U.S. National Unemployment Rate

Historical chart and data for the united states national unemployment rate back to 1948. Compares the level and annual rate of change. The current level of the U.S. national unemployment rate as of August 2023 is 3.80.

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Black Unemployment Rate: This interactive chart compares the historical black unemployment rate to those of whites and the hispanic/latino population. Note: Statistics for Asian unemployment are not included here as the Bureau of Labor Statistics did not start including this measure until 2000 and does not provide a seasonally adjusted series as yet.
Black Unemployment Rate
U6 Unemployment Rate: This interactive chart compares three different measures of unemployment. U3 is the official unemployment rate. U5 includes discouraged workers and all other marginally attached workers. U6 adds on those workers who are part-time purely for economic reasons.
U6 Unemployment Rate
Unemployment Rate by Race: This interactive chart compares the historical unemployment rate for the three largest ethnic groups in the United States. Note: Statistics for Asian unemployment are not included here as the Bureau of Labor Statistics did not start including this measure until 2000 and does not provide a seasonally adjusted series as yet.
Unemployment Rate by Race
Unemployment Rate by Education: This interactive chart compares the historical unemployment rate based on the level of education attained for individuals 25 years and over. Categories include those without a high school diploma, those with a high school diploma but no college, individuals with some college or an associate's degree and college graduates with a bachelor's degree.
Unemployment Rate by Education
Unemployment Rate - College Graduates: This interactive chart compares the historical unemployment rate for college graduates versus those with just a high school diploma and no college studies.
Unemployment Rate - College Graduates
Unemployment Rate - Men vs Women: This interactive chart compares the historical unemployment rate for men vs women back to 1948.
Unemployment Rate - Men vs Women
Durable Goods Orders - Historical Chart: This interactive chart shows the inflation-adjusted level of durable goods orders since 1992.
Durable Goods Orders - Historical Chart
Industrial Production - Historical Chart: This interactive chart tracks the Federal Reserve's Industrial Production Index, which measures real output for all facilities located in the United States manufacturing, mining, and electric, and gas utilities (excluding those in U.S. territories).
Industrial Production - Historical Chart
5 Year 5 Year Forward Inflation Expectation: Measures the expected inflation rate (on average) over the five-year period that begins five years from today.
5 Year 5 Year Forward Inflation Expectation
Capacity Utilization Rate - Historical Chart: This interactive chart shows Capacity Utilization back to 1967. Capacity Utilization is the percentage of resources used by corporations and factories to produce goods in manufacturing, mining, and electric and gas utilities for all facilities located in the United States (excluding those in U.S. territories). We can also think of capacity utilization as how much capacity is being used from the total available capacity to produce demanded finished products.
Capacity Utilization Rate - Historical Chart
Housing Starts: This interactive chart tracks housing starts data back to 1959.
Housing Starts
Continued Jobless Claims - Historical Chart: This interactive chart shows continued jobless claims (insured unemployment) back to 1967.
Continued Jobless Claims - Historical Chart
4-Week Moving Average of Initial Claims: This interactive chart shows the 4 week moving average of initial jobless claims back to 1967.
4-Week Moving Average of Initial Claims
Jobs Lost From Coronavirus: This interactive chart shows the percentage loss in jobs from the previous peak for all recessions back to 1943. The y-axis shows the percentage change in the BLS non-farm payrolls number and the x-axis shows the number of months until the previous peak was reached again. The solid blue line shows the current percentage job losses in the U.S. due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Jobs Lost From Coronavirus
Initial Jobless Claims - Historical Chart: This interactive chart shows initial unemployment claims back to 1967.
Initial Jobless Claims - Historical Chart
Real Retail Sales: This interactive chart shows total real (inflation-adjusted) retail and food service sales since 1992. The data is adjusted for inflation using the headline consumer price index.
Real Retail Sales
Auto and Light Truck Sales Historical Chart: This interactive chart shows the monthly unit volume (millions) of light vehicle sales since 1976.
Auto and Light Truck Sales Historical Chart
Debt to GDP Ratio: Interactive chart of historical data comparing the level of gross domestic product (GDP) with Federal Debt.
Debt to GDP Ratio
National Debt by Year: Interactive chart showing the annual percentage change of US national debt since 1967.
National Debt by Year
Historical Inflation Rate by Year: Interactive chart showing the annual rate of inflation in the United States as measured by the Consumer Price Index back to 1914.
Historical Inflation Rate by Year
National Debt By President: Interactive chart illustrating the growth in national (public) debt by U.S. Presidential term. The y-axis shows the total percentage growth in national debt and the x-axis shows the time in office in months. The national debt almost tripled during during the Reagan administration, slowed considerably during Clinton's time in office and rose more gradually during the administrations of GW Bush and Obama.
National Debt By President
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