Do you know the unemployment rate for people in your age group?

And how it compares to the average?

What about the unemployment rate for your ethnic group? Or gender? (African American/Male)

Check out this public website for the latest unemployment data available:https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln

Be sure to note that if you are looking at the unemployment numbers, these numbers are reported in thousands.So, you need to add a comma and three zeros to the number you see.

TheCurrent Population Survey (CPS)is a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, persons not in the labor force, hours of work, earnings, and other demographic and labor force characteristics.

Visit the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics website:https://www.bls.gov/cps/tables.htm#charunemand the site listed abovehttps://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln

1. Discuss 3 new things you learned from these employment sites and unemployment charts.