July unemployment rate, persons 16 to 24 years of age, by sex, 1948–2009


		   Unemployment rate (percent)	
	
July of year	Both sexes       Men       Women

1948		   8.4		 8.2	    8.6
1949		  13.1		14.2	   11.4
1950		   9.6		 9.2	   10.3
1951		   6.6		 6.5	    6.8
1952		   7.0		 6.9	    7.2
1953		   5.7		 5.6	    5.8
1954		  11.3		12.3	    9.8
1955		   8.9		10.0	    7.3
1956		   9.4		 8.7	   10.4
1957		   9.1		 9.0	    9.2
1958		  15.1		15.8	   13.9
1959		  11.1		11.0	   11.3
1960		  11.2		11.3	   11.1
1961		  13.8		13.1	   14.8
1962		  11.3		10.3	   12.8
1963		  13.1		12.3	   14.3
1964		  11.0		10.2	   12.2
1965		  10.2		 9.5	   11.4
1966		   8.8		 7.3	   10.9
1967		   9.7		 8.3	   11.7
1968		   9.8		 8.2	   11.9
1969		   9.4		 8.6	   10.4
1970		  11.7		11.6	   11.8
1971		  13.3		12.8	   14.0
1972		  12.5		11.3	   14.0
1973		  11.1		 9.9	   12.7
1974		  12.4		11.2	   14.0
1975		  16.3		16.5	   16.1
1976		  14.1		13.9	   14.2
1977		  13.3		12.7	   14.1
1978		  12.6		11.3	   14.0
1979		  11.7		11.1	   12.4
1980		  14.7		15.1	   14.2
1981		  14.0		13.5	   14.5
1982		  17.3		17.7	   16.9
1983		  16.2		16.9	   15.5
1984		  13.4		13.6	   13.1
1985		  13.7		13.9	   13.5
1986		  13.0		13.0	   12.9
1987		  11.7		11.5	   12.0
1988		  10.9		10.9	   10.8
1989		  10.7		10.1	   11.4
1990		  10.9		10.6	   11.1
1991		  13.7		13.9	   13.6
1992		  14.5		14.6	   14.4
1993		  13.3		13.6	   12.9
1994		  12.7		13.1	   12.3
1995		  12.7		12.2	   13.3
1996		  12.6		13.0	   12.1
1997		  11.4		11.4	   11.4
1998		  10.8		11.2	   10.4
1999		  10.1		10.3	    9.9
2000		   9.6		 9.7	    9.5
2001		  10.5		10.6	   10.4
2002		  12.4		12.5	   12.2
2003		  13.3		14.2	   12.2
2004		  12.3		12.0	   12.7
2005		  11.0		11.5	   10.5
2006		  11.2		11.2	   11.1
2007		  10.8		11.1	   10.4
2008		  14.0		15.0	   12.8
2009		  18.5		19.7	   17.3