Title: Unemployment Rate for United States Series ID: M0892CUSM156NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Percent Date Range: 1947-01-01 to 1966-12-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 2:27 PM CDT Notes: Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)--Seasonally Adjusted, 1929-1942 (2)--Seasonally Adjusted, 1940-1946 (3)--Original Data, 1947-1966. Beginning In April 1962 Labor Force Estimates Are Based On The 1960 Population Census. Source: Employment And Earnings And Monthly Report On The Labor Force, Vol. 13, No. 9, March 1967. This NBER data series m08292c appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: m08292c DATE VALUE 1947-01-01 4.2 1947-02-01 4.3 1947-03-01 4.0 1947-04-01 4.1 1947-05-01 3.3 1947-06-01 3.9 1947-07-01 4.0 1947-08-01 3.4 1947-09-01 3.1 1947-10-01 2.7 1947-11-01 2.7 1947-12-01 2.8 1948-01-01 4.0 1948-02-01 4.7 1948-03-01 4.5 1948-04-01 4.0 1948-05-01 3.4 1948-06-01 3.9 1948-07-01 3.9 1948-08-01 3.6 1948-09-01 3.4 1948-10-01 2.9 1948-11-01 3.3 1948-12-01 3.6 1949-01-01 5.0 1949-02-01 5.8 1949-03-01 5.6 1949-04-01 5.4 1949-05-01 5.7 1949-06-01 6.4 1949-07-01 7.0 1949-08-01 6.3 1949-09-01 5.9 1949-10-01 6.1 1949-11-01 5.7 1949-12-01 6.0 1950-01-01 7.6 1950-02-01 7.9 1950-03-01 7.1 1950-04-01 6.0 1950-05-01 5.3 1950-06-01 5.6 1950-07-01 5.3 1950-08-01 4.1 1950-09-01 4.0 1950-10-01 3.3 1950-11-01 3.8 1950-12-01 3.9 1951-01-01 4.4 1951-02-01 4.2 1951-03-01 3.8 1951-04-01 3.2 1951-05-01 2.9 1951-06-01 3.4 1951-07-01 3.3 1951-08-01 2.9 1951-09-01 3.0 1951-10-01 2.8 1951-11-01 3.2 1951-12-01 2.9 1952-01-01 3.7 1952-02-01 3.8 1952-03-01 3.3 1952-04-01 3.0 1952-05-01 2.9 1952-06-01 3.2 1952-07-01 3.3 1952-08-01 3.1 1952-09-01 2.7 1952-10-01 2.4 1952-11-01 2.5 1952-12-01 2.5 1953-01-01 3.4 1953-02-01 3.2 1953-03-01 2.9 1953-04-01 2.8 1953-05-01 2.5 1953-06-01 2.7 1953-07-01 2.7 1953-08-01 2.4 1953-09-01 2.6 1953-10-01 2.5 1953-11-01 3.2 1953-12-01 4.2 1954-01-01 5.7 1954-02-01 6.3 1954-03-01 6.4 1954-04-01 6.1 1954-05-01 5.7 1954-06-01 5.7 1954-07-01 5.7 1954-08-01 5.4 1954-09-01 5.3 1954-10-01 4.6 1954-11-01 4.9 1954-12-01 4.8 1955-01-01 5.8 1955-02-01 5.7 1955-03-01 5.2 1955-04-01 4.9 1955-05-01 4.2 1955-06-01 4.4 1955-07-01 4.0 1955-08-01 3.8 1955-09-01 3.5 1955-10-01 3.4 1955-11-01 3.8 1955-12-01 3.9 1956-01-01 4.7 1956-02-01 4.8 1956-03-01 4.7 1956-04-01 4.1 1956-05-01 4.2 1956-06-01 4.7 1956-07-01 4.4 1956-08-01 3.7 1956-09-01 3.4 1956-10-01 3.1 1956-11-01 3.9 1956-12-01 4.0 1957-01-01 4.9 1957-02-01 4.7 1957-03-01 4.3 1957-04-01 4.0 1957-05-01 3.9 1957-06-01 4.6 1957-07-01 4.1 1957-08-01 3.7 1957-09-01 3.7 1957-10-01 3.6 1957-11-01 4.6 1957-12-01 5.0 1958-01-01 6.8 1958-02-01 7.7 1958-03-01 7.7 1958-04-01 7.5 1958-05-01 7.1 1958-06-01 7.6 1958-07-01 7.4 1958-08-01 6.7 1958-09-01 6.0 1958-10-01 5.5 1958-11-01 5.6 1958-12-01 6.0 1959-01-01 7.0 1959-02-01 7.0 1959-03-01 6.4 1959-04-01 5.2 1959-05-01 4.9 1959-06-01 5.4 1959-07-01 5.2 1959-08-01 4.8 1959-09-01 4.7 1959-10-01 4.7 1959-11-01 5.3 1959-12-01 5.1 1960-01-01 6.1 1960-02-01 5.7 1960-03-01 6.1 1960-04-01 5.2 1960-05-01 4.8 1960-06-01 5.8 1960-07-01 5.5 1960-08-01 5.2 1960-09-01 4.7 1960-10-01 5.0 1960-11-01 5.6 1960-12-01 6.4 1961-01-01 7.7 1961-02-01 8.1 1961-03-01 7.7 1961-04-01 7.0 1961-05-01 6.6 1961-06-01 7.3 1961-07-01 6.9 1961-08-01 6.2 1961-09-01 5.8 1961-10-01 5.5 1961-11-01 5.6 1961-12-01 5.8 1962-01-01 6.7 1962-02-01 6.5 1962-03-01 6.2 1962-04-01 5.6 1962-05-01 5.2 1962-06-01 6.0 1962-07-01 5.5 1962-08-01 5.3 1962-09-01 4.9 1962-10-01 4.6 1962-11-01 5.3 1962-12-01 5.3 1963-01-01 6.6 1963-02-01 6.9 1963-03-01 6.3 1963-04-01 5.6 1963-05-01 5.6 1963-06-01 6.4 1963-07-01 5.7 1963-08-01 5.2 1963-09-01 4.8 1963-10-01 4.7 1963-11-01 5.4 1963-12-01 5.3 1964-01-01 6.4 1964-02-01 6.2 1964-03-01 5.9 1964-04-01 5.3 1964-05-01 4.9 1964-06-01 6.1 1964-07-01 5.0 1964-08-01 4.8 1964-09-01 4.5 1964-10-01 4.4 1964-11-01 4.5 1964-12-01 4.7 1965-01-01 5.5 1965-02-01 5.7 1965-03-01 5.1 1965-04-01 4.8 1965-05-01 4.4 1965-06-01 5.5 1965-07-01 4.6 1965-08-01 4.2 1965-09-01 3.8 1965-10-01 3.6 1965-11-01 3.9 1965-12-01 3.8 1966-01-01 4.4 1966-02-01 4.2 1966-03-01 4.0 1966-04-01 3.7 1966-05-01 3.8 1966-06-01 4.9 1966-07-01 4.0 1966-08-01 3.7 1966-09-01 3.3 1966-10-01 3.3 1966-11-01 3.4 1966-12-01 3.5