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US jobless data: how has unemployment changed under Obama? US jobless data: how has unemployment changed under Obama?
(3 months later)
The US jobless figures are out today and show American unemployment is essentially unchanged at 7.9% - up by one tenth of a percentage point on the figure for September figure. The US jobless figures are out today and show American unemployment is up at 7.9% - with 157,000 new jobs in January, not enough to offset the number of job losses and pushing up the unemployment rate by 0.1 percentage point.
Total US employment rose by 410,00 in October, and there are now 12.3 million unemployed people. Total US unemployment still stands at 12.3 million people.
The official data shows:The official data shows:

• The unemployment rate has risen by 0.1%-points since September
• The unemployment rate for men remained stationary at 8% in October
/>• Rates for other groups are:
Women, 7.7%
Teenagers, 23.7%
/>White, 7%
Black, 14.3%
/>Hispanic, 10%
/>Asian, 4.8%*
• The unemployment rate has risen by 0.1%-points since September
• The unemployment rate for men is unchanged since December at 7.3% in January
/>• Rates for other groups are:
Women, 7.3%
Teenagers, 23.4%
/>White, 7%
Black, 13.8%
/>Hispanic, 9.7%
/>Asian, 6.5%
This shows what's happened since January 2009, when President Obama took over. Last month was the first time it has gone below 8% in four years: This shows what's happened since January 2009, when President Obama took over.
Unemployment claims data released this week by the Labor Department showed 363,000, a decrease of 9,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 372,000. The 4-week moving average was 367,250, a decrease of 1,500 from the previous week's revised average of 368,750. Unemployment claims data released this week by the Labor Department showed 368,000, "an increase of 38,000 from the previous week's unrevised figure of 330,000. The 4-week moving average was 352,000, an increase of 250 from the previous week's unrevised average of 351,750".
We've mapped the unemployment data by state - you can explore it here. It goes up to September 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 because we're waiting for updated state by state figures next week:
*The figure for the unemployment rate among the Asian population is non seasonally adjusted, as such data was not available. All other quoted figures are seasonally adjusted.
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