Cool Federal Job Statistics (Hannity Talked about)

Bureau of Labor Statistics ^

[FreeAtlanta]

Discouragement over job prospects in thousands...
Note the Clinton year highs vs. Dubyas.... also note, there are more employment age people today than at that time.

Series Id:                       LNU05026645 Not Seasonally Adjusted Series title:                    (Unadj) Not in Labor Force, Searched For Work and Available,                                  Discouraged Reasons For Not Currently Looking Labor force status:              Not in labor force Type of data:                    Number in thousands Age:                             16 years and over Job desires/not in labor force:  Want a job now Reasons not in labor force:      Discouragement over job prospects (Persons who believe no job is                                  available.)
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
1994	600	489	533	502	436	532	542	489	521	460	447	445	500
1995	440	439	454	385	398	364	456	410	341	412	401	425	410
1996	409	455	451	403	352	414	423	415	391	374	346	334	397
1997	397	364	356	379	338	353	311	311	328	302	331	345	343
1998	374	361	343	344	268	311	374	280	317	333	310	358	331
1999	339	271	295	245	256	220	290	265	289	271	272	267	273
2000	236	267	258	331	280	309	266	203	253	232	236	269	262
2001	301	287	349	349	328	294	310	337	285	331	328	348	321
2002	328	375	330	320	414	342	405	378	392	359	385	403	369
2003	449	450	474	437	482	478	470	503	388	462

[FreeAtlanta]

The BLS site is fast, cool and has all kinds of interesting statistics! Here is the link again Most Requested Statistics There are a lot of other cool ones on this site. Maybe some of you might want to poke around and post some stats you think are interesting.

[ClintonBeGone]

Could you translate? What's the gist of this point?

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

The numbers represent "Not in Labor Force, Searched For Work and Available, Discouraged Reasons For Not Currently Looking"

Surprisingly, the numbers are much worse for Clinton than for W.

Tom Daschle is deeply saddened...

[FreeAtlanta]

I am not really sure, but I thought it was cool that so many thought they couldn't find a job during Clinton's reign, and those numbers have not been matched during #43's term. I hear the liberal press bemoaning how people just don't feel there are jobs available, but they never, ever point out these stats!

The way they carry on I never would have thunk it.

[FreeAtlanta]

Ok, re-reading my post, thinking it was cool wasn't a good choice of words. Discouraged people is a sad thing and not cool, however, I did think it was interesting and further shows the left's hypocrisy.

[FreeAtlanta]

Good grief! Look at these numbers;

Series Id:           LNS14000006 Seasonal Adjusted Series title:        (Seas) Unemployment Rate - Black or African American Labor force status:  Unemployment rate Type of data:        Percent Age:                 16 years and over Race:                Black or African American
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
1993	14.1	13.5	13.7	14.0	13.1	13.4	12.7	12.3	12.5	11.8	12.6	11.7
1994	13.1	12.8	12.4	11.9	11.7	11.3	10.9	11.2	10.6	11.3	10.8	9.9
1995	10.3	10.1	9.7	10.7	10.0	10.7	10.9	11.1	11.1	10.0	9.7	10.2
1996	10.6	10.0	10.6	10.7	10.2	10.4	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.6	10.5
1997	10.8	10.7	10.5	10.2	10.3	10.8	9.5	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	10.0
1998	9.4	9.3	9.2	9.1	8.9	8.8	9.5	8.8	9.1	8.6	8.6	7.7
1999	7.7	8.2	8.0	7.8	7.4	7.7	8.7	7.8	8.6	8.4	8.0	7.8
2000	7.9	7.8	7.2	7.0	7.8	7.8	7.7	7.9	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.3
2001	8.2	7.5	8.2	8.0	7.9	8.4	8.1	9.2	8.9	9.6	9.8	10.0
2002	9.8	9.7	10.4	10.8	10.1	10.6	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.9	10.8	11.2
2003	10.3	10.5	10.2	10.9	10.8	11.8	11.1	10.9	11.2	11.5

I don't get these numbers, but I can see why there might be some animosity in the black community.

[FreeAtlanta]

Ok, I know I am appearing to have too much fun on this Gov. Statistics site. But, I really liked this one. It makes a great case for higher eduction...

Series Id:               LNS14027662
Seasonal Adjusted
Series title:            (Seas) Unemployment Rate - Bachelor?s degree and higher, 25 yrs. & over
Labor force status:      Unemployment rate
Type of data:            Percent
Age:                     25 years and over
Educational attainment:  College graduates

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
1993	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.0	2.9	2.8	2.6	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.8
1994	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.3
1995	2.4	2.3	2.5	2.7	2.5	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.4
1996	2.4	2.3	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3
1997	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.2	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	1.9	1.7	1.8
1998	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.7	1.9	1.9	1.8
1999	1.8	1.9	1.9	2.0	1.9	2.0	1.8	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
2000	1.8	1.6	1.7	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.9	1.9	1.6	1.5	1.5
2001	1.6	1.6	2.0	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.5	2.6	2.9	3.0
2002	2.9	2.8	2.8	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.8	2.9	3.0	2.9	2.9
2003	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.0

[Willie Green]

Looks to me like it bottomed out in Y2K and is rapidly trending upward.

[ClintonBeGone]

I don't get these numbers, but I can see why there might be some animosity in the black community.

Why? Clinton averaged 9.275 unemployment in this category, while Bush has averaged 10.75.

[FreeAtlanta]

I didn't mean against Bush and the Republicans. I meant in general.

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