NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. Title: Unemployment for United States Series ID: M08I4AUSM175NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Thousands of Persons Date Range: 1929-01-01 to 1944-12-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 2:17 PM CDT Notes: Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1929-1944 (2)--Original Data, 1940-1957 (3)--Original Data, 1947-1966. Unemployment Means The Difference Between The Number Of Persons In The Labor Force And The Number Of Persons Working. Negative Unemployment Arises During Periods Of High Industrial Activity When There Are Persons At Work Who Are Not Ordinarily Counted As Members Of The Labor Force (Economic Almanic, 1946-1947, P. 269). " Source: National Industrial Conference Board, Data For 1929: The Conference Board Economic Record, March 20, 1940; Data For 1930-1944: The Economic Almanac For 1945-1946. This NBER data series m08084a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: m08084a DATE VALUE 1929-01-01 2083 1929-02-01 2055 1929-03-01 1517 1929-04-01 701 1929-05-01 -105 1929-06-01 -597 1929-07-01 -617 1929-08-01 -862 1929-09-01 -1219 1929-10-01 -482 1929-11-01 760 1929-12-01 1919 1930-01-01 3636 1930-02-01 3832 1930-03-01 3365 1930-04-01 2129 1930-05-01 757 1930-06-01 252 1930-07-01 1462 1930-08-01 2374 1930-09-01 2167 1930-10-01 2825 1930-11-01 5146 1930-12-01 6765 1931-01-01 8073 1931-02-01 8067 1931-03-01 7411 1931-04-01 6271 1931-05-01 5188 1931-06-01 4861 1931-07-01 5864 1931-08-01 6569 1931-09-01 6208 1931-10-01 6725 1931-11-01 8774 1931-12-01 10424 1932-01-01 11552 1932-02-01 11621 1932-03-01 11473 1932-04-01 10886 1932-05-01 10281 1932-06-01 10289 1932-07-01 11302 1932-08-01 11672 1932-09-01 10820 1932-10-01 10876 1932-11-01 12254 1932-12-01 13600 1933-01-01 14514 1933-02-01 14473 1933-03-01 14400 1933-04-01 13255 1933-05-01 12045 1933-06-01 11090 1933-07-01 11086 1933-08-01 10511 1933-09-01 9251 1933-10-01 9206 1933-11-01 10674 1933-12-01 11639 1934-01-01 12145 1934-02-01 11445 1934-03-01 10177 1934-04-01 8874 1934-05-01 7777 1934-06-01 7468 1934-07-01 8635 1934-08-01 9518 1934-09-01 9387 1934-10-01 9469 1934-11-01 10852 1934-12-01 11430 1935-01-01 11771 1935-02-01 11333 1935-03-01 10643 1935-04-01 9432 1935-05-01 8282 1935-06-01 7790 1935-07-01 8171 1935-08-01 8323 1935-09-01 7885 1935-10-01 7451 1935-11-01 8566 1935-12-01 9451 1936-01-01 10338 1936-02-01 10166 1936-03-01 9330 1936-04-01 7962 1936-05-01 6752 1936-06-01 6161 1936-07-01 6445 1936-08-01 6153 1936-09-01 5306 1936-10-01 5628 1936-11-01 6776 1936-12-01 7607 1937-01-01 8910 1937-02-01 8605 1937-03-01 7757 1937-04-01 6602 1937-05-01 5009 1937-06-01 4464 1937-07-01 4781 1937-08-01 4991 1937-09-01 4479 1937-10-01 4834 1937-11-01 7083 1937-12-01 9326 1938-01-01 11499 1938-02-01 11788 1938-03-01 11402 1938-04-01 10437 1938-05-01 9587 1938-06-01 9043 1938-07-01 9420 1938-08-01 9337 1938-09-01 8260 1938-10-01 8121 1938-11-01 8997 1938-12-01 9656 1939-01-01 11984 1939-02-01 11649 1939-03-01 10811 1939-04-01 9702 1939-05-01 8179 1939-06-01 7168 1939-07-01 7709 1939-08-01 7620 1939-09-01 6545 1939-10-01 6746 1939-11-01 8204 1939-12-01 9114 1940-01-01 10956 1940-02-01 10789 1940-03-01 10071 1940-04-01 9041 1940-05-01 7544 1940-06-01 6527 1940-07-01 6734 1940-08-01 6371 1940-09-01 5170 1940-10-01 5070 1940-11-01 6188 1940-12-01 6824 1941-01-01 8278 1941-02-01 7569 1941-03-01 6556 1941-04-01 4726 1941-05-01 2837 1941-06-01 1502 1941-07-01 1123 1941-08-01 959 1941-09-01 220 1941-10-01 665 1941-11-01 1997 1941-12-01 2876 1942-01-01 4603 1942-02-01 4266 1942-03-01 3364 1942-04-01 1652 1942-05-01 -231 1942-06-01 -1461 1942-07-01 -1957 1942-08-01 -2768 1942-09-01 -3868 1942-10-01 -4229 1942-11-01 -3584 1942-12-01 -3192 1943-01-01 2267 1943-02-01 3035 1943-03-01 3942 1943-04-01 5380 1943-05-01 6749 1943-06-01 7949 1943-07-01 8024 1943-08-01 8044 1943-09-01 8691 1943-10-01 8424 1943-11-01 7423 1943-12-01 6395 1944-01-01 -4653 1944-02-01 -4658 1944-03-01 -5035 1944-04-01 -5953 1944-05-01 -7335 1944-06-01 -8510 1944-07-01 -8471 1944-08-01 -8372 1944-09-01 -8618 1944-10-01 -8212 1944-11-01 -6948 1944-12-01 -5962