December 4, 2009

10%:  Unemployment rate for the month of November.

17.2%:  Rate of underemployment, accounting for the unemployed and those who are unable to find adequate work.

15,375,000: Unemployed Americans looking for work.

6,184,000:  Jobs lost since Nancy Pelosi was sworn in as Speaker of the House.

4.6%:  Unemployment rate when Nancy Pelosi was sworn in as Speaker of the House.

2,656,000:  The number of jobs lost from the economy since the Democrat "stimulus" was passed.

7.6%:  Unemployment rate when the Democrat stimulus was signed into law.

7.9%:  The level at which unemployment would peak if the stimulus was passed, according to President Obama.

9,246,000: People who are working only part-time because they cannot find full time employment.

2,323,000:  People who want work, but who have stopped looking because of the state of the economy.

1,548,000:  Number of unemployed in November who had been laid off from their job.

5,887,000:  People unemployed and searching for work for more than 27 weeks-the highest level ever.

1,266,000:  Job seekers that are new entrants to the workforce and have yet to find a job.

28.5:  Average number weeks job seekers are unemployed after losing their jobs-the highest number since the statistic was first recorded in 1948.

26.7%:  Unemployment rate among job seekers between the ages of 16 and 19.

15.6%:  Unemployment rate among African Americans.

12.7%:  Unemployment rate among Hispanics and Latinos.

15%:  Unemployment rate among job seekers without a high school degree.