What was the US unemployment rate in 1933?

Answer 1

Unemployment was rampant during the 1930s, due to the stock market crash of 1929 and the resulting economic depression. The unemployment rate for 1933 was 12.8 million people, which was over 23 percent of the labor force.

Answer 2

In 1930, after the stockmarket crash and the first bank runs, unemployment rose from 3.2 to 8.7 percent.

Here are the figures for the unemployment rate ih the Great Depression through 1938:

1929 - 3.2 percent

1930 - 8.7 percent

1931 - 15.9 percent

1932 - 23.6 percent

1933 - 24.9 percent (the highest during the Great Depression)

1934 - 21.7 percent

1935 - 20.1 percent

1936 - 16.9 percent

1937 - 14.3 percent

1938 - 19.0 percent

SOURCE: http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/connections_n2/great_depression.html

Answer 3

Unemployment rates in the US during the Great Depression.

1930--3.2 percent

1931--15.9 percent

1932--23.6 percent

1933--24.9 percent

1934--21.7 percent

1935--20.1 percent

1936--16.9 percent

1937--14.3 percent

1938--19.0 percent

1939--17.2 percent

Answer 4

The US unemployment rate in 1933 was approximately 24.9% at the peak of the Great Depression. This high rate of unemployment was a result of widespread economic downturn and financial crisis during that period.

Answer 5

The unemployment rate was 24.9%

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About 25 percent!

Answer 6

In 1934, the unemployment rate in the US was 21.7%.

Answer 7

In the United States, unemployment during 1933 was 25% of all American workers.

Answer 8

What happened to the US unemployment rate in the early 1930's?

Answer 9

25 percent