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Unemployment (sa) yearly Data
Source : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/data | http://146.142.4.24/cgi-bin/srgate | Column (1) : Unemployment Rate - civilian labor force. Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey, age: 16 years and older, status: civilian labor force, in thousands. (seasonally adjusted) | Units : percent (sa) Code LNS14000000 51 Column (2) : Unemployment Level - civilian labor force. Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey, age: 16 years and older, status: civilian labor force, in thousands. (seasonally adjusted) | Units : thousands (sa) Code LNS13000000 52 EconStats does not guarantee the accuracy of this data. 20081003
An exp after the year indicates economy was in expansion. rec=recession. pk=peak (start of recession). tro=trough (end of recession). Recessions as determined by the NBER (http://www.nber.org/cycles.html). Preliminary values: a "p" following value indicates value is preliminary. 
             |     Column (1)     |     Column (2)     |
             |  Unemployment rate | Unemployment level |
             |           seas adj |       ( unemployed |
             |                    | persons ) seas adj |
             |        LNS14000000 |        LNS13000000 |
         Bus.|      percent (sa)  |    thousands (sa)  |
year    cycle|__1948_to_Sep_2008 _|__1948_to_Sep_2008 _|
2008     exp             5.4111p              8335.7p  
2007     exp             4.6417               7079.2   
2006     exp             4.6083               6993.8   
2005     exp             5.0667               7579.9   
2004     exp             5.5417               8141.2   
2003     exp             5.9917               8770.3   
2002     exp             5.7833               8375.3   
2001     rec             4.7417               6829.7   
2000     exp             3.9667               5685.1   
1999     exp             4.2167               5878.8   
1998     exp             4.5000               6203.8   
1997     exp             4.9417               6728.7   
1996     exp             5.4083               7231.1   
1995     exp             5.5917               7406.9   
1994     exp             6.1000               7975.5   
1993     exp             6.9083               8926.7   
1992     exp             7.4917               9611.2   
1991     rec             6.8500               8639.8   
1990     rec             5.6167               7061.0   
1989     exp             5.2583               6523.7   
1988     exp             5.4917               6696.6   
1987     exp             6.1750               7413.5   
1986     exp             7.0000               8245.0   
1985     exp             7.1917               8313.4   
1984     exp             7.5083               8529.1   
1983     exp             9.6000              10693.8   
1982     rec             9.7083              10714.9   
1981     rec             7.6167               8276.3   
1980     rec             7.1750               7670.7   
1979     exp             5.8500               6135.3   
1978     exp             6.0667               6187.1   
1977     exp             7.0500               6966.9   
1976     exp             7.7000               7398.2   
1975     rec             8.4750               7939.6   
1974     rec             5.6417               5173.3   
1973     rec             4.8583               4359.3   
1972     exp             5.6000               4875.8   
1971     exp             5.9500               5021.7   
1970     rec             4.9833               4127.3   
1969     rec             3.4917               2830.2   
1968     exp             3.5583               2797.4   
1967     exp             3.8417               2971.8   
1966     exp             3.7917               2866.6   
1965     exp             4.5083               3353.7   
1964     exp             5.1583               3775.8   
1963     exp             5.6417               4052.7   
1962     exp             5.5667               3917.8   
1961     rec             6.6917               4705.7   
1960     rec             5.5417               3874.2   
1959     exp             5.4500               3730.8   
1958     rec             6.8417               4627.1   
1957     rec             4.3000               2877.4   
1956     exp             4.1250               2744.9   
1955     exp             4.3667               2833.8   
1954     rec             5.5917               3565.5   
1953     rec             2.9250              1849.75   
1952     exp             3.0250              1880.25   
1951     exp             3.2833               2049.9   
1950     exp             5.2083               3230.0   
1949     rec             6.0500               3712.2   
1948     rec             3.7500               2276.4   

   Note:  p indicates the figure is preliminary
   Variables on this file : 
          1. Unemployment Rate - civilian labor force.  Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey, age: 16 years and older, status: civilian labor force, in thousands. (seasonally adjusted)
          2. Unemployment Level - civilian labor force.  Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey, age: 16 years and older, status: civilian labor force, in thousands. (seasonally adjusted)