California unemployment rate history chart
Historical chart and data for the united states national unemployment rate back to 1948. Compares the level and annual rate of change. The current level of the U.S. national unemployment rate as of July 2019 is 3.70. Civilian unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted. Long description. No description available. Line chart with 8 lines. The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories. The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Percent. The chart below provides the Historical Employment Data overlaid on blue bars showing periods of official recessions. But defining the unemployment rate is more difficult than you would expect with different “levels” of Unemployment based on how long you have been unemployed and whether you have actually been looking for a job or not.