data.bls.gov 6.8 percent US employment rate from 2009-2011 the unemployment rate in 1968 was 3.6% BLS average annual unemployment rates around 1% annually unemployment decrease over the next several years unemployment averaged just 5.1 percent the unemployment rate in 1968 was 3.6% on an annual basis Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment calculator in the 1950s, unemployment averaged 4.5% average annual unemployment rates Unemployment Rates 8.1% for the overall population http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNU04000000... average annual unemployment rates annual unemployment rate average annual unemployment rates http://data.bls.gov... average annual unemployment rates http://data.bls.gov... average annual unemployment rates average annual unemployment rates the unemployment rate in 1968 was 3.6% Unemployment Rates Bureau of Labor Statistics remarkably similar historical snapshot 7.1 percent for the year 6.6 percent. near-record lows in unemployment average annual unemployment rates the unemployment rate in 1968 was 3.6% lowest levels dating to 1970 averaged just 5.1 percent unemployment was 9.6% in 1983 the unemployment rate in 1968 was 3.6% average annual unemployment rates IN THE EARLY 50’S UNEMPLOYMENT WAS AROUND 2.9% around 1% annually Unemployment Rates, annual averages, 1947 – 2012. 6.8 percent Bureau of Labor Statistics average annual unemployment rates average annual unemployment rates unemployment Unemployment Rates previous years average annual unemployment rates around 1% annually average annual unemployment rates average annual unemployment rates Unemployment Rates in 2010 unemployment rate fell from 6 percent to just 3 unemployment was 9.6% in 1983 unemployment rate on an annual basis 7.1 percent for the year Bureau of Labor Statistics Unemployment Rate 9.7% nationwide the unemployment rate in 1968 was 3.6% April 1947 to October 2002 rose and fell in waves 9.7% nationwide average annual unemployment rates