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US jobless data: how has unemployment changed under Obama? | US jobless data: how has unemployment changed under Obama? |
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The US jobless figures are out today and show American unemployment has taken a drop to 7.8% - below the 8.2% Barack Obama inherited in 2009. | |
The US added another 114,000 jobs last month, and there are now 12.1 million unemployed people, down by 456,000. | |
The official data shows: | The official data shows: |
/>• The unemployment rate has • The unemployment rate for men />• Rates for other groups are: Women, Teenagers, />White, />Black, />Hispanic, />Asian, | />• The unemployment rate has gone down by 0.3%-points since August • The unemployment rate for men down at 7% in September />• Rates for other groups are: Women, 7% Teenagers, 23.7% />White, 7% />Black, 13.4% />Hispanic, 9.9% />Asian, 4.8% |
This shows what's happened since January 2009, when President Obama took over. This is the first time it has gone below 8% in four years: | |
Data released this week by the Labor Department showed 367,000, an increase of 4,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 363,000. The 4-week moving average was 375,000, unchanged. | |
We've mapped the unemployment data by state - you can explore it here. It goes up to December last year because we're waiting for updated state by state figures next week: | We've mapped the unemployment data by state - you can explore it here. It goes up to December last year because we're waiting for updated state by state figures next week: |
You can download the full data below. What can you do with it? | You can download the full data below. What can you do with it? |
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US unemployment by state | US unemployment by state |
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Latest state data (more coming out next week). Percentages are % of labor force (seasonally adjusted) unemployed, aged 16 and over | Latest state data (more coming out next week). Percentages are % of labor force (seasonally adjusted) unemployed, aged 16 and over |
SOURCE: BLS | SOURCE: BLS |
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