The percentage of the total U.S workforce without jobs.
What is the national unemployment rate
currently (9-15-2011) it is at 9.9%.
It was nearly double the national rate.
22.9%
5.4%
California's unemployment rate for May 2012 is at 10.8% and is currently dropping at a rate of 0.1% monthly. The state is currently doing better than the national average, as the national average is climbing by 0.1% monthly.
almost double
almost double
The unemployment rate in Maryland is 7.2% . This is lower than the national average of 9.8%.
almost double
As of December 2008, Australia's unemployment rate was 4.4%.
"The unemployment rate for Atlanta is 10.4 percent. Over the summer it fell by 0.1 percent. which is slight, but significant. In July, it was recorded that it was the 48th consecutive month that Georgia has surpassed the national unemployment rate, which is 9.1 percent currently."