U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics| Measure | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | |||||||
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| Jan. 2011 |
Dec. 2011 |
Jan. 2012 |
Jan. 2011 |
Sept. 2011 |
Oct. 2011 |
Nov. 2011 |
Dec. 2011 |
Jan. 2012 |
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U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force |
5.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 |
U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force |
6.2 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate) |
9.8 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.3 |
U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers |
10.4 | 8.8 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 8.9 |
U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other persons marginally attached to the labor force, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force |
11.4 | 9.8 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 9.9 |
U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force |
17.3 | 15.2 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 15.2 | 15.1 |
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NOTE: Persons marginally attached to the labor force are those who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the past 12 months. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for work. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. |
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