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U.S. unemployment rate by age 1990-2017

Unemployment rate in the United States from 1990 to 2017, by age

The data shows the unemployment rate in the U.S. by age. In 2017, the unemployment rate of the workforce of 45 years and older decreased to 3.2% from 7.4% in 2010. Unemployment among young adults (age 16-24) was still more than twice the national rate at 9.2%. For monthly updates on unemployment in the U.S. visit either the monthly national unemployment rate statistic here, or the monthly state unemployment rate statistic here.

'90	11.2	6	5.1	4.1	3.4
'91	13.4	7.4	6.4	5.2	4.3
'92	14.2	8.2	7.2	5.8	5
'93	13.4	7.5	6.4	5.5	4.6
'94	12.5	6.6	5.5	4.6	4
'95	12.1	5.8	5.1	4.3	3.5
'96	12	5.8	4.7	4.1	3.4
'97	11.3	5.3	4.2	3.8	3
'98	10.4	4.7	4	3.4	2.7
'99	9.9	4.4	3.6	3	2.6
'00	9.3	4.1	3.3	3	2.5
'01	10.6	4.9	4.3	3.6	3.1
'02	12	6.4	5.4	4.6	4
'03	12.4	6.6	5.5	4.9	4.1
'04	11.8	6.1	5	4.4	3.8
'05	11.3	5.8	4.5	3.9	3.4
'06	10.5	5.1	4.2	3.6	3
'07	10.5	5.2	4.1	3.4	3.2
'08	12.8	6.5	5.2	4.6	4
'09	17.6	10.6	9	7.9	6.9
'10	18.4	10.9	9.2	8.1	7.4
'11	17.3	10.3	8.6	7.3	6.8
'12	16.2	8.9	7.6	6.6	6.1
'13	15.5	8.1	6.7	5.9	5.5
'14	13.4	7.2	5.9	4.7	4.4
'15	11.6	6	4.9	4.1	3.7
'16	10.4	5.6	4.5	3.8	3.6
'17	9.2	4.9	4.2	3.5	3.2

U.S. unemployment rate by age 1990-2017

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