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Unemployment rate and the number of unemployed, seasonally adjusted, January 2010–May 2013
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.
United States Department of Labor
