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Unemployment rates for persons 25 years and older by educational attainment

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Unemployment rates for persons 25 years and older by educational attainment, seasonally adjusted
Month Less than a high school diploma High school graduates, no college Some college or associate degree Bachelor's degree and higher

Sept 2004

8.7 4.7 4.1 2.6

Oct 2004

8.4 4.8 4.2 2.5

Nov 2004

8.0 4.8 4.3 2.5

Dec 2004

8.1 4.8 4.2 2.5

Jan 2005

7.7 4.7 4.1 2.4

Feb 2005

7.8 4.9 4.2 2.4

Mar 2005

7.8 4.7 3.9 2.4

Apr 2005

8.2 4.4 3.9 2.4

May 2005

7.8 4.5 3.9 2.4

June 2005

6.9 4.8 3.9 2.3

July 2005

7.5 4.8 3.7 2.3

Aug 2005

7.5 4.7 3.5 2.1

Sept 2005

8.2 4.9 3.7 2.3

Oct 2005

7.3 4.8 3.8 2.3

Nov 2005

7.4 4.8 3.9 2.3

Dec 2005

7.4 4.5 3.9 2.1

Jan 2006

7.0 4.4 3.6 2.1

Feb 2006

7.1 4.4 3.6 2.2

Mar 2006

6.9 4.1 3.7 2.2

Apr 2006

6.9 4.4 3.8 2.2

May 2006

7.0 4.3 3.8 2.1

June 2006

7.1 4.1 3.5 2.1

July 2006

7.1 4.5 3.6 2.0

Aug 2006

6.8 4.6 3.5 1.8

Sept 2006

6.4 4.1 3.6 2.1

Oct 2006

5.8 4.1 3.4 1.9

Nov 2006

6.6 4.3 3.4 1.8

Dec 2006

6.7 4.3 3.4 1.8

Jan 2007

6.9 4.3 3.8 2.1

Feb 2007

7.3 4.3 3.6 1.9

Mar 2007

6.9 4.0 3.6 1.8

Apr 2007

7.1 4.1 3.6 1.9

May 2007

6.6 4.4 3.4 2.0

June 2007

6.7 4.1 3.5 2.0

July 2007

7.3 4.6 3.6 2.1

Aug 2007

6.5 4.4 3.6 2.1

Sept 2007

7.6 4.5 3.4 2.0

Oct 2007

7.3 4.6 3.5 2.1

Nov 2007

7.7 4.5 3.3 2.2

Dec 2007

7.7 4.7 3.8 2.1

Jan 2008

7.7 4.7 3.7 2.1

Feb 2008

7.4 4.7 3.8 2.0

Mar 2008

8.4 5.1 3.9 2.1

Apr 2008

7.7 5.0 4.0 2.1

May 2008

8.1 5.0 4.3 2.2

June 2008

8.7 5.1 4.3 2.4

July 2008

8.6 5.4 4.6 2.5

Aug 2008

9.7 5.8 4.9 2.8

Sept 2008

9.8 6.2 5.0 2.6

Oct 2008

10.3 6.4 5.2 3.1

Nov 2008

10.8 7.0 5.5 3.2

Dec 2008

11.1 7.8 5.7 3.6

Jan 2009

12.4 8.2 6.5 3.9

Feb 2009

13.2 8.5 7.3 4.1

Mar 2009

14.0 9.2 7.5 4.3

Apr 2009

14.9 9.5 7.7 4.4

May 2009

15.2 10.0 7.8 4.8

June 2009

15.6 9.7 8.1 4.8

July 2009

15.3 9.5 8.0 4.8

Aug 2009

15.6 9.7 8.1 4.8

Sept 2009

14.9 10.6 8.3 5.0

Oct 2009

15.2 11.0 8.7 4.7

Nov 2009

14.7 10.3 8.8 4.8

Dec 2009

15.0 10.6 8.7 4.9

Jan 2010

15.3 10.2 8.6 4.9

Feb 2010

15.8 10.7 8.1 4.9

Mar 2010

14.9 11.0 8.4 4.9

Apr 2010

14.7 10.8 8.4 4.8

May 2010

14.6 10.9 8.2 4.6

June 2010

14.2 10.6 8.1 4.4

July 2010

13.5 10.0 8.3 4.5

Aug 2010

14.1 10.0 8.7 4.6

Sept 2010

15.6 9.7 8.9 4.5

Oct 2010

15.0 9.8 8.2 4.6

Nov 2010

15.4 10.0 8.6 5.0

Dec 2010

15.0 9.8 8.1 4.8

Jan 2011

14.3 9.5 8.1 4.3

Feb 2011

14.0 9.7 7.9 4.3

Mar 2011

14.1 9.7 7.5 4.4

Apr 2011

14.7 9.9 7.5 4.5

May 2011

14.5 9.6 7.8 4.5

June 2011

14.4 10.0 8.3 4.3

July 2011

14.5 9.1 8.3 4.2

Aug 2011

14.1 9.3 8.3 4.2

Sept 2011

14.3 9.4 8.5 4.2

Oct 2011

13.5 9.4 8.1 4.3

Nov 2011

12.8 8.8 7.7 4.4

Dec 2011

13.7 8.7 7.6 4.1

Jan 2012

13.0 8.5 7.1 4.3

Feb 2012

13.1 8.3 7.2 4.2

Mar 2012

12.8 8.1 7.5 4.1

Apr 2012

12.5 8.0 7.6 4.0

May 2012

12.9 8.3 7.7 3.9

June 2012

12.6 8.6 7.3 4.0

July 2012

12.4 8.5 7.2 4.1

Aug 2012

11.8 8.6 6.7 4.1

Sept 2012

11.7 8.5 6.6 4.0

Oct 2012

12.1 8.3 6.9 3.7

Nov 2012

12.0 8.0 6.5 3.9

Dec 2012

11.8 8.0 6.9 4.0

Jan 2013

12.0 8.1 6.9 3.8

Feb 2013

11.3 7.9 6.5 3.9

Mar 2013

11.1 7.7 6.3 3.8

Apr 2013

11.6 7.5 6.4 3.9

May 2013

11.0 7.3 6.5 3.9

June 2013

10.7 7.7 6.5 3.8

July 2013

10.8 7.5 6.1 3.8

Aug 2013

11.1 7.4 6.1 3.4

Sept 2013

10.5 7.6 6.1 3.7

Oct 2013

10.9 7.2 6.4 3.7

Nov 2013

10.7 7.2 6.4 3.4

Dec 2013

9.8 7.0 6.2 3.3

Jan 2014

9.4 6.5 5.9 3.3

Feb 2014

9.8 6.4 6.0 3.4

Mar 2014

9.4 6.3 6.0 3.4

Apr 2014

8.7 6.2 5.7 3.3

May 2014

9.2 6.5 5.5 3.2

June 2014

9.2 5.9 5.2 3.3

July 2014

9.5 6.1 5.3 3.1

Aug 2014

9.2 6.1 5.3 3.2

Sept 2014

8.5 5.4 5.4 2.9

Oct 2014

8.1 5.7 4.9 3.0

Nov 2014

8.6 5.7 4.9 3.2

Dec 2014

8.6 5.3 5.0 2.8

Jan 2015

8.3 5.4 5.2 2.8

Feb 2015

8.2 5.4 5.0 2.7

Mar 2015

8.6 5.3 4.8 2.4

Apr 2015

8.4 5.5 4.7 2.7

May 2015

8.7 5.8 4.4 2.8

June 2015

8.2 5.4 4.2 2.5

July 2015

8.3 5.5 4.3 2.5

Aug 2015

7.9 5.5 4.3 2.4

Sept 2015

7.9 5.3 4.3 2.5

Oct 2015

7.6 5.2 4.4 2.5

Nov 2015

6.8 5.4 4.4 2.5

Dec 2015

6.4 5.6 4.1 2.5

Jan 2016

7.1 5.1 4.3 2.5

Feb 2016

7.0 5.1 4.3 2.5

Mar 2016

7.3 5.3 4.1 2.6

Apr 2016

7.6 5.5 4.2 2.5

May 2016

7.4 5.1 3.9 2.5

June 2016

7.6 5.1 4.1 2.5

July 2016

6.5 5.1 4.2 2.4

Aug 2016

7.4 5.0 4.2 2.6

Sept 2016

8.7 5.2 4.2 2.5

Oct 2016

7.5 5.5 3.9 2.6

Nov 2016

7.9 5.0 3.9 2.4

Dec 2016

7.5 5.1 3.8 2.5

Jan 2017

7.4 5.2 3.9 2.5

Feb 2017

7.5 4.9 4.1 2.4

Mar 2017

6.5 4.9 3.6 2.5

Apr 2017

6.5 4.6 3.6 2.5

May 2017

6.1 4.7 4.0 2.3

June 2017

6.5 4.5 3.7 2.3

July 2017

7.1 4.5 3.7 2.3

Aug 2017

6.1 5.0 3.7 2.4

Sept 2017

6.7 4.3 3.6 2.3

Oct 2017

6.0 4.2 3.7 2.1

Nov 2017

5.4 4.4 3.7 2.1

Dec 2017

6.3 4.2 3.6 2.2

Jan 2018

5.4 4.5 3.4 2.1

Feb 2018

5.7 4.4 3.5 2.2

Mar 2018

5.5 4.3 3.5 2.3

Apr 2018

5.9 4.3 3.4 2.1

May 2018

5.2 3.9 3.2 2.0

June 2018

5.5 4.1 3.3 2.3

July 2018

5.0 4.1 3.1 2.2

Aug 2018

5.6 4.0 3.5 2.0

Sept 2018

5.7 3.7 3.2 2.0

Oct 2018

5.9 4.0 3.0 2.0

Nov 2018

5.9 3.5 3.2 2.2

Dec 2018

5.9 3.8 3.3 2.2

Jan 2019

5.7 3.8 3.5 2.4

Feb 2019

5.3 3.8 3.2 2.2

Mar 2019

5.9 3.7 3.4 2.1

Apr 2019

5.3 3.4 3.1 2.1

May 2019

5.1 3.5 2.7 2.1

June 2019

5.2 3.8 3.0 2.1

July 2019

4.9 3.6 3.1 2.2

Aug 2019

5.4 3.6 3.0 2.1

Sept 2019

4.9 3.5 2.9 2.0

Oct 2019

5.6 3.7 2.8 2.1

Nov 2019

5.5 3.6 3.0 1.9

Dec 2019

5.4 3.7 2.8 2.0

Jan 2020

5.6 3.9 2.9 1.9

Feb 2020

5.7 3.7 3.0 1.9

Mar 2020

7.1 4.5 3.8 2.5

Apr 2020

21.3 17.7 15.6 8.4

May 2020

19.6 15.9 13.6 7.4

June 2020

16.4 12.3 10.8 6.8

July 2020

15.0 10.8 9.6 6.7

Aug 2020

12.5 9.9 7.7 5.3

Sept 2020

10.6 9.1 8.2 4.8

Oct 2020

9.8 8.2 6.6 4.2

Nov 2020

9.4 7.8 6.5 4.2

Dec 2020

9.9 7.9 6.4 3.8

Jan 2021

9.0 7.0 6.2 4.0

Feb 2021

10.2 7.1 5.7 3.8

Mar 2021

8.4 6.6 5.9 3.7

Apr 2021

9.4 7.0 6.0 3.5

May 2021

9.0 6.9 5.9 3.1

June 2021

10.3 7.0 5.8 3.4

July 2021

9.4 6.2 4.9 3.1

Aug 2021

7.7 6.0 5.0 2.8

Sept 2021

7.7 5.7 4.5 2.5

Oct 2021

7.1 5.3 4.3 2.4

Nov 2021

5.6 5.1 3.7 2.2

Dec 2021

5.3 4.5 3.6 2.1

Jan 2022

6.3 4.6 3.5 2.3

Feb 2022

4.4 4.4 3.7 2.2

Mar 2022

5.3 4.0 3.1 2.0

Apr 2022

5.4 3.8 3.1 2.0

May 2022

5.2 3.7 3.3 1.9

June 2022

5.7 3.6 3.1 2.1

July 2022

5.9 3.6 2.8 2.0

Aug 2022

6.2 4.4 2.9 1.9

Sept 2022

5.6 3.7 2.9 1.8

Oct 2022

6.2 4.0 3.0 1.9

Nov 2022

4.3 3.9 3.2 2.0

Dec 2022

5.0 3.6 3.0 1.9

Jan 2023

4.5 3.8 2.9 2.0

Feb 2023

5.8 3.6 3.3 2.1

Mar 2023

4.8 4.0 3.0 2.0

Apr 2023

5.4 3.9 2.9 1.9

May 2023

5.7 3.9 3.2 2.0

June 2023

6.0 3.9 3.0 2.0

July 2023

5.3 3.3 3.1 2.0

Aug 2023

5.4 3.9 3.1 2.2

Sept 2023

5.5 4.1 3.0 2.2

Oct 2023

5.8 4.0 3.1 2.1

Nov 2023

6.3 4.1 2.8 2.1

Dec 2023

6.0 4.2 3.1 2.1

Jan 2024

6.0 4.3 3.3 2.1

Feb 2024

6.1 4.2 3.1 2.2

Mar 2024

4.9 4.1 3.4 2.1

Apr 2024

6.0 4.0 3.3 2.2

May 2024

5.9 4.3 3.1 2.1

June 2024

5.9 4.2 3.4 2.4

July 2024

6.7 4.6 3.5 2.3

Aug 2024

7.1 4.0 3.4 2.5

Sept 2024

6.8 4.0 3.4 2.3