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Both the number of unemployed persons, at 11.8 million, and the unemployment rate, at 7.6 percent, were essentially unchanged in May.
Month and year | Number of unemployed | Unemployment rate |
---|---|---|
Jan 2010 | 15,016,000 | 9.8 |
Feb 2010 | 15,078,000 | 9.8 |
Mar 2010 | 15,192,000 | 9.9 |
Apr 2010 | 15,281,000 | 9.9 |
May 2010 | 14,856,000 | 9.6 |
Jun 2010 | 14,475,000 | 9.4 |
Jul 2010 | 14,542,000 | 9.5 |
Aug 2010 | 14,673,000 | 9.5 |
Sep 2010 | 14,577,000 | 9.5 |
Oct 2010 | 14,584,000 | 9.5 |
Nov 2010 | 15,094,000 | 9.8 |
Dec 2010 | 14,354,000 | 9.3 |
Jan 2011 | 13,992,000 | 9.1 |
Feb 2011 | 13,798,000 | 9.0 |
Mar 2011 | 13,716,000 | 8.9 |
Apr 2011 | 13,872,000 | 9.0 |
May 2011 | 13,871,000 | 9.0 |
Jun 2011 | 13,964,000 | 9.1 |
Jul 2011 | 13,817,000 | 9.0 |
Aug 2011 | 13,837,000 | 9.0 |
Sep 2011 | 13,910,000 | 9.0 |
Oct 2011 | 13,696,000 | 8.9 |
Nov 2011 | 13,325,000 | 8.6 |
Dec 2011 | 13,049,000 | 8.5 |
Jan 2012 | 12,748,000 | 8.3 |
Feb 2012 | 12,806,000 | 8.3 |
Mar 2012 | 12,686,000 | 8.2 |
Apr 2012 | 12,518,000 | 8.1 |
May 2012 | 12,695,000 | 8.2 |
Jun 2012 | 12,701,000 | 8.2 |
Jul 2012 | 12,745,000 | 8.2 |
Aug 2012 | 12,483,000 | 8.1 |
Sep 2012 | 12,082,000 | 7.8 |
Oct 2012 | 12,248,000 | 7.9 |
Nov 2012 | 12,042,000 | 7.8 |
Dec 2012 | 12,206,000 | 7.8 |
Jan 2013 | 12,332,000 | 7.9 |
Feb 2013 | 12,032,000 | 7.7 |
Mar 2013 | 11,742,000 | 7.6 |
Apr 2013 | 11,659,000 | 7.5 |
May 2013 | 11,760,000 | 7.6 |
Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (7.2 percent), adult women (6.5 percent), teenagers (24.5 percent), whites (6.7 percent), blacks (13.5 percent), and Hispanics (9.1 percent) showed little or no change in May. The jobless rate for Asians was 4.3 percent (not seasonally adjusted), little changed from a year earlier.
In May, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was unchanged at 4.4 million. These individuals accounted for 37.3 percent of the unemployed. Over the past 12 months, the number of long-term unemployed has declined by 1.0 million.
These data are from the Current Population Survey and are seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see "The Employment Situation — May 2013," (HTML) (PDF) news release USDL‑13‑1102.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Unemployment in May 2013 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2013/ted_20130611.htm (visited October 31, 2024).