This table contains the following series:
Starting series: All civilian workers
1999 4.2
2000 4.0
2001 4.7
2002 5.8
2003 6.0
2004 5.5
2005 5.1
2006 4.6
2007 4.6
2008 5.8
2008:Aug 6.2
Sept 6.2
Oct 6.6
Nov 6.8
Dec 7.2
2009:Jan 7.6
Feb 8.1
Mar 8.5
Apr 8.9
May 9.4
June 9.5
July 9.4
Aug 9.7
Starting series: Men 20 years and over
1999 3.5
2000 3.3
2001 4.2
2002 5.3
2003 5.6
2004 5.0
2005 4.4
2006 4.0
2007 4.1
2008 5.4
2008:Aug 5.8
Sept 6.2
Oct 6.4
Nov 6.7
Dec 7.2
2009:Jan 7.6
Feb 8.1
Mar 8.8
Apr 9.4
May 9.8
June 10.0
July 9.8
Aug 10.1
Starting series: Women 20 years and over
1999 3.8
2000 3.6
2001 4.1
2002 5.1
2003 5.1
2004 4.9
2005 4.6
2006 4.1
2007 4.0
2008 4.9
2008:Aug 5.3
Sept 4.9
Oct 5.4
Nov 5.6
Dec 5.9
2009:Jan 6.2
Feb 6.7
Mar 7.0
Apr 7.1
May 7.5
June 7.6
July 7.5
Aug 7.6
Starting series: Both sexes 16-19
1999 13.9
2000 13.1
2001 14.7
2002 16.5
2003 17.5
2004 17.0
2005 16.6
2006 15.4
2007 15.7
2008 18.7
2008:Aug 19.2
Sept 19.4
Oct 20.7
Nov 20.4
Dec 20.8
2009:Jan 20.8
Feb 21.6
Mar 21.7
Apr 21.5
May 22.7
June 24.0
July 23.8
Aug 25.5
Starting series: White
1999 3.7
2000 3.5
2001 4.2
2002 5.1
2003 5.2
2004 4.8
2005 4.4
2006 4.0
2007 4.1
2008 5.2
2008:Aug 5.5
Sept 5.5
Oct 6.0
Nov 6.2
Dec 6.6
2009:Jan 6.9
Feb 7.3
Mar 7.9
Apr 8.0
May 8.6
June 8.7
July 8.6
Aug 8.9
Starting series: Black or African American \1\
1999 8.0
2000 7.6
2001 8.6
2002 10.2
2003 10.8
2004 10.4
2005 10.0
2006 8.9
2007 8.3
2008 10.1
2008:Aug 10.7
Sept 11.4
Oct 11.3
Nov 11.3
Dec 11.9
2009:Jan 12.6
Feb 13.4
Mar 13.3
Apr 15.0
May 14.9
June 14.7
July 14.5
Aug 15.1
Starting series: Asian (NSA)
1999 ......
2000 3.6
2001 4.5
2002 5.9
2003 6.0
2004 4.4
2005 4.0
2006 3.0
2007 3.2
2008 4.0
2008:Aug 4.4
Sept 3.8
Oct 3.8
Nov 4.8
Dec 5.1
2009:Jan 6.2
Feb 6.9
Mar 6.4
Apr 6.6
May 6.7
June 8.2
July 8.3
Aug 7.5
Starting series: Hispanic or Latino
1999 6.4
2000 5.7
2001 6.6
2002 7.5
2003 7.7
2004 7.0
2005 6.0
2006 5.2
2007 5.6
2008 7.6
2008:Aug 8.1
Sept 7.9
Oct 8.8
Nov 8.6
Dec 9.2
2009:Jan 9.7
Feb 10.9
Mar 11.4
Apr 11.3
May 12.7
June 12.2
July 12.3
Aug 13.0
Starting series: Married men, spouse present
1999 2.2
2000 2.0
2001 2.7
2002 3.6
2003 3.8
2004 3.1
2005 2.8
2006 2.4
2007 2.5
2008 3.4
2008:Aug 3.7
Sept 3.9
Oct 4.1
Nov 4.2
Dec 4.4
2009:Jan 5.0
Feb 5.5
Mar 5.8
Apr 6.3
May 6.8
June 6.9
July 6.9
Aug 7.1
Starting series: Women who maintain families
1999 6.4
2000 5.9
2001 6.6
2002 8.0
2003 8.5
2004 8.0
2005 7.8
2006 7.1
2007 6.5
2008 8.0
2008:Aug 9.6
Sept 8.2
Oct 8.8
Nov 9.3
Dec 9.5
2009:Jan 10.3
Feb 10.3
Mar 10.8
Apr 10.0
May 11.0
June 11.7
July 12.6
Aug 12.2
Starting series: Full-time workers
1999 4.1
2000 3.8
2001 4.7
2002 5.9
2003 6.1
2004 5.6
2005 5.0
2006 4.5
2007 4.6
2008 5.8
2008:Aug 6.3
Sept 6.3
Oct 6.8
Nov 7.0
Dec 7.5
2009:Jan 8.0
Feb 8.6
Mar 9.2
Apr 9.6
May 10.2
June 10.3
July 10.1
Aug 10.5
Starting series: Part-time workers
1999 5.0
2000 4.8
2001 5.1
2002 5.2
2003 5.5
2004 5.3
2005 5.4
2006 5.1
2007 4.9
2008 5.5
2008:Aug 5.7
Sept 5.9
Oct 5.7
Nov 5.8
Dec 5.9
2009:Jan 5.9
Feb 5.8
Mar 5.9
Apr 6.1
May 6.0
June 5.9
July 6.0
Aug 6.3
\1\ Beginning in 2003, persons
who selected this race grouponly.
Priorto 2003, persons who reported
more than one race were included in
the groupthey identified as the
main race. Persons whose ethnicity
is identified as Hispanic orLatino
may be of any race.
Note.--Data relate to persons age 16 years and over.
Source: Department of Labor, Bureauof LaborStatistics.