,036 342 1,928
Dec 2008
11,286 5,831 4,099 1,355 8,428 2,153 366 2,090
Jan 2009
12,058 6,259 4,435 1,364 8,958 2,259 427 2,221
Feb 2009
12,898 6,746 4,667 1,486 9,535 2,423 476 2,507
Mar 2009
13,426 7,104 4,882 1,440 10,118 2,394 457 2,613
Apr 2009
13,853 7,494 4,923 1,436 10,240 2,660 487 2,550
May 2009
14,499 7,796 5,168 1,535 10,778 2,648 502 2,742
June 2009
14,707 7,822 5,264 1,621 10,966 2,620 575 2,704
July 2009
14,601 7,725 5,311 1,564 10,912 2,630 590 2,817
Aug 2009
14,814 7,905 5,330 1,579 11,172 2,606 549 2,912
Sept 2009
15,009 7,962 5,425 1,622 11,208 2,678 542 2,825
Oct 2009
15,352 8,196 5,499 1,657 11,566 2,773 541 2,869
Nov 2009
15,219 8,106 5,469 1,645 11,483 2,776 513 2,805
Dec 2009
15,098 7,957 5,519 1,622 11,225 2,833 603 2,878
Jan 2010
15,046 8,049 5,431 1,565 10,975 2,932 581 2,930
Feb 2010
15,113 8,064 5,501 1,548 11,187 2,850 579 2,879
Mar 2010
15,202 8,032 5,576 1,595 11,117 3,013 543 2,931
Apr 2010
15,325 8,068 5,711 1,546 11,334 2,976 512 2,830
May 2010
14,849 7,679 5,573 1,598 10,928 2,777 566 2,722
June 2010
14,474 7,668 5,323 1,483 10,703 2,705 538 2,783
July 2010
14,512 7,566 5,442 1,503 10,635 2,781 577 2,772
Aug 2010
14,648 7,637 5,503 1,508 10,790 2,846 534 2,731
Sept 2010
14,579 7,578 5,520 1,482 10,729 2,850 478 2,827
Oct 2010
14,516 7,370 5,538 1,608 10,705 2,798 529 2,801
Nov 2010
15,081 7,804 5,831 1,445 11,152 2,915 555 2,941
Dec 2010
14,348 7,394 5,498 1,456 10,596 2,784 527 2,952
Jan 2011
14,013 7,102 5,410 1,500 10,131 2,809 501 2,796
Feb 2011
13,820 7,005 5,444 1,371 10,052 2,765 490 2,650
Mar 2011
13,737 6,951 5,379 1,408 9,905 2,807 536 2,629
Apr 2011
13,957 7,057 5,495 1,405 10,068 2,944 478 2,698
May 2011
13,855 6,996 5,520 1,340 9,905 2,883 535 2,631
June 2011
13,962 7,086 5,487 1,389 10,046 2,881 476 2,614
July 2011
13,763 6,974 5,400 1,389 9,896 2,816 542 2,558
Aug 2011
13,818 6,910 5,455 1,453 9,864 2,942 525 2,573
Sept 2011
13,948 6,860 5,674 1,414 9,870 2,894 592 2,595
Oct 2011
13,594 6,807 5,390 1,396 9,913 2,634 557 2,625
Nov 2011
13,302 6,546 5,359 1,397 9,571 2,800 477 2,600
Dec 2011
13,093 6,375 5,383 1,335 9,341 2,797 512 2,580
Jan 2012
12,797 6,129 5,313 1,355 9,192 2,464 546 2,566
Feb 2012
12,813 6,126 5,311 1,376 9,149 2,574 498 2,639
Mar 2012
12,713 6,112 5,161 1,440 9,045 2,575 513 2,551
Apr 2012
12,646 6,008 5,182 1,456 9,197 2,423 427 2,499
May 2012
12,660 6,097 5,145 1,418 9,132 2,471 442 2,665
June 2012
12,692 6,151 5,172 1,369 9,043 2,696 493 2,680
July 2012
12,656 6,075 5,179 1,402 9,005 2,621 489 2,490
Aug 2012
12,471 5,981 5,081 1,409 8,916 2,533 484 2,456
Sept 2012
12,115 5,811 4,928 1,376 8,665 2,489 406 2,385
Oct 2012
12,124 5,767 4,961 1,396 8,570 2,632 406 2,449
Nov 2012
12,005 5,706 4,896 1,403 8,440 2,446 529 2,421
Dec 2012
12,298 5,742 5,166 1,390 8,584 2,580 563 2,357
Jan 2013
12,471 6,016 5,052 1,403 8,801 2,558 539 2,380
Feb 2013
11,950 5,609 4,871 1,470 8,345 2,576 514 2,400
Mar 2013
11,689 5,512 4,808 1,368 8,243 2,414 434 2,257
Apr 2013
11,760 5,708 4,648 1,403 8,283 2,472 447 2,204
May 2013
11,654 5,692 4,534 1,427 8,263 2,502 380 2,248
June 2013
11,751 5,625 4,785 1,341 8,224 2,653 406 2,247
July 2013
11,335 5,557 4,412 1,367 8,050 2,347 455 2,345
Aug 2013
11,279 5,655 4,327 1,296 7,874 2,370 436 2,303
Sept 2013
11,270 5,652 4,374 1,243 7,790 2,430 468 2,190
Oct 2013
11,136 5,471 4,400 1,265 7,718 2,370 460 2,254
Nov 2013
10,787 5,292 4,311 1,185 7,544 2,270 456 2,180
Dec 2013
10,404 4,985 4,271 1,148 7,277 2,199 374 2,072
Jan 2014
10,202 4,979 4,094 1,129 7,011 2,250 414 2,072
Feb 2014
10,349 5,029 4,158 1,162 7,130 2,211 519 2,059
Mar 2014
10,380 4,859 4,347 1,174 7,127 2,268 489 1,981
Apr 2014
9,702 4,671 3,955 1,076 6,515 2,170 517 1,816
May 2014
9,859 4,740 4,038 1,081 6,684 2,134 499 1,939
June 2014
9,460 4,585 3,732 1,143 6,566 2,070 410 1,971
July 2014
9,608 4,531 3,920 1,158 6,485 2,212 362 1,963
Aug 2014
9,599 4,602 3,908 1,089 6,514 2,148 395 1,896
Sept 2014
9,262 4,258 3,866 1,138 6,275 2,095 383 1,732
Oct 2014
8,990 4,062 3,820 1,108 5,998 2,020 447 1,760
Nov 2014
9,090 4,365 3,727 998 6,162 2,075 419 1,703
Dec 2014
8,717 4,203 3,546 968 5,838 2,015 385 1,641
Jan 2015
8,885 4,269 3,542 1,073 6,023 1,951 356 1,745
Feb 2015
8,599 4,179 3,453 967 5,853 1,923 359 1,758
Mar 2015
8,515 4,074 3,431 1,010 5,878 1,885 286 1,761
Apr 2015
8,550 4,068 3,494 987 5,824 1,889 400 1,790
May 2015
8,834 4,179 3,618 1,037 5,947 1,999 379 1,779
June 2015
8,247 3,904 3,325 1,018 5,643 1,875 351 1,767
July 2015
8,167 3,847 3,400 920 5,608 1,760 358 1,800
Aug 2015
7,992 3,788 3,255 949 5,414 1,819 307 1,732
Sept 2015
7,907 3,765 3,217 925 5,367 1,806 319 1,622
Oct 2015
7,922 3,771 3,256 894 5,417 1,741 314 1,661
Nov 2015
8,000 3,836 3,302 862 5,456 1,830 359 1,674
Dec 2015
7,907 3,764 3,193 950 5,462 1,656 379 1,628
Jan 2016
7,627 3,492 3,207 927 5,214 1,661 333 1,561
Feb 2016
7,702 3,615 3,184 903 5,222 1,686 355 1,467
Mar 2016
7,961 3,668 3,358 935 5,393 1,735 372 1,492
Apr 2016
8,067 3,823 3,291 953 5,500 1,704 364 1,643
May 2016
7,652 3,611 3,100 940 5,231 1,592 385 1,513
June 2016
7,744 3,669 3,157 918 5,393 1,700 346 1,602
July 2016
7,641 3,809 2,935 896 5,294 1,603 370 1,449
Aug 2016
7,784 3,676 3,160 948 5,434 1,577 395 1,521
Sept 2016
7,953 3,831 3,161 962 5,460 1,692 370 1,688
Oct 2016
7,811 3,753 3,130 929 5,446 1,686 333 1,537
Nov 2016
7,553 3,568 3,070 915 5,267 1,640 295 1,513
Dec 2016
7,521 3,579 3,067 875 5,271 1,596 265 1,571
Jan 2017
7,468 3,487 3,116 865 5,275 1,505 351 1,560
Feb 2017
7,379 3,477 3,045 856 4,978 1,599 337 1,512
Mar 2017
7,073 3,403 2,864 806 4,798 1,564 312 1,376
Apr 2017
7,089 3,239 2,988 862 4,860 1,552 320 1,415
May 2017
7,000 3,210 2,954 836 4,672 1,547 353 1,425
June 2017
6,873 3,222 2,833 819 4,754 1,388 359 1,355
July 2017
6,892 3,271 2,849 772 4,693 1,467 367 1,415
Aug 2017
7,082 3,395 2,863 825 4,827 1,537 383 1,386
Sept 2017
6,854 3,242 2,838 774 4,684 1,454 358 1,399
Oct 2017
6,700 3,223 2,670 807 4,466 1,533 300 1,362
Nov 2017
6,774 3,139 2,690 946 4,584 1,511 302 1,340
Dec 2017
6,632 3,131 2,714 787 4,608 1,361 256 1,378
Jan 2018
6,489 3,078 2,593 818 4,364 1,521 290 1,357
Feb 2018
6,581 2,983 2,723 875 4,565 1,396 300 1,359
Mar 2018
6,472 3,011 2,674 786 4,394 1,371 313 1,365
Apr 2018
6,459 3,120 2,599 740 4,515 1,284 292 1,347
May 2018
6,196 2,972 2,461 763 4,381 1,193 223 1,367
June 2018
6,447 3,067 2,634 746 4,445 1,304 326 1,290
July 2018
6,195 2,813 2,617 764 4,255 1,333 304 1,298
Aug 2018
6,156 2,898 2,548 710 4,304 1,275 294 1,330
Sept 2018
6,073 2,929 2,426 717 4,138 1,256 359 1,300
Oct 2018
6,211 2,990 2,504 717 4,233 1,335 319 1,264
Nov 2018
6,115 2,820 2,565 731 4,269 1,245 290 1,341
Dec 2018
6,389 3,036 2,600 753 4,374 1,353 344 1,287
Jan 2019
6,475 3,040 2,651 784 4,448 1,451 312 1,386
Feb 2019
6,136 2,801 2,532 804 4,039 1,469 327 1,217
Mar 2019
6,202 2,958 2,494 750 4,195 1,362 315 1,351
Apr 2019
5,961 2,847 2,374 740 3,998 1,382 231 1,193
May 2019
5,930 2,791 2,400 739 4,089 1,250 264 1,207
June 2019
5,935 2,782 2,404 749 4,167 1,185 209 1,238
July 2019
6,061 2,855 2,438 767 4,271 1,185 288 1,319
Aug 2019
5,945 2,825 2,397 723 4,324 1,096 293 1,200
Sept 2019
5,753 2,738 2,302 713 4,074 1,096 265 1,130
Oct 2019
5,871 2,818 2,349 704 4,123 1,145 305 1,220
Nov 2019
5,868 2,713 2,435 720 4,118 1,134 281 1,279
Dec 2019
5,853 2,659 2,440 754 4,057 1,255 276 1,243
Jan 2020
5,869 2,666 2,448 755 3,913 1,332 314 1,262
Feb 2020
5,753 2,731 2,333 690 3,869 1,276 268 1,315
Mar 2020
7,206 3,393 2,968 846 4,962 1,426 435 1,781
Apr 2020
23,084 10,475 10,990 1,619 17,141 3,296 1,442 5,256
May 2020
20,929 9,348 9,903 1,678 15,093 3,325 1,496 4,991
June 2020
17,652 8,319 8,095 1,238 12,414 3,070 1,378 4,186
July 2020
16,352 7,704 7,593 1,055 11,415 2,876 1,247 3,679
Aug 2020
13,461 6,497 6,035 929 9,116 2,580 1,114 3,008
Sept 2020
12,554 5,996 5,605 953 8,686 2,396 929 2,954
Oct 2020
11,072 5,578 4,666 828 7,515 2,195 781 2,578
Nov 2020
10,694 5,420 4,456 818 7,390 2,073 698 2,494
Dec 2020
10,770 5,269 4,560 940 7,581 2,004 622 2,720
Jan 2021
10,236 4,998 4,355 884 7,097 1,892 685 2,461
Feb 2021
9,995 4,909 4,255 831 6,898 1,995 531 2,492
Mar 2021
9,756 4,816 4,173 766 6,646 1,979 624 2,323
Apr 2021
9,762 4,925 4,099 739 6,585 2,106 596 2,315
May 2021
9,266 4,812 3,873 582 6,273 1,845 594 2,111
June 2021
9,462 4,814 3,989 660 6,500 1,888 575 2,140
July 2021
8,731 4,479 3,626 625 6,001 1,647 558 1,898
Aug 2021
8,276 4,180 3,440 657 5,538 1,788 469 1,775
Sept 2021
7,652 3,865 3,117 669 5,177 1,597 442 1,845
Oct 2021
7,279 3,536 3,068 675 4,868 1,575 447 1,681
Nov 2021
6,751 3,253 2,847 651 4,582 1,305 409 1,511
Dec 2021
6,398 3,083 2,661 654 4,107 1,429 411 1,389
Jan 2022
6,512 3,128 2,690 694 4,316 1,477 390 1,424
Feb 2022
6,301 2,994 2,685 622 4,200 1,404 310 1,331
Mar 2022
6,014 2,901 2,475 638 4,034 1,330 300 1,286
Apr 2022
6,002 2,939 2,398 665 4,100 1,296 336 1,282
May 2022
5,983 2,828 2,503 652 4,049 1,320 269 1,348
June 2022
5,951 2,835 2,426 690 4,155 1,227 312 1,332
July 2022
5,768 2,788 2,281 699 3,905 1,251 292 1,210
Aug 2022
5,919 2,871 2,396 652 3,951 1,350 302 1,378
Sept 2022
5,792 2,791 2,290 711 3,828 1,239 273 1,209
Oct 2022
5,964 2,811 2,486 668 4,068 1,244 326 1,302
Nov 2022
5,943 2,794 2,420 728 4,090 1,199 288 1,220
Dec 2022
5,766 2,708 2,393 665 3,863 1,230 269 1,306
Jan 2023
5,747 2,766 2,316 665 3,946 1,180 327 1,439
Feb 2023
5,962 2,817 2,431 714 4,059 1,264 388 1,738
Mar 2023
5,839 2,876 2,335 628 4,135 1,114 327 1,480
Apr 2023
5,751 2,828 2,323 599 3,974 1,047 328 1,399
May 2023
6,089 2,925 2,515 649 4,177 1,239 343 1,281
June 2023
5,958 2,912 2,344 703 3,936 1,293 350 1,364
July 2023
5,920 2,906 2,309 706 3,948 1,248 268 1,395
Aug 2023
6,284 3,102 2,401 780 4,353 1,151 352 1,530
Sept 2023
6,326 3,239 2,354 732 4,352 1,254 326 1,478
Oct 2023
6,479 3,177 2,436 866 4,407 1,285 351 1,531
Nov 2023
6,254 3,168 2,347 739 4,224 1,275 404 1,461
Dec 2023
6,315 3,084 2,473 758 4,445 1,149 359 1,604
Jan 2024
6,149 3,067 2,405 677 4,312 1,169 337 1,605
Feb 2024
6,462 2,999 2,655 808 4,376 1,248 393 1,654
Mar 2024
6,497 2,933 2,721 843 4,341 1,423 296 1,461
Apr 2024
6,492 3,060 2,651 781 4,487 1,244 329 1,588
May 2024
6,635 3,214 2,595 827 4,467 1,348 367 1,631
June 2024
6,849 3,261 2,788 800 4,470 1,381 486 1,628
July 2024
7,097 3,418 2,878 801 4,852 1,385 432 1,751
Aug 2024
7,071 3,367 2,813 891 4,878 1,344 483 1,803
Sept 2024
6,901 3,258 2,713 930 4,681 1,262 478 1,688
Oct 2024
6,972 3,339 2,764 868 4,845 1,266 466 1,688
Nov 2024
7,121 3,348 2,932 841 4,854 1,396 441 1,743
Dec 2024
6,886 3,206 2,859 821 4,614 1,331 413 1,713
Jan 2025
6,849 3,264 2,822 763 4,557 1,386 453 1,623
Feb 2025
7,052 3,283 2,910 858 4,822 1,339 399 1,782
Mar 2025
7,083 3,324 2,838 921 4,776 1,370 441 1,752
Apr 2025
7,166 3,451 2,862 853 4,952 1,399 385 1,795
May 2025
7,237 3,383 2,989 866 4,934 1,332 461 1,770
June 2025
7,015 3,378 2,732 905 4,615 1,511 447 1,632
July 2025
7,236 3,450 2,836 950 4,764 1,587 494 1,727
Aug 2025
7,384 3,586 2,939 859 4,806 1,687 452 1,820
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