US Unemployment

The BLS household survey showed that the US unemployment rate rose 10.3 percentage points in April 2020 to 14.7%. The unemployment rate for April 2020 is at a new high.

Unemployment Rate	April 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	14.7%	+10.3	+11.1

Unemployment Rate

Note: Recessions shown in gray

US Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in the United States in April 2020 is at a new high of 23,078,000. US employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	April 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	23,078,000	+15,938,000	+17,228,000

Unemployed Persons

US Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	National Unemployed Persons
April 2020	14.7%	23,078,000
March 2020	4.4%	7,140,000
February 2020	3.5%	5,787,000
January 2020	3.6%	5,892,000
December 2019	3.5%	5,753,000
November 2019	3.5%	5,811,000
October 2019	3.6%	5,857,000
September 2019	3.5%	5,753,000
August 2019	3.7%	5,999,000
July 2019	3.7%	6,027,000
June 2019	3.7%	5,985,000
May 2019	3.6%	5,938,000