Title: Unemployment Level Series ID: LNU03000000 Source: U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics Release: Employment Situation Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Thousands of Persons Date Range: 1948-01-01 to 2012-04-01 Last Updated: 2012-05-04 9:03 AM CDT Notes: DATE VALUE 1948-01-01 2351 1948-02-01 2807 1948-03-01 2646 1948-04-01 2407 1948-05-01 2014 1948-06-01 2408 1948-07-01 2411 1948-08-01 2238 1948-09-01 2061 1948-10-01 1747 1948-11-01 2033 1948-12-01 2205 1949-01-01 2995 1949-02-01 3474 1949-03-01 3383 1949-04-01 3277 1949-05-01 3516 1949-06-01 3966 1949-07-01 4388 1949-08-01 3956 1949-09-01 3635 1949-10-01 3788 1949-11-01 3570 1949-12-01 3690 1950-01-01 4648 1950-02-01 4791 1950-03-01 4313 1950-04-01 3665 1950-05-01 3263 1950-06-01 3551 1950-07-01 3316 1950-08-01 2613 1950-09-01 2490 1950-10-01 2055 1950-11-01 2356 1950-12-01 2409 1951-01-01 2649 1951-02-01 2538 1951-03-01 2323 1951-04-01 1938 1951-05-01 1770 1951-06-01 2132 1951-07-01 2072 1951-08-01 1806 1951-09-01 1886 1951-10-01 1754 1951-11-01 1990 1951-12-01 1796 1952-01-01 2258 1952-02-01 2340 1952-03-01 2002 1952-04-01 1836 1952-05-01 1782 1952-06-01 2032 1952-07-01 2085 1952-08-01 1918 1952-09-01 1728 1952-10-01 1480 1952-11-01 1594 1952-12-01 1545 1953-01-01 2132 1953-02-01 1964 1953-03-01 1828 1953-04-01 1764 1953-05-01 1536 1953-06-01 1732 1953-07-01 1710 1953-08-01 1512 1953-09-01 1619 1953-10-01 1572 1953-11-01 2017 1953-12-01 2634 1954-01-01 3561 1954-02-01 3983 1954-03-01 4037 1954-04-01 3846 1954-05-01 3658 1954-06-01 3681 1954-07-01 3679 1954-08-01 3470 1954-09-01 3433 1954-10-01 2929 1954-11-01 3115 1954-12-01 3009 1955-01-01 3669 1955-02-01 3569 1955-03-01 3297 1955-04-01 3162 1955-05-01 2690 1955-06-01 2893 1955-07-01 2662 1955-08-01 2536 1955-09-01 2338 1955-10-01 2284 1955-11-01 2536 1955-12-01 2601 1956-01-01 3066 1956-02-01 3092 1956-03-01 3095 1956-04-01 2710 1956-05-01 2799 1956-06-01 3179 1956-07-01 2984 1956-08-01 2467 1956-09-01 2273 1956-10-01 2091 1956-11-01 2599 1956-12-01 2660 1957-01-01 3206 1957-02-01 3085 1957-03-01 2822 1957-04-01 2627 1957-05-01 2635 1957-06-01 3131 1957-07-01 2843 1957-08-01 2526 1957-09-01 2503 1957-10-01 2465 1957-11-01 3127 1957-12-01 3332 1958-01-01 4464 1958-02-01 5116 1958-03-01 5155 1958-04-01 5064 1958-05-01 4832 1958-06-01 5223 1958-07-01 5098 1958-08-01 4607 1958-09-01 4058 1958-10-01 3750 1958-11-01 3785 1958-12-01 4068 1959-01-01 4678 1959-02-01 4698 1959-03-01 4298 1959-04-01 3558 1959-05-01 3327 1959-06-01 3780 1959-07-01 3605 1959-08-01 3347 1959-09-01 3195 1959-10-01 3231 1959-11-01 3636 1959-12-01 3521 1960-01-01 4119 1960-02-01 3886 1960-03-01 4164 1960-04-01 3607 1960-05-01 3380 1960-06-01 4172 1960-07-01 3884 1960-08-01 3711 1960-09-01 3315 1960-10-01 3537 1960-11-01 3967 1960-12-01 4470 1961-01-01 5335 1961-02-01 5654 1961-03-01 5423 1961-04-01 4887 1961-05-01 4671 1961-06-01 5313 1961-07-01 4961 1961-08-01 4440 1961-09-01 4034 1961-10-01 3863 1961-11-01 3941 1961-12-01 4041 1962-01-01 4621 1962-02-01 4481 1962-03-01 4323 1962-04-01 3863 1962-05-01 3592 1962-06-01 4219 1962-07-01 3829 1962-08-01 3842 1962-09-01 3455 1962-10-01 3234 1962-11-01 3726 1962-12-01 3760 1963-01-01 4627 1963-02-01 4870 1963-03-01 4442 1963-04-01 3993 1963-05-01 3949 1963-06-01 4554 1963-07-01 4140 1963-08-01 3755 1963-09-01 3470 1963-10-01 3394 1963-11-01 3858 1963-12-01 3788 1964-01-01 4518 1964-02-01 4461 1964-03-01 4225 1964-04-01 3831 1964-05-01 3528 1964-06-01 4453 1964-07-01 3675 1964-08-01 3551 1964-09-01 3262 1964-10-01 3198 1964-11-01 3318 1964-12-01 3409 1965-01-01 3942 1965-02-01 4172 1965-03-01 3699 1965-04-01 3492 1965-05-01 3214 1965-06-01 4057 1965-07-01 3429 1965-08-01 3165 1965-09-01 2842 1965-10-01 2709 1965-11-01 2888 1965-12-01 2786 1966-01-01 3244 1966-02-01 3109 1966-03-01 2990 1966-04-01 2730 1966-05-01 2793 1966-06-01 3592 1966-07-01 3050 1966-08-01 2821 1966-09-01 2503 1966-10-01 2465 1966-11-01 2579 1966-12-01 2655 1967-01-01 3159 1967-02-01 3184 1967-03-01 2954 1967-04-01 2664 1967-05-01 2458 1967-06-01 3628 1967-07-01 3249 1967-08-01 2942 1967-09-01 2895 1967-10-01 2952 1967-11-01 2903 1967-12-01 2720 1968-01-01 3074 1968-02-01 3287 1968-03-01 2929 1968-04-01 2491 1968-05-01 2304 1968-06-01 3615 1968-07-01 3217 1968-08-01 2772 1968-09-01 2607 1968-10-01 2510 1968-11-01 2576 1968-12-01 2418 1969-01-01 2875 1969-02-01 2923 1969-03-01 2747 1969-04-01 2542 1969-05-01 2300 1969-06-01 3399 1969-07-01 3182 1969-08-01 2870 1969-09-01 2958 1969-10-01 2840 1969-11-01 2711 1969-12-01 2627 1970-01-01 3406 1970-02-01 3794 1970-03-01 3732 1970-04-01 3552 1970-05-01 3385 1970-06-01 4671 1970-07-01 4514 1970-08-01 4226 1970-09-01 4300 1970-10-01 4269 1970-11-01 4618 1970-12-01 4650 1971-01-01 5429 1971-02-01 5458 1971-03-01 5190 1971-04-01 4712 1971-05-01 4415 1971-06-01 5511 1971-07-01 5354 1971-08-01 5086 1971-09-01 4867 1971-10-01 4599 1971-11-01 4846 1971-12-01 4728 1972-01-01 5481 1972-02-01 5446 1972-03-01 5250 1972-04-01 4732 1972-05-01 4382 1972-06-01 5467 1972-07-01 5216 1972-08-01 4901 1972-09-01 4705 1972-10-01 4518 1972-11-01 4317 1972-12-01 4169 1973-01-01 4730 1973-02-01 4898 1973-03-01 4564 1973-04-01 4227 1973-05-01 3855 1973-06-01 4907 1973-07-01 4613 1973-08-01 4273 1973-09-01 4230 1973-10-01 3830 1973-11-01 4127 1973-12-01 4130 1974-01-01 5081 1974-02-01 5212 1974-03-01 4826 1974-04-01 4372 1974-05-01 4219 1974-06-01 5459 1974-07-01 5341 1974-08-01 4967 1974-09-01 5287 1974-10-01 5131 1974-11-01 5775 1974-12-01 6199 1975-01-01 8272 1975-02-01 8399 1975-03-01 8446 1975-04-01 7908 1975-05-01 7715 1975-06-01 8667 1975-07-01 8311 1975-08-01 7799 1975-09-01 7624 1975-10-01 7350 1975-11-01 7341 1975-12-01 7307 1976-01-01 8286 1976-02-01 8143 1976-03-01 7631 1976-04-01 6996 1976-05-01 6415 1976-06-01 7772 1976-07-01 7697 1976-08-01 7443 1976-09-01 7148 1976-10-01 6958 1976-11-01 7224 1976-12-01 7154 1977-01-01 7980 1977-02-01 8237 1977-03-01 7680 1977-04-01 6692 1977-05-01 6280 1977-06-01 7589 1977-07-01 7081 1977-08-01 6897 1977-09-01 6579 1977-10-01 6365 1977-11-01 6495 1977-12-01 6031 1978-01-01 7048 1978-02-01 6886 1978-03-01 6621 1978-04-01 5826 1978-05-01 5605 1978-06-01 6481 1978-07-01 6597 1978-08-01 6090 1978-09-01 5958 1978-10-01 5624 1978-11-01 5797 1978-12-01 5896 1979-01-01 6602 1979-02-01 6649 1979-03-01 6325 1979-04-01 5720 1979-05-01 5419 1979-06-01 6409 1979-07-01 6282 1979-08-01 6315 1979-09-01 5978 1979-10-01 5964 1979-11-01 5964 1979-12-01 6027 1980-01-01 7234 1980-02-01 7177 1980-03-01 6983 1980-04-01 7023 1980-05-01 7501 1980-06-01 8481 1980-07-01 8603 1980-08-01 8202 1980-09-01 7655 1980-10-01 7674 1980-11-01 7682 1980-12-01 7430 1981-01-01 8746 1981-02-01 8614 1981-03-01 8271 1981-04-01 7561 1981-05-01 7731 1981-06-01 8485 1981-07-01 8130 1981-08-01 7947 1981-09-01 7884 1981-10-01 8216 1981-11-01 8676 1981-12-01 9013 1982-01-01 10183 1982-02-01 10378 1982-03-01 10290 1982-04-01 9957 1982-05-01 9957 1982-06-01 10886 1982-07-01 11036 1982-08-01 10710 1982-09-01 10695 1982-10-01 10942 1982-11-01 11476 1982-12-01 11628 1983-01-01 12517 1983-02-01 12382 1983-03-01 11879 1983-04-01 11035 1983-05-01 10765 1983-06-01 11570 1983-07-01 10707 1983-08-01 10411 1983-09-01 9830 1983-10-01 9383 1983-11-01 9129 1983-12-01 8992 1984-01-01 9755 1984-02-01 9407 1984-03-01 9057 1984-04-01 8525 1984-05-01 8154 1984-06-01 8582 1984-07-01 8714 1984-08-01 8382 1984-09-01 8051 1984-10-01 7989 1984-11-01 7869 1984-12-01 7978 1985-01-01 9131 1985-02-01 8902 1985-03-01 8625 1985-04-01 8150 1985-05-01 8011 1985-06-01 8753 1985-07-01 8682 1985-08-01 8051 1985-09-01 7984 1985-10-01 7917 1985-11-01 7815 1985-12-01 7717 1986-01-01 8472 1986-02-01 9041 1986-03-01 8667 1986-04-01 8115 1986-05-01 8158 1986-06-01 8775 1986-07-01 8471 1986-08-01 7955 1986-09-01 8015 1986-10-01 7842 1986-11-01 7872 1986-12-01 7461 1987-01-01 8620 1987-02-01 8503 1987-03-01 8124 1987-04-01 7306 1987-05-01 7318 1987-06-01 7655 1987-07-01 7453 1987-08-01 7088 1987-09-01 6857 1987-10-01 6845 1987-11-01 6802 1987-12-01 6526 1988-01-01 7603 1988-02-01 7482 1988-03-01 7090 1988-04-01 6359 1988-05-01 6553 1988-06-01 6819 1988-07-01 6823 1988-08-01 6659 1988-09-01 6368 1988-10-01 6182 1988-11-01 6325 1988-12-01 6142 1989-01-01 7309 1989-02-01 6883 1989-03-01 6378 1989-04-01 6229 1989-05-01 6156 1989-06-01 6850 1989-07-01 6736 1989-08-01 6352 1989-09-01 6330 1989-10-01 6222 1989-11-01 6495 1989-12-01 6300 1990-01-01 7413 1990-02-01 7296 1990-03-01 6852 1990-04-01 6620 1990-05-01 6533 1990-06-01 6884 1990-07-01 7137 1990-08-01 7008 1990-09-01 7003 1990-10-01 6892 1990-11-01 7396 1990-12-01 7525 1991-01-01 8787 1991-02-01 9121 1991-03-01 8995 1991-04-01 8226 1991-05-01 8435 1991-06-01 8992 1991-07-01 8792 1991-08-01 8439 1991-09-01 8270 1991-10-01 8232 1991-11-01 8494 1991-12-01 8755 1992-01-01 10186 1992-02-01 10401 1992-03-01 9913 1992-04-01 9135 1992-05-01 9389 1992-06-01 10366 1992-07-01 10099 1992-08-01 9605 1992-09-01 9316 1992-10-01 8813 1992-11-01 9086 1992-12-01 9045 1993-01-01 10158 1993-02-01 10004 1993-03-01 9478 1993-04-01 8835 1993-05-01 8807 1993-06-01 9473 1993-07-01 9223 1993-08-01 8655 1993-09-01 8302 1993-10-01 8296 1993-11-01 8094 1993-12-01 7959 1994-01-01 9492 1994-02-01 9262 1994-03-01 8874 1994-04-01 8078 1994-05-01 7656 1994-06-01 8251 1994-07-01 8281 1994-08-01 7868 1994-09-01 7379 1994-10-01 7155 1994-11-01 6973 1994-12-01 6690 1995-01-01 8101 1995-02-01 7685 1995-03-01 7480 1995-04-01 7378 1995-05-01 7185 1995-06-01 7727 1995-07-01 7892 1995-08-01 7457 1995-09-01 7167 1995-10-01 6884 1995-11-01 7024 1995-12-01 6872 1996-01-01 8270 1996-02-01 7858 1996-03-01 7700 1996-04-01 7124 1996-05-01 7166 1996-06-01 7377 1996-07-01 7693 1996-08-01 6868 1996-09-01 6700 1996-10-01 6577 1996-11-01 6816 1996-12-01 6680 1997-01-01 7933 1997-02-01 7647 1997-03-01 7399 1997-04-01 6551 1997-05-01 6398 1997-06-01 7094 1997-07-01 6981 1997-08-01 6594 1997-09-01 6403 1997-10-01 5995 1997-11-01 5914 1997-12-01 5957 1998-01-01 7069 1998-02-01 6804 1998-03-01 6816 1998-04-01 5643 1998-05-01 5764 1998-06-01 6534 1998-07-01 6567 1998-08-01 6173 1998-09-01 6039 1998-10-01 5831 1998-11-01 5711 1998-12-01 5565 1999-01-01 6604 1999-02-01 6563 1999-03-01 6119 1999-04-01 5688 1999-05-01 5507 1999-06-01 6271 1999-07-01 6319 1999-08-01 5826 1999-09-01 5661 1999-10-01 5372 1999-11-01 5380 1999-12-01 5245 2000-01-01 6316 2000-02-01 6284 2000-03-01 6069 2000-04-01 5212 2000-05-01 5460 2000-06-01 5959 2000-07-01 6028 2000-08-01 5863 2000-09-01 5359 2000-10-01 5153 2000-11-01 5336 2000-12-01 5264 2001-01-01 6647 2001-02-01 6523 2001-03-01 6509 2001-04-01 6004 2001-05-01 5901 2001-06-01 6816 2001-07-01 6858 2001-08-01 7017 2001-09-01 6766 2001-10-01 7175 2001-11-01 7617 2001-12-01 7773 2002-01-01 9051 2002-02-01 8823 2002-03-01 8776 2002-04-01 8255 2002-05-01 7969 2002-06-01 8758 2002-07-01 8693 2002-08-01 8271 2002-09-01 7790 2002-10-01 7769 2002-11-01 8170 2002-12-01 8209 2003-01-01 9395 2003-02-01 9260 2003-03-01 9018 2003-04-01 8501 2003-05-01 8500 2003-06-01 9649 2003-07-01 9319 2003-08-01 8830 2003-09-01 8436 2003-10-01 8169 2003-11-01 8269 2003-12-01 7945 2004-01-01 9144 2004-02-01 8770 2004-03-01 8834 2004-04-01 7837 2004-05-01 7792 2004-06-01 8616 2004-07-01 8518 2004-08-01 7940 2004-09-01 7545 2004-10-01 7531 2004-11-01 7665 2004-12-01 7599 2005-01-01 8444 2005-02-01 8549 2005-03-01 7986 2005-04-01 7335 2005-05-01 7287 2005-06-01 7870 2005-07-01 7839 2005-08-01 7327 2005-09-01 7259 2005-10-01 6964 2005-11-01 7271 2005-12-01 6956 2006-01-01 7608 2006-02-01 7692 2006-03-01 7255 2006-04-01 6804 2006-05-01 6655 2006-06-01 7341 2006-07-01 7602 2006-08-01 7086 2006-09-01 6625 2006-10-01 6272 2006-11-01 6576 2006-12-01 6491 2007-01-01 7649 2007-02-01 7400 2007-03-01 6913 2007-04-01 6532 2007-05-01 6486 2007-06-01 7295 2007-07-01 7556 2007-08-01 7088 2007-09-01 6952 2007-10-01 6773 2007-11-01 6917 2007-12-01 7371 2008-01-01 8221 2008-02-01 7953 2008-03-01 8027 2008-04-01 7287 2008-05-01 8076 2008-06-01 8933 2008-07-01 9433 2008-08-01 9479 2008-09-01 9199 2008-10-01 9469 2008-11-01 10015 2008-12-01 10999 2009-01-01 13009 2009-02-01 13699 2009-03-01 13895 2009-04-01 13248 2009-05-01 13973 2009-06-01 15095 2009-07-01 15201 2009-08-01 14823 2009-09-01 14538 2009-10-01 14547 2009-11-01 14407 2009-12-01 14740 2010-01-01 16147 2010-02-01 15991 2010-03-01 15678 2010-04-01 14609 2010-05-01 14369 2010-06-01 14885 2010-07-01 15137 2010-08-01 14759 2010-09-01 14140 2010-10-01 13903 2010-11-01 14282 2010-12-01 13997 2011-01-01 14937 2011-02-01 14542 2011-03-01 14060 2011-04-01 13237 2011-05-01 13421 2011-06-01 14409 2011-07-01 14428 2011-08-01 14008 2011-09-01 13520 2011-10-01 13102 2011-11-01 12613 2011-12-01 12692 2012-01-01 13541 2012-02-01 13430 2012-03-01 12904 2012-04-01 11910