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U.S. Unemployment Rate

U.S. Unemployment Rate

This image shows the unemployment rates by county throughout the United States in 2008. The unemployment rate is the percentage of unemployment calculated by dividing the number of unemployed individuals by the number of individuals currently employed in the labor force.

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