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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
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
7,468 3,487 3,116 865 5,275 1,505 351 1,560
Feb 2017
7,379 3,477 3,045 856 4,978 1,599 337 1,512
Mar 2017
7,073 3,403 2,864 806 4,798 1,564 312 1,376
Apr 2017
7,089 3,239 2,988 862 4,860 1,552 320 1,415
May 2017
7,000 3,210 2,954 836 4,672 1,547 353 1,425
June 2017
6,873 3,222 2,833 819 4,754 1,388 359 1,355
July 2017
6,892 3,271 2,849 772 4,693 1,467 367 1,415
Aug 2017
7,082 3,395 2,863 825 4,827 1,537 383 1,386
Sept 2017
6,854 3,242 2,838 774 4,684 1,454 358 1,399
Oct 2017
6,700 3,223 2,670 807 4,466 1,533 300 1,362
Nov 2017
6,774 3,139 2,690 946 4,584 1,511 302 1,340
Dec 2017
6,632 3,131 2,714 787 4,608 1,361 256 1,378
Jan 2018
6,489 3,078 2,593 818 4,364 1,521 290 1,357
Feb 2018
6,581 2,983 2,723 875 4,565 1,396 300 1,359
Mar 2018
6,472 3,011 2,674 786 4,394 1,371 313 1,365
Apr 2018
6,459 3,120 2,599 740 4,515 1,284 292 1,347
May 2018
6,196 2,972 2,461 763 4,381 1,193 223 1,367
June 2018
6,447 3,067 2,634 746 4,445 1,304 326 1,290
July 2018
6,195 2,813 2,617 764 4,255 1,333 304 1,298
Aug 2018
6,156 2,898 2,548 710 4,304 1,275 294 1,330
Sept 2018
6,073 2,929 2,426 717 4,138 1,256 359 1,300
Oct 2018
6,211 2,990 2,504 717 4,233 1,335 319 1,264
Nov 2018
6,115 2,820 2,565 731 4,269 1,245 290 1,341
Dec 2018
6,389 3,036 2,600 753 4,374 1,353 344 1,287
Jan 2019
6,475 3,040 2,651 784 4,448 1,451 312 1,386
Feb 2019
6,136 2,801 2,532 804 4,039 1,469 327 1,217
Mar 2019
6,202 2,958 2,494 750 4,195 1,362 315 1,351
Apr 2019
5,961 2,847 2,374 740 3,998 1,382 231 1,193
May 2019
5,930 2,791 2,400 739 4,089 1,250 264 1,207
June 2019
5,935 2,782 2,404 749 4,167 1,185 209 1,238
July 2019
6,061 2,855 2,438 767 4,271 1,185 288 1,319
Aug 2019
5,945 2,825 2,397 723 4,324 1,096 293 1,200
Sept 2019
5,753 2,738 2,302 713 4,074 1,096 265 1,130
Oct 2019
5,871 2,818 2,349 704 4,123 1,145 305 1,220
Nov 2019
5,868 2,713 2,435 720 4,118 1,134 281 1,279
Dec 2019
5,853 2,659 2,440 754 4,057 1,255 276 1,243
Jan 2020
5,842 2,649 2,437 756 3,904 1,324 312 1,269
Feb 2020
5,729 2,698 2,342 690 3,856 1,273 266 1,291
Mar 2020
7,209 3,378 2,980 851 4,945 1,442 429 1,770
Apr 2020
23,090 10,481 10,990 1,619 17,147 3,293 1,436 5,259
May 2020
20,933 9,361 9,894 1,678 15,091 3,337 1,493 4,990
June 2020
17,658 8,317 8,104 1,238 12,421 3,066 1,385 4,182
July 2020
16,391 7,728 7,607 1,055 11,444 2,879 1,249 3,694
Aug 2020
13,498 6,530 6,039 929 9,142 2,584 1,122 3,025
Sept 2020
12,573 6,027 5,592 953 8,680 2,386 934 2,956
Oct 2020
11,012 5,528 4,656 828 7,514 2,192 784 2,579
Nov 2020
10,713 5,438 4,457 818 7,382 2,069 698 2,496
Dec 2020
10,772 5,279 4,553 940 7,564 1,996 617 2,713
Jan 2021
10,196 4,971 4,340 885 7,084 1,883 683 2,471
Feb 2021
9,992 4,898 4,265 829 6,878 1,985 530 2,465
Mar 2021
9,734 4,774 4,188 773 6,627 2,004 617 2,311
Apr 2021
9,801 4,971 4,099 732 6,590 2,105 590 2,319
May 2021
9,250 4,804 3,863 582 6,274 1,853 591 2,111
June 2021
9,547 4,891 3,999 656 6,506 1,889 582 2,133
July 2021
8,770 4,507 3,643 620 6,034 1,649 560 1,912
Aug 2021
8,288 4,186 3,444 658 5,567 1,791 478 1,795
Sept 2021
7,659 3,880 3,102 677 5,175 1,590 446 1,847
Oct 2021
7,244 3,514 3,057 674 4,871 1,563 451 1,682
Nov 2021
6,733 3,233 2,849 651 4,576 1,310 409 1,512
Dec 2021
6,305 3,000 2,651 654 4,088 1,424 405 1,383
Jan 2022
6,549 3,180 2,673 695 4,304 1,470 387 1,436
Feb 2022
6,279 2,961 2,697 620 4,180 1,394 309 1,300
Mar 2022
5,993 2,857 2,492 644 4,011 1,353 292 1,270
Apr 2022
6,034 2,976 2,398 660 4,104 1,297 329 1,287
May 2022
5,966 2,820 2,493 654 4,051 1,324 265 1,349
June 2022
5,984 2,859 2,439 686 4,158 1,226 320 1,323
July 2022
5,783 2,790 2,299 693 3,941 1,251 293 1,224
Aug 2022
5,983 2,929 2,401 653 3,983 1,353 312 1,402
Sept 2022
5,755 2,763 2,273 720 3,827 1,233 278 1,210
Oct 2022
5,950 2,813 2,473 665 4,073 1,228 330 1,303
Nov 2022
5,956 2,805 2,422 729 4,087 1,208 288 1,223
Dec 2022
5,698 2,651 2,382 665 3,843 1,225 263 1,303
Jan 2023
5,719 2,759 2,295 665 3,933 1,173 325 1,455
Feb 2023
5,962 2,805 2,446 711 4,036 1,252 387 1,703
Mar 2023
5,866 2,877 2,355 635 4,110 1,138 318 1,459
Apr 2023
5,715 2,797 2,324 595 3,978 1,050 321 1,403
May 2023
6,117 2,962 2,503 652 4,179 1,243 338 1,283
June 2023
5,997 2,941 2,358 698 3,936 1,294 360 1,354
July 2023
5,904 2,874 2,330 699 3,986 1,248 269 1,410
Aug 2023
6,340 3,151 2,407 781 4,387 1,155 362 1,558
Sept 2023
6,347 3,271 2,333 743 4,352 1,251 332 1,478
Oct 2023
6,443 3,161 2,421 861 4,414 1,266 356 1,531
Nov 2023
6,262 3,172 2,350 739 4,223 1,285 404 1,465
Dec 2023
6,268 3,050 2,460 758 4,424 1,143 353 1,602
Jan 2024
6,124 3,060 2,385 679 4,299 1,164 336 1,618
Feb 2024
6,458 3,002 2,653 803 4,356 1,240 390 1,616
Mar 2024
6,429 2,855 2,731 842 4,310 1,424 290 1,448
Apr 2024
6,492 3,064 2,655 772 4,479 1,239 322 1,589
May 2024
6,649 3,243 2,586 821 4,462 1,343 361 1,630
June 2024
6,811 3,227 2,788 795 4,457 1,372 488 1,614
July 2024
7,163 3,477 2,890 795 4,854 1,385 431 1,755
Aug 2024
7,115 3,405 2,822 888 4,890 1,344 486 1,822
Sept 2024
6,834 3,192 2,708 935 4,677 1,262 481 1,687
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