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Unemployment rate at start of presidency Unemployment rate at end of presidency Change in unemployment rate during presidency (percentage points) Harry S. Truman (data available for 1948–1953 only) Democratic: 1945–1953 3.4% (for January 1948) 2.9% −0.5 (from January 1948 to January 1953) Dwight D. Eisenhower: Republican: 1953–1961 2.9% ...
The unemployment rate when Trump took office was 4.7%; when Trump left office, the unemployment rate was 6.3%, [211] which is above the median historical norm (5.6% is the median U.S. unemployment rate for all months since 1948). [212]
The Democratic presidents were in office for a total of 429 months, with 164,000 jobs per month added on average, while the Republicans were in office for 475 months, with a 61,000 jobs added per month average. The table below summarizes the results for the past seven presidents, with data through January 2021 for President Trump: [5]
The labor markets are another obvious source of anxiety. Yes, the unemployment rate sits at just 4.1%, only a bit higher than its multidecade low.
Like the unemployment level, the number of Americans collecting continuing unemployment benefits peaked at 23.1 million in early May 2020, only a few weeks into the pandemic’s initial burst.
US unemployment rate, 1973–1993. The United States entered recession in January 1980 and returned to growth six months later in July 1980. [1] Although recovery took hold, the unemployment rate remained unchanged through the start of a second recession in July 1981. [2] The downturn ended 16 months later, in November 1982. [1]
The state has yet to return to its pre-pandemic unemployment rate of about 3.5%, even as it leads the country in new jobs created. However, state economic experts say the unemployment rate is an ...
As of August 2011, Texas has an 8.2% unemployment rate. [22] [23] In comparison, the national unemployment rate was 9.1% in August 2011. [24] [25] [26] 25 states have a lower unemployment rate than Texas, and 25 states (including the District of Columbia) have a higher unemployment rate, meaning that Texas has median unemployment among U.S. states.