Figure 3. Unemployment rates, by age group, seasonally adjusted, 1992–2017
Period 16 to 24 years 25 to 54 years 55 years and over

Jan 1992

13.9 6.2 4.4

Feb 1992

14.2 6.3 4.4

Mar 1992

14.1 6.3 4.5

Apr 1992

13.6 6.3 4.8

May 1992

14.4 6.5 4.9

Jun 1992

15.2 6.5 5.3

Jul 1992

14.5 6.4 5.3

Aug 1992

14.2 6.5 5.0

Sep 1992

14.5 6.4 4.8

Oct 1992

13.5 6.4 4.9

Nov 1992

14.3 6.3 4.7

Dec 1992

14.2 6.3 4.6

Jan 1993

14.0 6.1 4.4

Feb 1993

14.1 6.0 4.3

Mar 1993

13.6 6.0 4.3

Apr 1993

13.8 5.9 4.2

May 1993

14.2 5.9 4.2

Jun 1993

13.7 6.0 4.3

Jul 1993

13.1 5.9 4.3

Aug 1993

13.0 5.7 4.2

Sep 1993

12.6 5.7 4.6

Oct 1993

13.0 5.8 4.5

Nov 1993

12.9 5.5 4.2

Dec 1993

12.5 5.5 4.4

Jan 1994

13.4 5.4 4.5

Feb 1994

12.9 5.5 4.5

Mar 1994

13.1 5.3 4.5

Apr 1994

13.3 5.1 4.2

May 1994

12.5 4.9 4.1

Jun 1994

12.4 4.9 4.0

Jul 1994

12.4 4.9 4.1

Aug 1994

12.5 4.9 4.1

Sep 1994

12.1 4.8 3.7

Oct 1994

12.0 4.7 4.0

Nov 1994

11.4 4.5 3.9

Dec 1994

11.5 4.4 3.5

Jan 1995

11.4 4.5 3.9

Feb 1995

11.7 4.3 3.6

Mar 1995

11.6 4.3 3.5

Apr 1995

12.0 4.6 3.8

May 1995

11.9 4.6 3.8

Jun 1995

12.0 4.5 3.8

Jul 1995

12.5 4.5 3.8

Aug 1995

12.5 4.4 3.7

Sep 1995

12.7 4.4 3.6

Oct 1995

12.4 4.4 3.5

Nov 1995

12.0 4.5 3.8

Dec 1995

12.4 4.4 3.5

Jan 1996

12.8 4.5 3.6

Feb 1996

12.2 4.3 3.7

Mar 1996

12.2 4.3 3.6

Apr 1996

12.0 4.4 3.3

May 1996

12.2 4.4 3.6

Jun 1996

11.8 4.2 3.5

Jul 1996

12.4 4.2 3.7

Aug 1996

11.6 4.1 3.2

Sep 1996

11.4 4.2 3.3

Oct 1996

11.6 4.1 3.2

Nov 1996

11.9 4.3 3.0

Dec 1996

11.8 4.2 3.4

Jan 1997

12.2 4.2 3.1

Feb 1997

11.8 4.2 3.1

Mar 1997

11.7 4.1 3.2

Apr 1997

11.6 3.9 3.0

May 1997

11.1 3.9 3.1

Jun 1997

11.4 3.9 3.2

Jul 1997

11.2 3.8 3.0

Aug 1997

11.1 3.8 3.1

Sep 1997

11.2 3.8 3.0

Oct 1997

11.0 3.7 2.9

Nov 1997

10.8 3.5 2.7

Dec 1997

10.5 3.7 2.7

Jan 1998

10.9 3.6 2.7

Feb 1998

10.6 3.6 2.6

Mar 1998

10.5 3.7 2.7

Apr 1998

9.7 3.4 2.6

May 1998

10.3 3.4 2.6

Jun 1998

10.6 3.5 2.6

Jul 1998

10.6 3.5 2.8

Aug 1998

10.8 3.4 2.7

Sep 1998

11.0 3.4 2.7

Oct 1998

10.5 3.5 2.7

Nov 1998

9.8 3.4 3.0

Dec 1998

9.6 3.4 2.9

Jan 1999

10.2 3.3 2.8

Feb 1999

10.1 3.4 2.8

Mar 1999

9.9 3.2 2.8

Apr 1999

10.0 3.3 2.9

May 1999

9.6 3.2 2.8

Jun 1999

10.0 3.2 3.1

Jul 1999

9.9 3.3 3.0

Aug 1999

9.6 3.2 2.7

Sep 1999

10.2 3.2 2.6

Oct 1999

10.0 3.1 2.6

Nov 1999

9.9 3.0 2.6

Dec 1999

9.6 3.0 2.6

Jan 2000

9.4 3.1 2.7

Feb 2000

9.9 3.0 2.8

Mar 2000

9.6 3.0 2.7

Apr 2000

9.2 2.9 2.3

May 2000

9.8 3.1 2.5

Jun 2000

9.3 3.1 2.3

Jul 2000

9.3 3.2 2.5

Aug 2000

9.3 3.2 2.7

Sep 2000

8.9 3.1 2.7

Oct 2000

8.9 3.0 2.7

Nov 2000

9.1 3.0 2.8

Dec 2000

9.2 3.0 2.4

Jan 2001

9.6 3.3 2.7

Feb 2001

9.6 3.3 2.8

Mar 2001

9.8 3.3 2.7

Apr 2001

10.2 3.4 2.7

May 2001

9.9 3.5 2.6

Jun 2001

10.4 3.6 2.7

Jul 2001

10.2 3.7 2.9

Aug 2001

11.2 3.9 3.0

Sep 2001

10.8 4.0 3.3

Oct 2001

11.5 4.4 3.5

Nov 2001

11.6 4.6 3.5

Dec 2001

12.2 4.7 3.9

Jan 2002

12.1 4.7 3.6

Feb 2002

11.8 4.7 3.9

Mar 2002

12.5 4.7 3.6

Apr 2002

12.3 4.9 4.0

May 2002

11.6 5.0 3.9

Jun 2002

11.8 4.8 3.9

Jul 2002

12.1 4.8 3.7

Aug 2002

12.0 4.7 3.9

Sep 2002

11.7 4.7 3.8

Oct 2002

11.8 4.8 3.9

Nov 2002

12.1 5.0 3.6

Dec 2002

12.1 4.9 4.3

Jan 2003

12.0 4.8 4.1

Feb 2003

12.1 5.0 3.9

Mar 2003

12.0 5.0 3.9

Apr 2003

12.6 5.0 4.2

May 2003

12.9 5.1 4.3

Jun 2003

13.2 5.2 4.4

Jul 2003

13.0 5.1 4.1

Aug 2003

12.3 5.1 4.2

Sep 2003

12.8 5.1 4.0

Oct 2003

12.2 5.1 3.8

Nov 2003

12.1 4.9 3.9

Dec 2003

11.7 4.8 3.9

Jan 2004

12.0 4.7 3.7

Feb 2004

11.7 4.7 3.8

Mar 2004

12.0 4.9 3.7

Apr 2004

11.6 4.6 3.8

May 2004

12.1 4.6 4.0

Jun 2004

12.0 4.6 4.1

Jul 2004

12.1 4.5 3.5

Aug 2004

11.5 4.5 3.7

Sep 2004

11.7 4.4 3.7

Oct 2004

12.1 4.3 3.8

Nov 2004

11.5 4.4 3.7

Dec 2004

11.7 4.4 3.4

Jan 2005

11.6 4.3 3.5

Feb 2005

12.4 4.3 3.6

Mar 2005

11.8 4.2 3.5

Apr 2005

11.8 4.1 3.5

May 2005

11.7 4.1 3.3

Jun 2005

11.1 4.1 3.1

Jul 2005

10.7 4.1 3.4

Aug 2005

11.1 4.0 3.2

Sep 2005

10.8 4.2 3.6

Oct 2005

10.8 4.1 3.2

Nov 2005

11.1 4.2 3.2

Dec 2005

10.5 4.0 3.2

Jan 2006

10.4 3.8 3.1

Feb 2006

10.8 4.0 2.9

Mar 2006

10.5 3.9 2.6

Apr 2006

10.3 3.9 3.0

May 2006

10.0 3.8 3.0

Jun 2006

10.4 3.7 3.0

Jul 2006

10.9 3.8 3.1

Aug 2006

10.7 3.8 2.9

Sep 2006

10.6 3.6 2.9

Oct 2006

10.6 3.4 3.0

Nov 2006

10.6 3.6 3.0

Dec 2006

10.0 3.6 3.0

Jan 2007

10.3 3.7 3.3

Feb 2007

9.9 3.8 3.1

Mar 2007

10.0 3.5 3.1

Apr 2007

10.3 3.6 3.1

May 2007

9.9 3.6 3.2

Jun 2007

10.6 3.6 3.1

Jul 2007

10.5 3.8 3.2

Aug 2007

10.7 3.8 3.2

Sep 2007

11.2 3.7 3.1

Oct 2007

10.7 3.8 3.1

Nov 2007

10.8 3.9 3.0

Dec 2007

11.7 4.0 3.2

Jan 2008

11.7 4.0 3.3

Feb 2008

11.4 3.9 3.3

Mar 2008

11.4 4.2 3.4

Apr 2008

11.0 4.2 3.0

May 2008

13.0 4.4 3.2

Jun 2008

12.9 4.5 3.3

Jul 2008

13.5 4.7 3.7

Aug 2008

13.1 5.2 4.2

Sep 2008

13.5 5.2 4.2

Oct 2008

13.6 5.5 4.5

Nov 2008

14.0 5.9 4.8

Dec 2008

14.8 6.4 5.0

Jan 2009

15.0 7.0 5.4

Feb 2009

16.0 7.4 5.8

Mar 2009

16.5 7.7 6.3

Apr 2009

16.7 8.0 6.5

May 2009

17.6 8.4 6.7

Jun 2009

18.0 8.5 7.0

Jul 2009

17.9 8.4 6.8

Aug 2009

18.1 8.7 6.8

Sep 2009

18.4 8.9 6.7

Oct 2009

19.1 9.0 6.9

Nov 2009

19.2 8.8 7.0

Dec 2009

18.8 8.8 7.2

Jan 2010

18.8 8.8 6.9

Feb 2010

18.7 8.8 7.2

Mar 2010

18.8 8.9 6.9

Apr 2010

19.5 8.8 7.0

May 2010

18.1 8.7 7.0

Jun 2010

18.2 8.5 6.8

Jul 2010

18.4 8.4 6.8

Aug 2010

17.7 8.5 7.4

Sep 2010

17.9 8.5 7.1

Oct 2010

18.7 8.3 7.1

Nov 2010

18.5 8.7 7.2

Dec 2010

17.9 8.3 6.8

Jan 2011

18.1 8.0 6.7

Feb 2011

17.7 8.0 6.5

Mar 2011

17.6 7.9 6.5

Apr 2011

17.6 8.1 6.5

May 2011

17.3 8.0 6.7

Jun 2011

17.1 8.2 6.9

Jul 2011

17.3 7.9 6.8

Aug 2011

17.4 8.0 6.6

Sep 2011

17.3 8.1 6.6

Oct 2011

16.7 7.8 7.0

Nov 2011

17.0 7.6 6.3

Dec 2011

16.7 7.5 6.2

Jan 2012

16.1 7.4 5.9

Feb 2012

16.5 7.3 5.8

Mar 2012

16.2 7.1 6.2

Apr 2012

16.6 7.0 6.3

May 2012

16.1 7.1 6.5

Jun 2012

16.2 7.2 6.2

Jul 2012

16.3 7.1 6.2

Aug 2012

16.7 7.0 5.8

Sep 2012

15.5 6.8 5.9

Oct 2012

16.0 6.8 5.9

Nov 2012

15.9 6.6 5.8

Dec 2012

16.5 6.7 5.9

Jan 2013

16.8 6.8 6.0

Feb 2013

16.3 6.5 5.7

Mar 2013

16.1 6.4 5.5

Apr 2013

16.3 6.4 5.5

May 2013

16.3 6.4 5.3

Jun 2013

16.0 6.5 5.4

Jul 2013

15.4 6.3 5.0

Aug 2013

15.7 6.2 5.0

Sep 2013

15.1 6.2 5.2

Oct 2013

14.8 6.2 5.5

Nov 2013

14.1 6.2 4.9

Dec 2013

13.4 5.8 5.1

Jan 2014

14.2 5.6 4.5

Feb 2014

14.5 5.8 4.5

Mar 2014

14.5 5.7 4.7

Apr 2014

13.0 5.4 4.6

May 2014

13.3 5.4 4.6

Jun 2014

13.1 5.1 4.5

Jul 2014

13.5 5.1 4.5

Aug 2014

13.2 5.3 4.5

Sep 2014

13.9 4.9 3.9

Oct 2014

12.6 4.8 4.1

Nov 2014

12.6 4.8 4.5

Dec 2014

12.2 4.7 3.9

Jan 2015

12.2 4.8 4.1

Feb 2015

11.9 4.6 4.2

Mar 2015

12.4 4.5 3.9

Apr 2015

11.7 4.7 4.0

May 2015

12.3 4.7 3.7

Jun 2015

11.9 4.3 3.7

Jul 2015

11.5 4.4 3.7

Aug 2015

11.1 4.3 3.8

Sep 2015

11.2 4.2 3.8

Oct 2015

10.9 4.3 3.5

Nov 2015

11.1 4.3 3.7

Dec 2015

11.1 4.3 3.2

Jan 2016

10.3 4.2 3.7

Feb 2016

10.5 4.2 3.8

Mar 2016

10.6 4.2 3.9

Apr 2016

10.9 4.3 3.7

May 2016

10.5 4.0 3.4

Jun 2016

10.6 4.2 3.6

Jul 2016

10.8 4.0 3.7

Aug 2016

10.3 4.2 3.6

Sep 2016

10.4 4.3 3.6

Oct 2016

10.3 4.2 3.7

Nov 2016

9.9 4.0 3.5

Dec 2016

9.8 4.0 3.5

Jan 2017

10.1 4.1 3.5

Feb 2017

9.8 4.1 3.4

Mar 2017

9.1 3.9 3.3

Apr 2017

9.4 3.8 3.2

May 2017

8.8 3.8 3.1

Jun 2017

9.1 3.8 3.2

Jul 2017

9.0 3.8 3.2

Aug 2017

9 3.9 3.2

Sep 2017

9.1 3.5 3.2

Oct 2017

9 3.4 3.1

Nov 2017

9.6 3.4 3.1

Dec 2017

8.9 3.4 3.3

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.