November 10, 2009 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Unemployment in October 2009

Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, January 1980�October 2009
Month	Unemployment rate
Jan 1980	6.3
Feb 1980	6.3
Mar 1980	6.3
Apr 1980	6.9
May 1980	7.5
Jun 1980	7.6
Jul 1980	7.8
Aug 1980	7.7
Sep 1980	7.5
Oct 1980	7.5
Nov 1980	7.5
Dec 1980	7.2
Jan 1981	7.5
Feb 1981	7.4
Mar 1981	7.4
Apr 1981	7.2
May 1981	7.5
Jun 1981	7.5
Jul 1981	7.2
Aug 1981	7.4
Sep 1981	7.6
Oct 1981	7.9
Nov 1981	8.3
Dec 1981	8.5
Jan 1982	8.6
Feb 1982	8.9
Mar 1982	9.0
Apr 1982	9.3
May 1982	9.4
Jun 1982	9.6
Jul 1982	9.8
Aug 1982	9.8
Sep 1982	10.1
Oct 1982	10.4
Nov 1982	10.8
Dec 1982	10.8
Jan 1983	10.4
Feb 1983	10.4
Mar 1983	10.3
Apr 1983	10.2
May 1983	10.1
Jun 1983	10.1
Jul 1983	9.4
Aug 1983	9.5
Sep 1983	9.2
Oct 1983	8.8
Nov 1983	8.5
Dec 1983	8.3
Jan 1984	8.0
Feb 1984	7.8
Mar 1984	7.8
Apr 1984	7.7
May 1984	7.4
Jun 1984	7.2
Jul 1984	7.5
Aug 1984	7.5
Sep 1984	7.3
Oct 1984	7.4
Nov 1984	7.2
Dec 1984	7.3
Jan 1985	7.3
Feb 1985	7.2
Mar 1985	7.2
Apr 1985	7.3
May 1985	7.2
Jun 1985	7.4
Jul 1985	7.4
Aug 1985	7.1
Sep 1985	7.1
Oct 1985	7.1
Nov 1985	7.0
Dec 1985	7.0
Jan 1986	6.7
Feb 1986	7.2
Mar 1986	7.2
Apr 1986	7.1
May 1986	7.2
Jun 1986	7.2
Jul 1986	7.0
Aug 1986	6.9
Sep 1986	7.0
Oct 1986	7.0
Nov 1986	6.9
Dec 1986	6.6
Jan 1987	6.6
Feb 1987	6.6
Mar 1987	6.6
Apr 1987	6.3
May 1987	6.3
Jun 1987	6.2
Jul 1987	6.1
Aug 1987	6.0
Sep 1987	5.9
Oct 1987	6.0
Nov 1987	5.8
Dec 1987	5.7
Jan 1988	5.7
Feb 1988	5.7
Mar 1988	5.7
Apr 1988	5.4
May 1988	5.6
Jun 1988	5.4
Jul 1988	5.4
Aug 1988	5.6
Sep 1988	5.4
Oct 1988	5.4
Nov 1988	5.3
Dec 1988	5.3
Jan 1989	5.4
Feb 1989	5.2
Mar 1989	5.0
Apr 1989	5.2
May 1989	5.2
Jun 1989	5.3
Jul 1989	5.2
Aug 1989	5.2
Sep 1989	5.3
Oct 1989	5.3
Nov 1989	5.4
Dec 1989	5.4
Jan 1990	5.4
Feb 1990	5.3
Mar 1990	5.2
Apr 1990	5.4
May 1990	5.4
Jun 1990	5.2
Jul 1990	5.5
Aug 1990	5.7
Sep 1990	5.9
Oct 1990	5.9
Nov 1990	6.2
Dec 1990	6.3
Jan 1991	6.4
Feb 1991	6.6
Mar 1991	6.8
Apr 1991	6.7
May 1991	6.9
Jun 1991	6.9
Jul 1991	6.8
Aug 1991	6.9
Sep 1991	6.9
Oct 1991	7.0
Nov 1991	7.0
Dec 1991	7.3
Jan 1992	7.3
Feb 1992	7.4
Mar 1992	7.4
Apr 1992	7.4
May 1992	7.6
Jun 1992	7.8
Jul 1992	7.7
Aug 1992	7.6
Sep 1992	7.6
Oct 1992	7.3
Nov 1992	7.4
Dec 1992	7.4
Jan 1993	7.3
Feb 1993	7.1
Mar 1993	7.0
Apr 1993	7.1
May 1993	7.1
Jun 1993	7.0
Jul 1993	6.9
Aug 1993	6.8
Sep 1993	6.7
Oct 1993	6.8
Nov 1993	6.6
Dec 1993	6.5
Jan 1994	6.6
Feb 1994	6.6
Mar 1994	6.5
Apr 1994	6.4
May 1994	6.1
Jun 1994	6.1
Jul 1994	6.1
Aug 1994	6.0
Sep 1994	5.9
Oct 1994	5.8
Nov 1994	5.6
Dec 1994	5.5
Jan 1995	5.6
Feb 1995	5.4
Mar 1995	5.4
Apr 1995	5.8
May 1995	5.6
Jun 1995	5.6
Jul 1995	5.7
Aug 1995	5.7
Sep 1995	5.6
Oct 1995	5.5
Nov 1995	5.6
Dec 1995	5.6
Jan 1996	5.6
Feb 1996	5.5
Mar 1996	5.5
Apr 1996	5.6
May 1996	5.6
Jun 1996	5.3
Jul 1996	5.5
Aug 1996	5.1
Sep 1996	5.2
Oct 1996	5.2
Nov 1996	5.4
Dec 1996	5.4
Jan 1997	5.3
Feb 1997	5.2
Mar 1997	5.2
Apr 1997	5.1
May 1997	4.9
Jun 1997	5.0
Jul 1997	4.9
Aug 1997	4.8
Sep 1997	4.9
Oct 1997	4.7
Nov 1997	4.6
Dec 1997	4.7
Jan 1998	4.6
Feb 1998	4.6
Mar 1998	4.7
Apr 1998	4.3
May 1998	4.4
Jun 1998	4.5
Jul 1998	4.5
Aug 1998	4.5
Sep 1998	4.6
Oct 1998	4.5
Nov 1998	4.4
Dec 1998	4.4
Jan 1999	4.3
Feb 1999	4.4
Mar 1999	4.2
Apr 1999	4.3
May 1999	4.2
Jun 1999	4.3
Jul 1999	4.3
Aug 1999	4.2
Sep 1999	4.2
Oct 1999	4.1
Nov 1999	4.1
Dec 1999	4.0
Jan 2000	4.0
Feb 2000	4.1
Mar 2000	4.0
Apr 2000	3.8
May 2000	4.0
Jun 2000	4.0
Jul 2000	4.0
Aug 2000	4.1
Sep 2000	3.9
Oct 2000	3.9
Nov 2000	3.9
Dec 2000	3.9
Jan 2001	4.2
Feb 2001	4.2
Mar 2001	4.3
Apr 2001	4.4
May 2001	4.3
Jun 2001	4.5
Jul 2001	4.6
Aug 2001	4.9
Sep 2001	5.0
Oct 2001	5.3
Nov 2001	5.5
Dec 2001	5.7
Jan 2002	5.7
Feb 2002	5.7
Mar 2002	5.7
Apr 2002	5.9
May 2002	5.8
Jun 2002	5.8
Jul 2002	5.8
Aug 2002	5.7
Sep 2002	5.7
Oct 2002	5.7
Nov 2002	5.9
Dec 2002	6.0
Jan 2003	5.8
Feb 2003	5.9
Mar 2003	5.9
Apr 2003	6.0
May 2003	6.1
Jun 2003	6.3
Jul 2003	6.2
Aug 2003	6.1
Sep 2003	6.1
Oct 2003	6.0
Nov 2003	5.8
Dec 2003	5.7
Jan 2004	5.7
Feb 2004	5.6
Mar 2004	5.8
Apr 2004	5.6
May 2004	5.6
Jun 2004	5.6
Jul 2004	5.5
Aug 2004	5.4
Sep 2004	5.4
Oct 2004	5.5
Nov 2004	5.4
Dec 2004	5.4
Jan 2005	5.2
Feb 2005	5.4
Mar 2005	5.2
Apr 2005	5.2
May 2005	5.1
Jun 2005	5.1
Jul 2005	5.0
Aug 2005	4.9
Sep 2005	5.0
Oct 2005	5.0
Nov 2005	5.0
Dec 2005	4.8
Jan 2006	4.7
Feb 2006	4.8
Mar 2006	4.7
Apr 2006	4.7
May 2006	4.7
Jun 2006	4.6
Jul 2006	4.7
Aug 2006	4.7
Sep 2006	4.5
Oct 2006	4.4
Nov 2006	4.5
Dec 2006	4.4
Jan 2007	4.6
Feb 2007	4.5
Mar 2007	4.4
Apr 2007	4.5
May 2007	4.5
Jun 2007	4.6
Jul 2007	4.7
Aug 2007	4.7
Sep 2007	4.7
Oct 2007	4.8
Nov 2007	4.7
Dec 2007	4.9
Jan 2008	4.9
Feb 2008	4.8
Mar 2008	5.1
Apr 2008	5.0
May 2008	5.5
Jun 2008	5.6
Jul 2008	5.8
Aug 2008	6.2
Sep 2008	6.2
Oct 2008	6.6
Nov 2008	6.8
Dec 2008	7.2
Jan 2009	7.6
Feb 2009	8.1
Mar 2009	8.5
Apr 2009	8.9
May 2009	9.4
Jun 2009	9.5
Jul 2009	9.4
Aug 2009	9.7
Sep 2009	9.8
Oct 2009	10.2

These data featured in the TED article, Unemployment in October 2009.

Duration of unemployment, percent distribution, January 1980�October 2009
Month	Percent of unemployed by unemployment duration
Month	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	15 to 26 weeks	27 weeks and over
Jan 1980	48.5	31.1	12.1	8.3
Feb 1980	46.8	32.9	12.7	7.6
Mar 1980	45.4	33.3	12.2	9.1
Apr 1980	45.3	32.0	13.5	9.3
May 1980	46.3	32.2	12.6	8.9
Jun 1980	42.4	35.8	12.3	9.6
Jul 1980	41.8	34.1	13.4	10.7
Aug 1980	41.5	32.3	15.0	11.3
Sep 1980	39.0	32.4	16.6	12.0
Oct 1980	40.0	31.5	15.4	13.1
Nov 1980	39.5	31.3	15.0	14.2
Dec 1980	40.0	28.9	16.3	14.8
Jan 1981	41.3	29.0	14.0	15.7
Feb 1981	40.9	30.0	13.7	15.5
Mar 1981	41.4	30.2	13.2	15.2
Apr 1981	40.6	31.0	14.0	14.4
May 1981	41.5	31.5	13.0	14.0
Jun 1981	41.8	30.1	14.1	14.0
Jul 1981	42.0	30.6	13.7	13.8
Aug 1981	41.3	30.9	13.4	14.5
Sep 1981	42.2	30.5	13.9	13.5
Oct 1981	42.4	30.8	13.6	13.2
Nov 1981	42.5	31.3	13.4	12.7
Dec 1981	42.4	32.1	12.9	12.6
Jan 1982	41.7	32.7	13.0	12.6
Feb 1982	39.3	32.2	15.3	13.2
Mar 1982	39.1	31.2	16.1	13.6
Apr 1982	38.5	31.4	15.4	14.6
May 1982	37.2	31.5	15.9	15.5
Jun 1982	34.4	32.6	15.9	17.0
Jul 1982	36.4	30.6	16.1	16.8
Aug 1982	35.6	30.6	16.7	17.0
Sep 1982	34.9	30.8	16.5	17.8
Oct 1982	33.6	30.1	16.8	19.5
Nov 1982	33.2	29.4	17.9	19.5
Dec 1982	32.8	28.5	17.4	21.3
Jan 1983	31.4	28.5	17.2	22.9
Feb 1983	32.2	27.5	16.7	23.5
Mar 1983	31.1	28.0	16.6	24.4
Apr 1983	32.1	28.2	15.1	24.6
May 1983	32.0	27.0	16.2	24.9
Jun 1983	33.3	26.4	14.3	26.0
Jul 1983	32.6	26.6	16.4	24.5
Aug 1983	33.8	28.3	14.3	23.6
Sep 1983	36.2	26.7	13.6	23.5
Oct 1983	35.4	27.7	13.9	23.1
Nov 1983	35.1	27.8	14.4	22.7
Dec 1983	36.9	26.9	14.1	22.0
Jan 1984	36.4	27.8	13.3	22.4
Feb 1984	37.8	28.2	13.1	20.8
Mar 1984	38.3	28.7	12.6	20.4
Apr 1984	38.7	28.3	12.6	20.3
May 1984	37.5	28.3	14.1	20.0
Jun 1984	40.0	27.9	12.7	19.3
Jul 1984	39.9	29.1	12.3	18.7
Aug 1984	41.5	28.1	12.7	17.6
Sep 1984	39.5	30.4	12.9	17.2
Oct 1984	41.0	28.7	13.2	17.1
Nov 1984	41.4	28.8	12.4	17.4
Dec 1984	40.4	30.9	12.1	16.7
Jan 1985	43.2	29.9	11.4	15.5
Feb 1985	41.8	29.5	12.6	16.2
Mar 1985	42.1	29.2	12.5	16.1
Apr 1985	41.7	29.7	12.1	16.4
May 1985	41.9	30.6	12.7	14.8
Jun 1985	42.3	30.1	12.3	15.3
Jul 1985	42.1	30.3	12.6	15.0
Aug 1985	41.9	30.6	12.6	14.9
Sep 1985	42.1	30.9	12.1	14.8
Oct 1985	41.4	30.8	13.3	14.5
Nov 1985	42.6	30.2	11.2	16.0
Dec 1985	41.7	31.2	12.3	14.8
Jan 1986	42.5	30.8	12.8	13.9
Feb 1986	41.9	30.6	13.4	14.1
Mar 1986	42.2	30.8	13.0	14.0
Apr 1986	42.7	31.6	11.7	13.9
May 1986	42.2	31.5	12.5	13.8
Jun 1986	41.0	31.8	12.2	15.0
Jul 1986	41.7	30.8	12.8	14.7
Aug 1986	42.4	29.6	13.4	14.7
Sep 1986	40.7	31.6	12.9	14.8
Oct 1986	41.6	31.7	11.9	14.8
Nov 1986	40.9	32.2	12.7	14.3
Dec 1986	42.0	30.5	12.9	14.6
Jan 1987	42.6	30.1	12.9	14.3
Feb 1987	42.3	30.7	12.8	14.2
Mar 1987	43.1	30.5	12.1	14.3
Apr 1987	42.2	29.9	13.5	14.4
May 1987	44.1	27.9	13.2	14.8
Jun 1987	42.6	29.3	13.6	14.5
Jul 1987	44.2	29.5	12.9	13.5
Aug 1987	44.2	29.8	11.5	14.5
Sep 1987	45.3	28.5	12.3	13.9
Oct 1987	45.0	30.0	11.6	13.3
Nov 1987	45.0	29.5	12.4	13.1
Dec 1987	45.9	28.6	12.5	13.0
Jan 1988	44.4	30.9	12.2	12.5
Feb 1988	44.3	30.6	12.3	12.9
Mar 1988	44.3	30.4	13.0	12.3
Apr 1988	47.1	29.2	11.4	12.3
May 1988	45.7	30.0	11.8	12.5
Jun 1988	47.3	29.3	11.1	12.3
Jul 1988	45.0	31.0	12.1	11.9
Aug 1988	46.8	29.1	12.4	11.7
Sep 1988	47.8	28.5	11.5	12.3
Oct 1988	47.6	28.5	12.2	11.8
Nov 1988	47.4	30.1	11.7	10.8
Dec 1988	45.8	31.2	11.6	11.4
Jan 1989	47.4	30.3	11.3	11.0
Feb 1989	50.1	29.4	10.5	10.0
Mar 1989	48.7	29.6	10.9	10.7
Apr 1989	47.9	30.6	10.5	11.0
May 1989	47.8	31.1	11.2	9.9
Jun 1989	49.9	30.5	10.4	9.3
Jul 1989	48.3	29.9	12.4	9.5
Aug 1989	48.1	31.7	11.5	8.7
Sep 1989	49.0	30.2	11.6	9.1
Oct 1989	48.7	30.2	11.3	9.8
Nov 1989	48.5	30.4	11.4	9.8
Dec 1989	49.3	29.9	11.1	9.6
Jan 1990	47.7	31.2	11.4	9.7
Feb 1990	48.5	31.1	10.9	9.4
Mar 1990	48.3	31.7	10.5	9.6
Apr 1990	48.0	31.9	10.7	9.5
May 1990	45.8	33.4	11.3	9.5
Jun 1990	47.0	31.6	11.9	9.5
Jul 1990	46.0	32.0	12.1	9.8
Aug 1990	46.2	31.4	12.2	10.2
Sep 1990	44.6	32.3	12.4	10.6
Oct 1990	44.9	32.4	12.2	10.4
Nov 1990	44.5	31.9	12.9	10.8
Dec 1990	44.2	32.8	12.4	10.6
Jan 1991	43.6	33.0	12.5	10.9
Feb 1991	43.4	33.0	12.7	10.9
Mar 1991	41.1	34.0	13.8	11.1
Apr 1991	40.4	33.3	14.6	11.6
May 1991	41.4	32.8	13.8	11.9
Jun 1991	38.9	32.4	16.1	12.6
Jul 1991	39.7	32.5	14.9	12.9
Aug 1991	39.8	31.8	14.9	13.5
Sep 1991	39.9	31.4	15.0	13.7
Oct 1991	39.1	31.3	15.8	13.9
Nov 1991	38.6	31.0	15.0	15.4
Dec 1991	37.8	30.6	15.1	16.4
Jan 1992	36.6	30.4	15.5	17.5
Feb 1992	34.8	31.4	15.7	18.1
Mar 1992	36.3	29.8	15.1	18.8
Apr 1992	35.6	30.5	14.9	18.9
May 1992	35.4	28.9	15.1	20.6
Jun 1992	34.9	27.9	15.9	21.3
Jul 1992	34.8	28.7	15.1	21.5
Aug 1992	34.9	28.8	15.3	21.0
Sep 1992	34.9	29.4	14.2	21.5
Oct 1992	35.4	27.7	13.8	23.1
Nov 1992	34.4	30.3	14.6	20.7
Dec 1992	33.2	28.7	16.6	21.4
Jan 1993	35.5	28.5	14.8	21.2
Feb 1993	37.5	27.9	13.9	20.7
Mar 1993	36.1	29.5	14.5	20.0
Apr 1993	37.3	29.2	15.4	18.2
May 1993	37.0	28.8	14.6	19.6
Jun 1993	35.2	30.4	14.8	19.5
Jul 1993	36.9	29.0	14.3	19.8
Aug 1993	36.1	29.5	14.3	20.1
Sep 1993	36.0	29.0	14.8	20.2
Oct 1993	37.6	28.3	13.7	20.4
Nov 1993	35.9	29.3	13.8	21.0
Dec 1993	37.8	27.5	13.8	20.8
Jan 1994	36.9	27.6	15.4	20.1
Feb 1994	31.3	32.0	16.0	20.7
Mar 1994	33.3	30.3	15.2	21.2
Apr 1994	34.7	29.7	14.3	21.3
May 1994	33.4	31.0	14.3	21.3
Jun 1994	34.7	30.8	14.5	19.9
Jul 1994	35.4	29.1	15.8	19.6
Aug 1994	33.4	32.2	14.8	19.6
Sep 1994	34.5	30.0	15.6	20.0
Oct 1994	31.6	29.8	17.8	20.8
Nov 1994	35.2	29.1	16.1	19.7
Dec 1994	35.8	29.7	15.5	18.9
Jan 1995	37.7	29.5	14.4	18.3
Feb 1995	36.2	30.9	15.7	17.2
Mar 1995	36.0	31.9	13.3	18.8
Apr 1995	36.0	31.3	14.0	18.7
May 1995	34.7	31.0	16.8	17.5
Jun 1995	37.3	32.0	14.0	16.8
Jul 1995	35.0	34.2	14.1	16.7
Aug 1995	36.2	32.2	15.3	16.3
Sep 1995	38.3	30.8	14.0	16.9
Oct 1995	36.9	32.3	14.3	16.5
Nov 1995	37.5	31.4	14.5	16.7
Dec 1995	35.9	32.6	15.1	16.4
Jan 1996	36.4	31.9	15.5	16.2
Feb 1996	37.2	31.1	15.2	16.5
Mar 1996	35.5	30.9	15.4	18.2
Apr 1996	34.5	32.1	15.1	18.3
May 1996	36.8	31.2	13.9	18.1
Jun 1996	36.1	30.6	13.9	19.4
Jul 1996	36.6	31.9	13.2	18.3
Aug 1996	35.9	31.5	14.4	18.2
Sep 1996	36.3	31.8	14.5	17.4
Oct 1996	35.0	33.0	15.3	16.7
Nov 1996	40.1	30.3	13.9	15.7
Dec 1996	36.6	33.7	13.5	16.1
Jan 1997	38.6	31.1	14.2	16.1
Feb 1997	36.2	33.5	14.6	15.7
Mar 1997	37.0	33.0	14.4	15.6
Apr 1997	35.8	32.2	15.7	16.2
May 1997	37.7	30.7	15.9	15.7
Jun 1997	37.6	31.9	14.8	15.8
Jul 1997	36.3	31.7	15.7	16.3
Aug 1997	38.0	31.9	14.0	16.2
Sep 1997	37.2	31.6	15.0	16.2
Oct 1997	39.6	30.3	14.1	16.0
Nov 1997	39.2	32.1	13.9	14.8
Dec 1997	39.8	30.4	14.4	15.4
Jan 1998	40.8	30.4	13.2	15.7
Feb 1998	40.8	30.4	13.5	15.2
Mar 1998	42.7	30.2	13.1	14.1
Apr 1998	43.6	31.8	9.9	14.7
May 1998	43.4	32.1	10.7	13.8
Jun 1998	40.8	33.3	13.2	12.6
Jul 1998	42.0	32.5	12.2	13.3
Aug 1998	42.0	31.7	13.1	13.2
Sep 1998	41.7	31.5	12.3	14.5
Oct 1998	44.7	30.2	11.5	13.6
Nov 1998	41.2	32.8	11.7	14.4
Dec 1998	43.5	30.3	12.7	13.5
Jan 1999	41.4	33.5	13.0	12.0
Feb 1999	42.3	32.1	12.4	13.2
Mar 1999	42.3	32.6	13.0	12.2
Apr 1999	45.5	30.3	12.8	11.4
May 1999	43.3	30.8	13.6	12.4
Jun 1999	42.6	30.0	13.7	13.7
Jul 1999	44.5	30.0	13.2	12.3
Aug 1999	43.7	31.3	12.8	12.1
Sep 1999	44.3	31.1	12.5	12.0
Oct 1999	43.6	31.7	12.3	12.4
Nov 1999	44.8	31.1	12.2	11.9
Dec 1999	46.9	28.7	12.4	12.1
Jan 2000	44.8	30.8	11.6	12.7
Feb 2000	44.8	32.9	11.5	10.8
Mar 2000	47.3	30.3	11.3	11.0
Apr 2000	44.7	32.9	11.8	10.7
May 2000	44.2	32.9	11.8	11.1
Jun 2000	46.3	31.5	11.0	11.2
Jul 2000	44.1	32.2	11.4	12.3
Aug 2000	43.7	32.4	11.7	12.2
Sep 2000	45.9	31.1	11.5	11.5
Oct 2000	44.9	31.0	12.8	11.3
Nov 2000	44.7	31.9	12.9	10.6
Dec 2000	44.0	32.4	12.2	11.4
Jan 2001	44.3	32.7	11.7	11.3
Feb 2001	46.7	28.9	12.7	11.7
Mar 2001	42.8	32.9	13.2	11.1
Apr 2001	46.0	30.8	12.2	11.0
May 2001	43.2	32.7	14.0	10.0
Jun 2001	44.1	31.8	12.9	11.2
Jul 2001	40.8	33.7	14.7	10.8
Aug 2001	42.3	31.2	14.3	12.2
Sep 2001	39.7	32.9	15.8	11.5
Oct 2001	40.3	32.8	15.2	11.8
Nov 2001	38.8	32.2	15.2	13.9
Dec 2001	36.7	33.8	15.9	13.6
Jan 2002	37.0	31.7	16.7	14.6
Feb 2002	36.5	31.5	17.1	14.9
Mar 2002	36.8	30.7	16.6	15.9
Apr 2002	33.9	33.2	16.1	16.8
May 2002	33.9	30.8	16.6	18.8
Jun 2002	32.3	31.6	16.5	19.6
Jul 2002	34.7	29.6	16.6	19.0
Aug 2002	35.1	30.3	15.8	18.9
Sep 2002	33.5	30.6	16.8	19.1
Oct 2002	33.2	30.2	16.7	19.9
Nov 2002	34.6	29.4	15.5	20.5
Dec 2002	32.6	29.8	15.5	22.1
Jan 2003	33.2	30.0	16.3	20.5
Feb 2003	32.6	30.5	15.1	21.8
Mar 2003	33.1	30.0	15.9	21.0
Apr 2003	31.7	30.2	16.1	21.9
May 2003	33.4	29.4	15.5	21.6
Jun 2003	31.6	29.8	15.8	22.8
Jul 2003	30.3	29.2	18.5	22.0
Aug 2003	31.2	29.2	17.4	22.2
Sep 2003	30.2	31.0	16.4	22.5
Oct 2003	31.0	29.6	17.0	22.4
Nov 2003	30.9	29.2	16.5	23.4
Dec 2003	30.5	29.3	17.1	23.1
Jan 2004	31.9	28.1	17.3	22.7
Feb 2004	29.9	30.0	17.2	22.9
Mar 2004	31.4	29.0	15.9	23.6
Apr 2004	34.1	29.4	14.3	22.1
May 2004	33.2	29.0	15.9	21.9
Jun 2004	32.7	29.1	15.7	22.5
Jul 2004	34.7	29.3	15.2	20.7
Aug 2004	33.0	31.8	14.9	20.3
Sep 2004	34.7	28.7	15.2	21.4
Oct 2004	33.8	28.5	16.1	21.5
Nov 2004	33.2	29.5	15.8	21.4
Dec 2004	34.8	28.5	16.0	20.8
Jan 2005	33.9	29.6	15.4	21.1
Feb 2005	34.5	29.4	15.9	20.3
Mar 2005	32.6	30.6	15.2	21.6
Apr 2005	35.1	30.0	13.9	21.0
May 2005	35.8	29.2	15.0	19.9
Jun 2005	35.6	31.8	13.9	18.6
Jul 2005	34.7	32.1	14.3	18.9
Aug 2005	34.4	31.0	15.6	19.0
Sep 2005	36.3	30.2	14.4	19.1
Oct 2005	36.2	30.4	14.4	19.0
Nov 2005	37.3	29.8	14.7	18.1
Dec 2005	35.8	30.7	14.8	18.7
Jan 2006	36.5	31.4	15.6	16.6
Feb 2006	35.9	29.1	16.6	18.5
Mar 2006	38.0	28.5	15.1	18.5
Apr 2006	37.3	29.9	14.1	18.7
May 2006	36.0	31.2	13.9	18.9
Jun 2006	38.9	30.0	14.2	16.8
Jul 2006	38.0	29.8	13.7	18.5
Aug 2006	36.0	31.9	13.8	18.2
Sep 2006	37.6	29.9	14.4	18.1
Oct 2006	38.4	30.8	14.9	15.9
Nov 2006	36.5	31.7	15.2	16.6
Dec 2006	38.9	30.1	14.8	16.2
Jan 2007	37.5	32.3	14.2	16.1
Feb 2007	37.2	31.5	13.8	17.6
Mar 2007	34.5	32.1	15.0	18.4
Apr 2007	35.7	31.4	15.4	17.5
May 2007	35.6	31.8	16.1	16.4
Jun 2007	36.3	30.6	16.4	16.7
Jul 2007	35.3	31.1	15.0	18.6
Aug 2007	36.2	31.1	15.3	17.5
Sep 2007	35.3	31.9	15.1	17.6
Oct 2007	34.1	33.8	14.4	17.7
Nov 2007	36.4	30.4	14.1	19.1
Dec 2007	36.2	30.8	15.6	17.5
Jan 2008	35.3	31.7	14.8	18.1
Feb 2008	35.6	32.3	14.7	17.3
Mar 2008	35.9	32.7	14.7	16.7
Apr 2008	32.5	32.9	16.6	17.9
May 2008	38.1	29.0	14.5	18.4
Jun 2008	31.4	34.6	15.4	18.6
Jul 2008	32.4	32.0	16.3	19.3
Aug 2008	33.9	30.1	16.4	19.6
Sep 2008	29.8	32.1	16.9	21.2
Oct 2008	30.3	29.7	17.9	22.1
Nov 2008	31.4	30.3	17.0	21.3
Dec 2008	29.2	30.4	17.2	23.2
Jan 2009	31.0	29.8	16.8	22.4
Feb 2009	26.9	31.4	18.6	23.1
Mar 2009	25.7	30.8	19.3	24.2
Apr 2009	24.7	29.4	18.7	27.2
May 2009	22.4	29.6	20.9	27.0
Jun 2009	21.2	26.9	22.9	29.0
Jul 2009	22.0	24.2	19.9	33.8
Aug 2009	20.2	27.5	18.9	33.3
Sep 2009	19.4	25.6	19.3	35.6
Oct 2009	20.0	23.7	20.6	35.6

These data featured in the TED article, Unemployment in October 2009.

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