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U.S. unemployment rate, by education 1992-2017

Unemployment rate in the United States from 1992-2017, by level of education

The data displays the rate of unemployment amongst those aged 25 or older, distinguished by educational attainment levels from 1992 to 2017 in the U.S. In 2017, around 6.5% of people aged 25 and older who had less than a high school diploma, were unemployed.

'92	11.5	6.8	6	4.8	3.2
'93	10.8	6.3	5.6	4.4	2.9
'94	9.8	5.4	4.7	3.8	2.6
'95	9	4.8	4.3	3.3	2.4
'96	8.7	4.7	4	3.3	2.2
'97	8.1	4.3	3.5	2.7	2
'98	7.1	4	3.2	2.5	1.8
'99	6.7	3.5	3	2.5	1.8
'00	6.3	3.4	2.9	2.3	1.7
'01	7.2	4.2	3.5	2.9	2.3
'02	8.4	5.3	4.8	4	2.9
'03	8.8	5.5	5.2	4	3.1
'04	8.5	5	4.5	3.7	2.7
'05	7.6	4.7	4.2	3.3	2.3
'06	6.8	4.3	3.9	3	2
'07	7.1	4.4	3.8	3	2
'08	9	5.7	5.1	3.7	2.6
'09	14.6	9.7	8.6	6.8	4.6
'10	14.9	10.3	9.2	7	4.7
'11	14.1	9.4	8.7	6.8	4.3
'12	12.4	8.3	7.7	6.2	4
'13	11	7.5	7	5.4	3.7
'14	9	6	6	4.5	3.2
'15	8	5.4	5	3.8	2.6
'16	7.4	5.2	4.4	3.6	2.5
'17	6.5	4.6	3.8	3.4	2.3

U.S. unemployment rate, by education 1992-2017

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