Unemployment Rate 2024 Usa Today. Unemployment claims dropped to 213,000 last week, down 6,000 claims from 219,000 the week prior on a seasonally adjusted basis. Unemployment rate for 2020 was 8.06%, a 4.39% increase from 2019.
The us economy added 142,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2% from 4.3%, according to friday data from the bureau of labor statistics. View more statistics from american community survey view more statistics from american community survey