Hello jim1946
These data are available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
http://www.bls.gov/ Select “National Unemployment Rate” from the
links on the top right hand side.
This takes you to:
http://www.bls.gov/cps/home.htm
Select “Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate” and click on the
dinosaur to retrieve the last 10 years of data. You can then adjust
the dates to be displayed. You can request data in graph as well as
tabular form.
For your period of interest, overall unemployment rates are:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2000 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.8 4.1 4.0
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.0 3.9
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2001 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.6
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
4.6 4.9 5.0 5.4 5.6 5.8
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2002 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.8
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
5.8 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.9 6.0
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2003 5.7 5.8 5.8 6.0 6.1 6.4
In order to break the figures down, you need to go to
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsatabs.htm
and select the table you require. You can then select the results to
be displayed according to your criteria. In order to get a breakdown
by age, select:
Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
http://www.bls.gov/webapps/legacy/cpsatab7.htm
In the data presented below, I have retrieved the figures for
unemployment rates by age. However, you can break them down further
by sex and family status, and display actual numbers of unemployed as
well as unemployment rates.
Breakdown by Age:
16 to 19 years
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2000 12.6 13.8 13.4 12.6 12.9 12.4
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
13.5 13.9 13.1 12.7 12.9 13.0
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2001 13.6 13.7 13.8 14.1 13.6 14.4
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
14.6 15.5 15.1 15.9 15.8 16.7
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2002 16.3 16.0 16.6 16.9 17.0 16.9
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
17.0 16.9 16.2 15.1 16.8 16.4
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2003 16.8 17.1 17.7 18.0 18.5 19.3
18 to 19 years
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2000 11.3 12.3 11.9 11.3 11.2 11.0
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
11.8 12.8 11.2 11.1 11.3 11.4
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2001 11.3 11.0 12.2 12.5 12.7 13.1
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
12.2 14.5 14.0 14.6 14.7 14.9
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2002 15.0 14.7 15.2 15.5 15.3 15.3
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
15.5 16.2 14.0 14.3 15.3 15.5
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2003 15.9 15.9 17.7 17.8 19.0 17.9
20 to 24 years
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2000 7.4 7.5 7.4 7.1 8.0 7.6
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
7.0 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.9 7.0
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2001 7.2 7.3 7.5 8.1 8.1 8.3
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
7.9 9.0 8.6 9.2 9.4 9.6
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2002 9.6 9.5 10.1 9.9 9.1 9.4
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
9.6 9.6 9.6 10.1 9.8 9.7
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2003 9.3 9.3 8.9 10.1 10.5 10.7
25 to 34 years
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2000 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.5 3.8 3.6
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
3.9 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2001 4.1 3.9 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.5
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
4.3 4.8 4.8 5.3 5.8 6.0
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2002 5.8 5.7 5.7 6.0 5.9 6.0
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
5.7 5.9 5.8 5.8 6.2 6.2
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2003 5.9 5.6 5.7 5.8 6.0 6.5
35 to 44 years
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2000 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.2
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
3.1 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.9
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2001 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.4 3.5
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
3.7 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.5 4.4
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2002 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.4
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
4.6 4.4 4.6 4.9 4.9 4.8
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2003 4.5 5.2 4.8 4.8 5.0 5.4
45 to 54 years
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2000 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.5
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2.5 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2001 2.6 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
3.0 3.2 3.2 3.7 3.7 3.6
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2002 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.3 4.4
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
4.2 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.1
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2003 3.8 3.9 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.0
55 years and over
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2000 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.3 2.5 2.4
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2.5 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.4
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2001 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.8
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2.9 3.0 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.8
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2002 3.5 3.7 3.5 4.0 4.1 4.1
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
3.8 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.7 4.2
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2003 4.1 3.8 3.8 4.2 4.5 4.6
Search strategy: None, because I was already aware of the data
supplied by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Please do not hesitate to ask for further clarification if required. |
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