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Employment\Unemployment - March 2000
Civilian Unemployment Rate
Selected Unemployment Rates
(Seasonally Adjusted)
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March
1999
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Feb
2000
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March
2000
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All Civilian Workers
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4.2%
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4.1%
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4.1%
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Adult Men
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3.3
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3.4
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3.3
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Adult Women
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3.9
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3.5
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3.6
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Teenagers
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14.2
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14.1
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13.3
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Whites
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3.6
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3.6
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3.6
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African-
Americans
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8.0
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7.8
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7.3
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Latinos
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6.0
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5.7
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6.3
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Manufacturing Workers
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3.5
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3.3
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3.9
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, "The Employment Situation:
March 2000"
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Nonfarm payroll employment jumped by a seasonally-adjusted 416,000
jobs in March. That was a big turnaround from February, when job growth
essentially stalled. Helping to boost the March payroll figure was
the creation of an estimated 117,000 temporary Census jobs.
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Average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory workers
in private industry rose 5 cents in March to $13.60. Manufacturing
earnings averaged $14.24. When overtime premiums are excluded, however,
the manufacturing average drops to $13.50. (All of these figures are
seasonally adjusted.
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