July 09, 2007 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Unemployment rate in June 2007

The number of unemployed persons (6.9 million) was essentially unchanged in June, and the unemployment rate held at 4.5 percent.

Unemployment rate, September 2006-June 2007
[Chart data—TXT]

The jobless rate has ranged from 4.4 to 4.6 percent since September 2006.

Over the month, the unemployment rates for adult men (4.1 percent), adult women (3.9 percent), teenagers (15.8 percent), whites (4.0 percent), blacks (8.5 percent), and Hispanics (5.7 percent) showed little or no change.

These data are from the Current Population Survey program and are seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see "The Employment Situation: June 2007" (PDF) (TXT), news release USDL 07-1015.

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