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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
Dec 2001
8,258 3,735 3,212 1,311 6,086 1,663
1,367
Jan 2002
8,182 3,808 3,116 1,258 6,077 1,648
1,376
Feb 2002
8,215 3,801 3,190 1,224 6,044 1,636
1,244
Mar 2002
8,304 3,815 3,193 1,296 6,027 1,728
1,325
Apr 2002
8,599 3,933 3,393 1,273 6,239 1,782
1,438
May 2002
8,399 3,827 3,316 1,256 6,157 1,704
1,256
June 2002
8,393 3,903 3,221 1,269 6,131 1,730
1,314
July 2002
8,390 3,870 3,246 1,273 6,221 1,607
1,331
Aug 2002
8,304 3,853 3,182 1,269 6,130 1,623
1,350
Sept 2002
8,251 3,849 3,150 1,251 6,103 1,623
1,337
Oct 2002
8,307 3,917 3,249 1,140 6,163 1,624
1,421
Nov 2002
8,520 4,050 3,192 1,278 6,167 1,776
1,408
Dec 2002
8,640 4,130 3,265 1,246 6,167 1,883
1,438
Jan 2003
8,520 4,111 3,142 1,267 6,194 1,728 330 1,474
Feb 2003
8,618 4,074 3,282 1,262 6,167 1,767 348 1,442
Mar 2003
8,588 3,993 3,326 1,269 6,199 1,688 393 1,471
Apr 2003
8,842 4,276 3,291 1,276 6,333 1,798 366 1,432
May 2003
8,957 4,322 3,343 1,292 6,470 1,821 335 1,489
June 2003
9,266 4,506 3,376 1,384 6,592 1,918 455 1,568
July 2003
9,011 4,402 3,307 1,303 6,525 1,810 360 1,495
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
6,505 3,095 2,592 819 4,359 1,525 290 1,359
Feb 2018
6,586 2,985 2,732 870 4,566 1,396 294 1,361
Mar 2018
6,457 3,007 2,669 782 4,383 1,368 306 1,356
Apr 2018
6,448 3,122 2,589 737 4,513 1,282 289 1,341
May 2018
6,188 2,966 2,468 754 4,390 1,193 216 1,371
June 2018
6,446 3,057 2,639 750 4,466 1,296 331 1,299
July 2018
6,173 2,796 2,608 769 4,262 1,330 306 1,298
Aug 2018
6,167 2,902 2,553 712 4,334 1,282 297 1,336
Sept 2018
6,065 2,926 2,417 722 4,131 1,257 360 1,297
Oct 2018
6,230 2,994 2,518 718 4,225 1,335 325 1,260
Nov 2018
6,132 2,831 2,568 733 4,274 1,249 295 1,338
Dec 2018
6,379 3,034 2,595 750 4,329 1,361 347 1,290
Jan 2019
6,458 3,065 2,627 765 4,427 1,440 307 1,373
Feb 2019
6,122 2,809 2,515 799 4,031 1,455 325 1,237
Mar 2019
6,166 2,967 2,463 736 4,188 1,324 313 1,309
Apr 2019
5,898 2,841 2,336 721 3,975 1,333 232 1,175
May 2019
5,935 2,799 2,400 735 4,105 1,258 254 1,198
June 2019
5,906 2,738 2,413 755 4,171 1,190 222 1,232
July 2019
5,984 2,773 2,432 779 4,233 1,199 282 1,283
Aug 2019
5,993 2,832 2,423 738 4,393 1,102 290 1,232
Sept 2019
5,766 2,755 2,296 714 4,091 1,112 262 1,165
Oct 2019
5,980 2,837 2,419 724 4,149 1,164 310 1,225
Nov 2019
5,930 2,745 2,460 725 4,131 1,151 289 1,280
Dec 2019
5,861 2,664 2,445 752 4,006 1,267 281 1,257
Jan 2020
5,826 2,679 2,409 739 3,884 1,310 306 1,267
Feb 2020
5,717 2,709 2,323 685 3,844 1,263 266 1,303
Mar 2020
7,165 3,390 2,943 832 4,933 1,395 426 1,743
Apr 2020
23,038 10,474 10,945 1,619 17,130 3,235 1,437 5,232
May 2020
20,940 9,368 9,894 1,678 15,114 3,328 1,482 4,991
June 2020
17,616 8,265 8,113 1,238 12,423 3,043 1,397 4,191
July 2020
16,288 7,636 7,597 1,055 11,402 2,887 1,242 3,673
Aug 2020
13,532 6,536 6,067 929 9,209 2,576 1,120 3,071
Sept 2020
12,584 6,046 5,584 953 8,702 2,416 932 2,987
Oct 2020
11,115 5,551 4,735 828 7,535 2,197 789 2,606
Nov 2020
10,777 5,474 4,486 818 7,392 2,111 707 2,503
Dec 2020
10,789 5,287 4,561 940 7,517 2,011 624 2,731
Jan 2021
10,180 5,006 4,311 863 7,062 1,863 676 2,473
Feb 2021
9,992 4,911 4,250 831 6,873 1,973 530 2,434
Mar 2021
9,691 4,786 4,149 756 6,614 1,925 613 2,240
Apr 2021
9,719 4,961 4,050 708 6,560 2,000 590 2,235
May 2021
9,251 4,808 3,866 578 6,289 1,872 578 2,080
June 2021
9,502 4,834 4,008 660 6,503 1,892 594 2,123
July 2021
8,671 4,410 3,628 633 5,990 1,666 552 1,895
Aug 2021
8,339 4,192 3,472 675 5,650 1,803 476 1,815
Sept 2021
7,666 3,899 3,089 678 5,194 1,608 445 1,808
Oct 2021
7,375 3,539 3,139 697 4,903 1,603 457 1,701
Nov 2021
6,802 3,272 2,876 654 4,593 1,335 419 1,547
Dec 2021
6,319 3,010 2,660 649 4,032 1,449 413 1,456
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