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United States Unemployment Rate 2000s

Name: United States Unemployment Rate 2000s
Creator: World Bank
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Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

5.54% decade average (2000-2009)

United States's unemployment rate during the 2000s ranged from 3.99% (2000) to 9.25% (2009), averaging 5.54% over 10 years of data.

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2000s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2000	3.99%	−0.23pp	51st
2001	4.73%	+0.76pp	69th
2002	5.78%	+1.04pp	80th
2003	5.99%	+0.21pp	83rd
2004	5.53%	−0.46pp	72nd
2005	5.08%	−0.46pp	71st
2006	4.62%	−0.46pp	67th
2007	4.62%	+0.01pp	73rd
2008	5.78%	+1.17pp	95th
2009	9.25%	+3.45pp	130th