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Unemployment rate, 1979–2019

Date Unemployment Rate
Jan-1979 5.9
Feb-1979 5.9
Mar-1979 5.8
Apr-1979 5.8
May-1979 5.6
Jun-1979 5.7
Jul-1979 5.7
Aug-1979 6
Sep-1979 5.9
Oct-1979 6
Nov-1979 5.9
Dec-1979 6
Jan-1980 6.3
Feb-1980 6.3
Mar-1980 6.3
Apr-1980 6.9
May-1980 7.5
Jun-1980 7.6
Jul-1980 7.8
Aug-1980 7.7
Sep-1980 7.5
Oct-1980 7.5
Nov-1980 7.5
Dec-1980 7.2
Jan-1981 7.5
Feb-1981 7.4
Mar-1981 7.4
Apr-1981 7.2
May-1981 7.5
Jun-1981 7.5
Jul-1981 7.2
Aug-1981 7.4
Sep-1981 7.6
Oct-1981 7.9
Nov-1981 8.3
Dec-1981 8.5
Jan-1982 8.6
Feb-1982 8.9
Mar-1982 9
Apr-1982 9.3
May-1982 9.4
Jun-1982 9.6
Jul-1982 9.8
Aug-1982 9.8
Sep-1982 10.1
Oct-1982 10.4
Nov-1982 10.8
Dec-1982 10.8
Jan-1983 10.4
Feb-1983 10.4
Mar-1983 10.3
Apr-1983 10.2
May-1983 10.1
Jun-1983 10.1
Jul-1983 9.4
Aug-1983 9.5
Sep-1983 9.2
Oct-1983 8.8
Nov-1983 8.5
Dec-1983 8.3
Jan-1984 8
Feb-1984 7.8
Mar-1984 7.8
Apr-1984 7.7
May-1984 7.4
Jun-1984 7.2
Jul-1984 7.5
Aug-1984 7.5
Sep-1984 7.3
Oct-1984 7.4
Nov-1984 7.2
Dec-1984 7.3
Jan-1985 7.3
Feb-1985 7.2
Mar-1985 7.2
Apr-1985 7.3
May-1985 7.2
Jun-1985 7.4
Jul-1985 7.4
Aug-1985 7.1
Sep-1985 7.1
Oct-1985 7.1
Nov-1985 7
Dec-1985 7
Jan-1986 6.7
Feb-1986 7.2
Mar-1986 7.2
Apr-1986 7.1
May-1986 7.2
Jun-1986 7.2
Jul-1986 7
Aug-1986 6.9
Sep-1986 7
Oct-1986 7
Nov-1986 6.9
Dec-1986 6.6
Jan-1987 6.6
Feb-1987 6.6
Mar-1987 6.6
Apr-1987 6.3
May-1987 6.3
Jun-1987 6.2
Jul-1987 6.1
Aug-1987 6
Sep-1987 5.9
Oct-1987 6
Nov-1987 5.8
Dec-1987 5.7
Jan-1988 5.7
Feb-1988 5.7
Mar-1988 5.7
Apr-1988 5.4
May-1988 5.6
Jun-1988 5.4
Jul-1988 5.4
Aug-1988 5.6
Sep-1988 5.4
Oct-1988 5.4
Nov-1988 5.3
Dec-1988 5.3
Jan-1989 5.4
Feb-1989 5.2
Mar-1989 5
Apr-1989 5.2
May-1989 5.2
Jun-1989 5.3
Jul-1989 5.2
Aug-1989 5.2
Sep-1989 5.3
Oct-1989 5.3
Nov-1989 5.4
Dec-1989 5.4
Jan-1990 5.4
Feb-1990 5.3
Mar-1990 5.2
Apr-1990 5.4
May-1990 5.4
Jun-1990 5.2
Jul-1990 5.5
Aug-1990 5.7
Sep-1990 5.9
Oct-1990 5.9
Nov-1990 6.2
Dec-1990 6.3
Jan-1991 6.4
Feb-1991 6.6
Mar-1991 6.8
Apr-1991 6.7
May-1991 6.9
Jun-1991 6.9
Jul-1991 6.8
Aug-1991 6.9
Sep-1991 6.9
Oct-1991 7
Nov-1991 7
Dec-1991 7.3
Jan-1992 7.3
Feb-1992 7.4
Mar-1992 7.4
Apr-1992 7.4
May-1992 7.6
Jun-1992 7.8
Jul-1992 7.7
Aug-1992 7.6
Sep-1992 7.6
Oct-1992 7.3
Nov-1992 7.4
Dec-1992 7.4
Jan-1993 7.3
Feb-1993 7.1
Mar-1993 7
Apr-1993 7.1
May-1993 7.1
Jun-1993 7
Jul-1993 6.9
Aug-1993 6.8
Sep-1993 6.7
Oct-1993 6.8
Nov-1993 6.6
Dec-1993 6.5
Jan-1994 6.6
Feb-1994 6.6
Mar-1994 6.5
Apr-1994 6.4
May-1994 6.1
Jun-1994 6.1
Jul-1994 6.1
Aug-1994 6
Sep-1994 5.9
Oct-1994 5.8
Nov-1994 5.6
Dec-1994 5.5
Jan-1995 5.6
Feb-1995 5.4
Mar-1995 5.4
Apr-1995 5.8
May-1995 5.6
Jun-1995 5.6
Jul-1995 5.7
Aug-1995 5.7
Sep-1995 5.6
Oct-1995 5.5
Nov-1995 5.6
Dec-1995 5.6
Jan-1996 5.6
Feb-1996 5.5
Mar-1996 5.5
Apr-1996 5.6
May-1996 5.6
Jun-1996 5.3
Jul-1996 5.5
Aug-1996 5.1
Sep-1996 5.2
Oct-1996 5.2
Nov-1996 5.4
Dec-1996 5.4
Jan-1997 5.3
Feb-1997 5.2
Mar-1997 5.2
Apr-1997 5.1
May-1997 4.9
Jun-1997 5
Jul-1997 4.9
Aug-1997 4.8
Sep-1997 4.9
Oct-1997 4.7
Nov-1997 4.6
Dec-1997 4.7
Jan-1998 4.6
Feb-1998 4.6
Mar-1998 4.7
Apr-1998 4.3
May-1998 4.4
Jun-1998 4.5
Jul-1998 4.5
Aug-1998 4.5
Sep-1998 4.6
Oct-1998 4.5
Nov-1998 4.4
Dec-1998 4.4
Jan-1999 4.3
Feb-1999 4.4
Mar-1999 4.2
Apr-1999 4.3
May-1999 4.2
Jun-1999 4.3
Jul-1999 4.3
Aug-1999 4.2
Sep-1999 4.2
Oct-1999 4.1
Nov-1999 4.1
Dec-1999 4
Jan-2000 4
Feb-2000 4.1
Mar-2000 4
Apr-2000 3.8
May-2000 4
Jun-2000 4
Jul-2000 4
Aug-2000 4.1
Sep-2000 3.9
Oct-2000 3.9
Nov-2000 3.9
Dec-2000 3.9
Jan-2001 4.2
Feb-2001 4.2
Mar-2001 4.3
Apr-2001 4.4
May-2001 4.3
Jun-2001 4.5
Jul-2001 4.6
Aug-2001 4.9
Sep-2001 5
Oct-2001 5.3
Nov-2001 5.5
Dec-2001 5.7
Jan-2002 5.7
Feb-2002 5.7
Mar-2002 5.7
Apr-2002 5.9
May-2002 5.8
Jun-2002 5.8
Jul-2002 5.8
Aug-2002 5.7
Sep-2002 5.7
Oct-2002 5.7
Nov-2002 5.9
Dec-2002 6
Jan-2003 5.8
Feb-2003 5.9
Mar-2003 5.9
Apr-2003 6
May-2003 6.1
Jun-2003 6.3
Jul-2003 6.2
Aug-2003 6.1
Sep-2003 6.1
Oct-2003 6
Nov-2003 5.8
Dec-2003 5.7
Jan-2004 5.7
Feb-2004 5.6
Mar-2004 5.8
Apr-2004 5.6
May-2004 5.6
Jun-2004 5.6
Jul-2004 5.5
Aug-2004 5.4
Sep-2004 5.4
Oct-2004 5.5
Nov-2004 5.4
Dec-2004 5.4
Jan-2005 5.3
Feb-2005 5.4
Mar-2005 5.2
Apr-2005 5.2
May-2005 5.1
Jun-2005 5
Jul-2005 5
Aug-2005 4.9
Sep-2005 5
Oct-2005 5
Nov-2005 5
Dec-2005 4.9
Jan-2006 4.7
Feb-2006 4.8
Mar-2006 4.7
Apr-2006 4.7
May-2006 4.6
Jun-2006 4.6
Jul-2006 4.7
Aug-2006 4.7
Sep-2006 4.5
Oct-2006 4.4
Nov-2006 4.5
Dec-2006 4.4
Jan-2007 4.6
Feb-2007 4.5
Mar-2007 4.4
Apr-2007 4.5
May-2007 4.4
Jun-2007 4.6
Jul-2007 4.7
Aug-2007 4.6
Sep-2007 4.7
Oct-2007 4.7
Nov-2007 4.7
Dec-2007 5
Jan-2008 5
Feb-2008 4.9
Mar-2008 5.1
Apr-2008 5
May-2008 5.4
Jun-2008 5.6
Jul-2008 5.8
Aug-2008 6.1
Sep-2008 6.1
Oct-2008 6.5
Nov-2008 6.8
Dec-2008 7.3
Jan-2009 7.8
Feb-2009 8.3
Mar-2009 8.7
Apr-2009 9
May-2009 9.4
Jun-2009 9.5
Jul-2009 9.5
Aug-2009 9.6
Sep-2009 9.8
Oct-2009 10
Nov-2009 9.9
Dec-2009 9.9
Jan-2010 9.8
Feb-2010 9.8
Mar-2010 9.9
Apr-2010 9.9
May-2010 9.6
Jun-2010 9.4
Jul-2010 9.4
Aug-2010 9.5
Sep-2010 9.5
Oct-2010 9.4
Nov-2010 9.8
Dec-2010 9.3
Jan-2011 9.1
Feb-2011 9
Mar-2011 9
Apr-2011 9.1
May-2011 9
Jun-2011 9.1
Jul-2011 9
Aug-2011 9
Sep-2011 9
Oct-2011 8.8
Nov-2011 8.6
Dec-2011 8.5
Jan-2012 8.3
Feb-2012 8.3
Mar-2012 8.2
Apr-2012 8.2
May-2012 8.2
Jun-2012 8.2
Jul-2012 8.2
Aug-2012 8.1
Sep-2012 7.8
Oct-2012 7.8
Nov-2012 7.7
Dec-2012 7.9
Jan-2013 8
Feb-2013 7.7
Mar-2013 7.5
Apr-2013 7.6
May-2013 7.5
Jun-2013 7.5
Jul-2013 7.3
Aug-2013 7.2
Sep-2013 7.2
Oct-2013 7.2
Nov-2013 6.9
Dec-2013 6.7
Jan-2014 6.6
Feb-2014 6.7
Mar-2014 6.7
Apr-2014 6.2
May-2014 6.3
Jun-2014 6.1
Jul-2014 6.2
Aug-2014 6.1
Sep-2014 5.9
Oct-2014 5.7
Nov-2014 5.8
Dec-2014 5.6
Jan-2015 5.7
Feb-2015 5.5
Mar-2015 5.4
Apr-2015 5.4
May-2015 5.6
Jun-2015 5.3
Jul-2015 5.2
Aug-2015 5.1
Sep-2015 5
Oct-2015 5
Nov-2015 5.1
Dec-2015 5
Jan-2016 4.9
Feb-2016 4.9
Mar-2016 5
Apr-2016 5
May-2016 4.8
Jun-2016 4.9
Jul-2016 4.8
Aug-2016 4.9
Sep-2016 5
Oct-2016 4.9
Nov-2016 4.7
Dec-2016 4.7
Jan-2017 4.7
Feb-2017 4.7
Mar-2017 4.4
Apr-2017 4.4
May-2017 4.4
Jun-2017 4.3
Jul-2017 4.3
Aug-2017 4.4
Sep-2017 4.2
Oct-2017 4.1
Nov-2017 4.2
Dec-2017 4.1
Jan-2018 4.1
Feb-2018 4.1
Mar-2018 4
Apr-2018 3.9
May-2018 3.8
Jun-2018 4
Jul-2018 3.9
Aug-2018 3.8
Sep-2018 3.7
Oct-2018 3.8
Nov-2018 3.7
Dec-2018 3.9
Jan-2019 4
Feb-2019 3.8
Mar-2019 3.8
Apr-2019 3.6
May-2019 3.6
Jun-2019 3.7
July-2019 3.7%
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