Pre And Post Coronavirus Unemployment Rates By State, Industry, Age Group, And Race. ByMike Patton, ... which saw unemployment rise from 4.2% to 15.1% during the same period.

California’s unemployment rate rose to 15.5 percent in April as the economy shut down to contain the coronavirus. The news could put pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom to end the lockdown order.

The new jobs report show the first impacts of the outbreak on the labor market. The coronavirus pandemic has quickly evolved from a health crisis to a financial one, shuttering businesses ...

During the Great Depression, the unemployment rate peaked at 24.9% in 1933, according to BLS. Back then, only annual data was recorded. It will get worse before it gets better ...

In January 2020, before the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were felt in the U.S., Chicago's unemployment rate was just 3.5%. Over the months since, the city has shed nearly half a million jobs.

The U.S. Latino population has seen the highest rate of job loss so far in the coronavirus recession. This phenomenon underscores persisting social inequalities that make minorities more ...

U.S. unemployment rate fell to 13.3% and the economy gained 2.5 million jobs in May.

Coronavirus could mean 20% unemployment rate without government action: Mnuchin Rate could near levels seen during the Great Depression if the government does not intervene, Treasury secretary says ...

Colorado ranks nearly dead last when comparing which state's unemployment rates are bouncing back most during the COVID-19 crisis, according to a new WalletHub study released Tuesday.

The only time the unemployment rate has been over 20% in modern American history was in a four-year period from 1932 to 1935 — right in the teeth of the Great Depression. During that time, the ...