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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.
Month | Percent of unemployed by unemployment duration | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
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.