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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 2000
5,634 2,468 2,080 1,086 4,155 1,206
976
Jan 2001
6,023 2,591 2,293 1,139 4,341 1,355
984
Feb 2001
6,089 2,664 2,309 1,116 4,484 1,260
1,044
Mar 2001
6,141 2,723 2,299 1,119 4,452 1,365
1,077
Apr 2001
6,271 2,811 2,349 1,111 4,618 1,305
1,098
May 2001
6,226 2,809 2,374 1,042 4,542 1,289
1,077
June 2001
6,484 2,914 2,440 1,130 4,743 1,368
1,135
July 2001
6,583 2,952 2,485 1,145 4,825 1,318
1,075
Aug 2001
7,042 3,182 2,685 1,175 5,108 1,501
1,131
Sept 2001
7,142 3,152 2,803 1,187 5,174 1,469
1,164
Oct 2001
7,694 3,491 2,947 1,256 5,649 1,560
1,252
Nov 2001
8,003 3,683 3,066 1,253 5,900 1,594
1,283
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
7,466 3,475 3,111 880 5,266 1,477 357 1,566
Feb 2017
7,376 3,467 3,046 863 4,986 1,603 332 1,519
Mar 2017
7,119 3,409 2,893 817 4,837 1,572 316 1,376
Apr 2017
7,196 3,287 3,009 900 4,878 1,575 323 1,420
May 2017
7,020 3,223 2,977 820 4,686 1,524 357 1,423
June 2017
6,861 3,256 2,862 743 4,736 1,416 365 1,359
July 2017
6,825 3,300 2,820 705 4,604 1,441 373 1,412
Aug 2017
7,079 3,402 2,856 820 4,822 1,513 384 1,385
Sept 2017
6,840 3,239 2,813 788 4,691 1,461 355 1,395
Oct 2017
6,620 3,156 2,644 820 4,443 1,527 296 1,358
Nov 2017
6,759 3,125 2,670 964 4,599 1,522 294 1,331
Dec 2017
6,632 3,099 2,719 814 4,614 1,393 245 1,378
Jan 2018
6,496 3,075 2,589 832 4,348 1,509 296 1,365
Feb 2018
6,590 2,976 2,739 875 4,585 1,388 287 1,368
Mar 2018
6,499 3,014 2,691 793 4,425 1,354 311 1,357
Apr 2018
6,551 3,164 2,601 786 4,544 1,315 292 1,347
May 2018
6,209 2,988 2,491 731 4,409 1,182 220 1,369
June 2018
6,432 3,098 2,677 657 4,442 1,318 338 1,304
July 2018
6,130 2,828 2,590 713 4,191 1,307 312 1,292
Aug 2018
6,167 2,914 2,548 705 4,321 1,260 298 1,332
Sept 2018
6,037 2,918 2,382 738 4,131 1,267 357 1,294
Oct 2018
6,164 2,929 2,495 741 4,217 1,324 321 1,259
Nov 2018
6,115 2,811 2,542 762 4,285 1,261 285 1,328
Dec 2018
6,379 3,000 2,600 779 4,334 1,395 335 1,289
Jan 2019
6,442 3,038 2,626 778 4,413 1,423 315 1,380
Feb 2019
6,128 2,800 2,523 805 4,057 1,449 318 1,244
Mar 2019
6,201 2,970 2,483 747 4,223 1,319 320 1,310
Apr 2019
5,995 2,882 2,346 767 4,003 1,364 235 1,183
May 2019
5,965 2,830 2,425 710 4,133 1,251 259 1,192
June 2019
5,914 2,784 2,454 676 4,159 1,222 229 1,236
July 2019
5,969 2,811 2,422 735 4,190 1,168 289 1,278
Aug 2019
6,000 2,850 2,416 735 4,371 1,073 292 1,228
Sept 2019
5,728 2,745 2,254 730 4,081 1,126 258 1,159
Oct 2019
5,922 2,774 2,402 747 4,144 1,160 305 1,223
Nov 2019
5,907 2,724 2,432 751 4,133 1,171 278 1,271
Dec 2019
5,844 2,623 2,443 778 3,997 1,302 267 1,260
Jan 2020
5,796 2,641 2,404 751 3,863 1,278 315 1,282
Feb 2020
5,717 2,695 2,330 691 3,869 1,251 257 1,326
Mar 2020
7,185 3,385 2,966 834 4,963 1,394 434 1,757
Apr 2020
23,109 10,515 10,958 1,636 17,129 3,260 1,441 5,259
May 2020
20,975 9,405 9,918 1,653 15,152 3,323 1,488 4,969
June 2020
17,697 8,317 8,158 1,222 12,464 3,069 1,406 4,178
July 2020
16,308 7,688 7,596 1,024 11,376 2,883 1,250 3,644
Aug 2020
13,542 6,558 6,061 924 9,170 2,582 1,121 3,042
Sept 2020
12,535 6,036 5,537 963 8,691 2,385 926 2,969
Oct 2020
11,049 5,492 4,721 836 7,525 2,169 784 2,575
Nov 2020
10,728 5,449 4,453 825 7,373 2,077 695 2,463
Dec 2020
10,736 5,240 4,551 946 7,505 1,994 608 2,714
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