Unemployment Rates in the United States since 1948
The Bureau of Labor Statistics currently provides unemployment data from January 1st, 1948, right up until the present day.
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General data can be found below:
The highest rate for a single month is shared by November and December of 1982 with an unemployment rate of 10.8%
The year with the highest average unemployment rate was 1982 with an average unemployment rate of 9.71%
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The lowest rate for a single month is shared by May and June of 1953 with an unemployment rate of 2.5%
The year with the lowest average unemployment rate was 1953 with an average unemployment rate of 2.93%
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The most recent unemployment number was 7.6% as of 2013-05-01
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1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Data Source: U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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