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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 2003
8,896 4,340 3,391 1,165 6,463 1,811 374 1,439
Sept 2003
8,921 4,279 3,389 1,252 6,353 1,852 393 1,372
Oct 2003
8,732 4,192 3,327 1,213 6,170 1,887 386 1,413
Nov 2003
8,576 4,200 3,258 1,118 6,241 1,683 319 1,406
Dec 2003
8,317 3,905 3,278 1,133 6,029 1,652 335 1,278
Jan 2004
8,370 3,878 3,269 1,223 6,046 1,733 313 1,388
Feb 2004
8,167 3,804 3,192 1,170 5,950 1,593 278 1,397
Mar 2004
8,491 3,912 3,413 1,166 6,219 1,707 265 1,451
Apr 2004
8,170 3,796 3,193 1,181 5,979 1,611 291 1,363
May 2004
8,212 3,875 3,122 1,215 5,979 1,662 284 1,333
June 2004
8,286 3,822 3,276 1,188 6,060 1,674 285 1,281
July 2004
8,136 3,739 3,122 1,275 5,732 1,834 243 1,314
Aug 2004
7,990 3,772 3,026 1,193 5,713 1,755 233 1,316
Sept 2004
7,927 3,740 3,015 1,172 5,614 1,723 285 1,325
Oct 2004
8,061 3,733 3,079 1,249 5,633 1,818 315 1,330
Nov 2004
7,932 3,714 3,035 1,183 5,613 1,801 266 1,303
Dec 2004
7,934 3,652 3,011 1,271 5,516 1,789 265 1,297
Jan 2005
7,784 3,591 3,045 1,149 5,436 1,772 263 1,168
Feb 2005
7,980 3,641 3,098 1,241 5,595 1,816 274 1,237
Mar 2005
7,737 3,487 3,018 1,231 5,425 1,756 250 1,138
Apr 2005
7,672 3,357 3,037 1,279 5,425 1,742 269 1,268
May 2005
7,651 3,312 3,057 1,281 5,383 1,713 271 1,182
June 2005
7,524 3,311 3,048 1,165 5,232 1,751 229 1,126
July 2005
7,406 3,240 3,014 1,152 5,186 1,581 316 1,077
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
6,439 3,045 2,629 764 4,432 1,436 308 1,371
Feb 2019
6,115 2,806 2,505 804 4,031 1,454 331 1,234
Mar 2019
6,182 2,972 2,470 740 4,201 1,331 321 1,318
Apr 2019
5,911 2,838 2,349 724 3,977 1,337 235 1,182
May 2019
5,941 2,806 2,393 743 4,093 1,260 263 1,191
June 2019
5,909 2,750 2,408 751 4,147 1,202 217 1,226
July 2019
6,008 2,794 2,442 773 4,225 1,204 281 1,290
Aug 2019
5,981 2,828 2,417 736 4,358 1,095 287 1,226
Sept 2019
5,775 2,758 2,306 710 4,099 1,112 261 1,164
Oct 2019
5,957 2,832 2,404 722 4,157 1,161 302 1,230
Nov 2019
5,911 2,733 2,457 722 4,125 1,148 283 1,284
Dec 2019
5,870 2,665 2,451 754 4,059 1,257 277 1,254
Jan 2020
5,804 2,656 2,410 738 3,890 1,307 307 1,263
Feb 2020
5,708 2,705 2,312 692 3,846 1,262 273 1,302
Mar 2020
7,184 3,395 2,951 838 4,950 1,401 435 1,750
Apr 2020
23,050 10,471 10,959 1,619 17,129 3,225 1,440 5,241
May 2020
20,939 9,376 9,886 1,678 15,097 3,343 1,491 4,982
June 2020
17,624 8,280 8,107 1,238 12,399 3,070 1,392 4,182
July 2020
16,324 7,659 7,609 1,055 11,393 2,891 1,241 3,678
Aug 2020
13,521 6,531 6,060 929 9,168 2,570 1,116 3,063
Sept 2020
12,599 6,050 5,596 953 8,719 2,414 930 2,988
Oct 2020
11,090 5,544 4,717 828 7,541 2,205 781 2,608
Nov 2020
10,760 5,460 4,482 818 7,386 2,100 701 2,507
Dec 2020
10,795 5,288 4,567 940 7,569 2,003 618 2,728
Jan 2021
10,155 4,980 4,313 862 7,068 1,862 677 2,460
Feb 2021
9,982 4,907 4,237 838 6,873 1,972 538 2,444
Mar 2021
9,712 4,792 4,158 762 6,632 1,946 624 2,248
Apr 2021
9,737 4,958 4,066 712 6,560 2,025 593 2,248
May 2021
9,257 4,817 3,856 584 6,275 1,869 589 2,076
June 2021
9,508 4,851 4,002 656 6,472 1,911 589 2,116
July 2021
8,704 4,436 3,641 627 5,979 1,673 551 1,898
Aug 2021
8,324 4,186 3,465 673 5,604 1,782 472 1,798
Sept 2021
7,677 3,902 3,103 671 5,203 1,605 443 1,826
Oct 2021
7,345 3,531 3,119 696 4,913 1,591 447 1,696
Nov 2021
6,780 3,256 2,872 652 4,585 1,329 412 1,553
Dec 2021
6,329 3,010 2,667 652 4,096 1,428 406 1,436
Jan 2022
6,511 3,190 2,645 676 4,293 1,450 382 1,479
Feb 2022
6,272 2,971 2,672 628 4,175 1,388 318 1,357
Mar 2022
5,972 2,877 2,462 634 4,021 1,304 299 1,274
Apr 2022
5,968 2,963 2,365 640 4,074 1,249 332 1,278
May 2022
5,979 2,834 2,489 656 4,052 1,339 263 1,352
June 2022
5,945 2,818 2,441 686 4,121 1,245 326 1,331
July 2022
5,718 2,720 2,297 701 3,885 1,274 285 1,218
Aug 2022
6,021 2,929 2,422 670 4,022 1,344 305 1,395
Sept 2022
5,770 2,786 2,272 712 3,856 1,244 274 1,211
Oct 2022
6,053 2,829 2,534 690 4,117 1,259 325 1,295
Nov 2022
6,000 2,827 2,444 729 4,094 1,226 291 1,218
Dec 2022
5,722 2,661 2,398 662 3,852 1,229 265 1,281
Jan 2023
5,694 2,760 2,275 658 3,924 1,162 313 1,416
Feb 2023
5,936 2,803 2,417 716 4,017 1,239 386 1,655
Mar 2023
5,839 2,880 2,328 631 4,102 1,114 323 1,446
Apr 2023
5,657 2,778 2,293 586 3,950 1,025 323 1,404
May 2023
6,097 2,961 2,486 650 4,161 1,234 335 1,283
June 2023
5,957 2,906 2,360 691 3,917 1,292 363 1,372
July 2023
5,841 2,817 2,328 696 3,936 1,255 267 1,416
Aug 2023
6,355 3,157 2,419 779 4,405 1,150 355 1,557
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