Total unemployment 8.3%

Total unemployed persons            23.5M

• Unemployed                      12.8M
• Part time, prefer full time     8.1M
• Marginally attached             2.6M (Want work, not working in past twelve months)

Total labor force 154.4M

Employment/population ratio 58.6%

Long term unemployed (27 weeks or more) 5.4M

Highest unemployment by age 23.8% (m and f ages 16-19)

Lowest unemployment by age 5.9% (m and f ages 55 and over)

Unemployment by race: 7.3% whites; 14.1% blacks

Unemployment by race ages 16-19: 21.3% whites; 34.7% blacks

Unemployment by education (25 years or older)

• Less than high school 12.9%
• High school, no college 8.3%
• Some college 7.3%
• Bachelors or higher 4.2%

Source:  Bureau of Labor Statistics