This table contains the following series:
Starting series: All civilian workers
1998 4.5
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
2007:Oct 4.8
Nov 4.7
Dec 5.0
2008:Jan 4.9
Feb 4.8
Mar 5.1
Apr 5.0
May 5.5
June 5.5
July 5.7
Aug 6.1
Sept 6.1
Oct 6.5
Starting series: Men 20 years and over
1998 3.7
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
2007:Oct 4.3
Nov 4.1
Dec 4.4
2008:Jan 4.4
Feb 4.3
Mar 4.6
Apr 4.6
May 4.9
June 5.1
July 5.3
Aug 5.6
Sept 6.1
Oct 6.3
Starting series: Women 20 years and over
1998 4.1
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
2007:Oct 4.1
Nov 4.1
Dec 4.4
2008:Jan 4.2
Feb 4.2
Mar 4.6
Apr 4.3
May 4.8
June 4.7
July 4.6
Aug 5.3
Sept 4.9
Oct 5.3
Starting series: Both sexes 16-19
1998 14.6
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
2007:Oct 15.7
Nov 16.4
Dec 17.1
2008:Jan 18.0
Feb 16.6
Mar 15.8
Apr 15.4
May 18.7
June 18.1
July 20.3
Aug 18.9
Sept 19.1
Oct 20.6
Starting series: White
1998 3.9
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
2007:Oct 4.2
Nov 4.2
Dec 4.4
2008:Jan 4.4
Feb 4.3
Mar 4.5
Apr 4.4
May 4.9
June 4.9
July 5.1
Aug 5.4
Sept 5.4
Oct 5.9
Starting series: Black or African American \1\
1998 8.9
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
2007:Oct 8.5
Nov 8.4
Dec 9.0
2008:Jan 9.2
Feb 8.3
Mar 9.0
Apr 8.6
May 9.7
June 9.2
July 9.7
Aug 10.6
Sept 11.4
Oct 11.1
Starting series: Asian (NSA)
1998 ......
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
2007:Oct 3.7
Nov 3.6
Dec 3.7
2008:Jan 3.2
Feb 3.0
Mar 3.6
Apr 3.2
May 3.8
June 4.5
July 4.0
Aug 4.4
Sept 3.8
Oct 3.8
Starting series: Hispanic or Latino
1998 7.2
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
2007:Oct 5.6
Nov 5.7
Dec 6.3
2008:Jan 6.3
Feb 6.2
Mar 6.9
Apr 6.9
May 6.9
June 7.7
July 7.4
Aug 8.0
Sept 7.8
Oct 8.8
Starting series: Married men, spouse present
1998 2.4
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
2007:Oct 2.6
Nov 2.6
Dec 2.7
2008:Jan 2.7
Feb 2.7
Mar 2.8
Apr 2.8
May 2.9
June 3.0
July 3.2
Aug 3.5
Sept 3.8
Oct 4.1
Starting series: Women who maintain families
1998 7.2
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
2007:Oct 6.3
Nov 6.6
Dec 6.9
2008:Jan 7.0
Feb 6.7
Mar 7.1
Apr 6.8
May 6.9
June 7.9
July 8.5
Aug 9.6
Sept 8.2
Oct 8.8
Starting series: Full-time workers
1998 4.3
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
2007:Oct 4.7
Nov 4.6
Dec 4.9
2008:Jan 4.8
Feb 4.8
Mar 5.0
Apr 5.0
May 5.5
June 5.5
July 5.7
Aug 6.2
Sept 6.2
Oct 6.7
Starting series: Part-time workers
1998 5.3
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
2007:Oct 5.0
Nov 5.0
Dec 5.6
2008:Jan 5.4
Feb 5.0
Mar 5.3
Apr 4.9
May 5.5
June 5.4
July 5.5
Aug 5.7
Sept 5.9
Oct 5.7
\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.