1. Find unemployment data (Table B-27.Civilian unemployment rate) for each year 2000 to present. Use three labor force groups: men 20 years and over, women 20 years and over, both sexes 16 to 19 years of age.
2. Present the result in your project as a table.

Year/Age	Men 20 & Above	Woman 20 & Above	Both Sexes 16-19
2000	3.3	3.6	13.1
2001	4.2	4.1	14.7
2002	5.3	5.1	16.5
2003	5.6	5.1	17.5
2004	5	4.9	7
2005	4.4	4.6	16.6
2006	4	4.1	15.4
2007	4.1	4	15.7
2008	5.4	4.9	18.7
2009	9.6	7.5	24.3
2010	9.8	8	25.9
2011	8.7	7.9	24.4
2012	7.5	7.3	24
2013	7	6.5	22.9
2014	5.7	5.6	19.6
2015	4.9	4.8	16.9
2016	4.5	4.4	15.7
2017	4	4	14
2018	3.6	3.5	12.9
2019	3.4	3.3	12.7
2020	7.4	8	17.9
2021	5.2	5	11.7

1. Find unemployment data (Table B-27.Civilian unemployment rate) for each year 2000 to present by educational attainment(25 years and over). Use the following groups: less than an high school diploma; high school graduates, no college; some college or associate degree; bachelor's degree and higher.
2. Present the result in your project as a table.

Year/Age	less than a high school diploma	high school graduates, no college	some college or associates degree	bachelor's degree and higher
2000	6.3	3.4	2.7	1.7
2001	7.2	4.2	3.3	2.3
2002	8.4	5.3	4.5	2.9
2003	8.8	5.5	4.8	3.1
2004	8.5	5.0	4.2	2.7
2005	7.6	4.7	3.9	2.3
2006	6.8	4.3	3.6	2.0
2007	7.1	4.4	3.6	2.0
2008	9	5.7	4.6	2.6
2009	14.6	9.7	8.0	4.6
2010	14.9	10.3	8.4	4.7
2011	14.1	9.4	8.0	4.3
2012	12.4	8.3	7.1	4.0
2013	11	7.5	6.4	3.7
2014	9	6.0	5.4	3.2
2015	8	5.4	4.5	2.6
2016	7.4	5.2	4.1	2.5
2017	6.5	4.6	3.8	2.3
2018	5.6	4.1	3.3	2.1
2019	5.4	3.7	3.0	2.1
2020	11.7	9.0	7.8	4.8
2021	8.3	6.2	5.1	3.1

1. Use the Economic Report of the President (Table B-28.Unemployment by duration and reason) to find data on the duration of unemployment for each year 2000 to present.
2. Present the result in your project as a table.

Year/Age	Unemployment	Less than 5 weeks	5-14 weeks	15-26 weeks	27 weeks and over	Average (mean) duration (weeks) 2	Median duration (weeks)
2000	5,692	2,558	1,815	669	649	12.6	5.9
2001	6,801	2,853	2,196	951	801	13.1	6.8
2002	8,378	2,893	2,580	1,369	1,535	16.6	9.1
2003	8,774	2,785	2,612	1,442	1,936	19.2	10.1
2004	8,149	2,696	2,382	1,293	1,779	19.6	9.8
2005	7,591	2,667	2,304	1,130	1,490	18.4	8.9
2006	7,001	2,614	2,121	1,031	1,235	16.8	8.3
2007	7,078	2,542	2,232	1,061	1,243	16.8	8.5
2008	8,924	2,932	2,804	1,427	1,761	17.9	9.4
2009	14,265	3,165	3,828	2,775	4,496	24.4	15.1
2010	14,825	2,771	3,267	2,371	6,415	33.0	21.4
2011	13,747	2,677	2,993	2,061	6,016	39.3	21.4
2012	12,506	2,644	2,866	1,859	5,136	39.4	19.3
2013	11,460	2,584	2,759	1,807	4,310	36.5	17.0
2014	9,617	2,471	2,432	1,497	3,218	33.7	14.0
2015	8,296	2,399	2,302	1,267	2,328	29.2	11.6
2016	7,751	2,362	2,226	1,158	2,005	27.5	10.6
2017	6,982	2,270	2,008	1,017	1,687	25.0	10.0
2018	6,314	2,170	1,876	917	1,350	22.7	9.3
2019	6,001	2,086	1,789	860	1,266	21.6	9.1
2020	12,947	3,708	4,728	2,516	1,995	16.5	9.7
2021	8,623	2,140	1,981	1,164	3,337	28.7	16.5

1. Which years had the highest and lowest unemployment rates? How do the rates compare among these groups?
2. Compare the unemployment rates by educational attainment. How do the rates compare among these groups? What relationship, if any, do you find?
3. Compare the distribution of unemployment by duration over these years. Which years had the highest and lowest unemployment duration? What relationship, if any, do you find?
4. Demographic studies show that the proportion of teenagers and minorities in the U.S. population is likely to increase in the near future. In your opinion, what implications, if any, will this trend have on the unemployment rate?
5. Please analyze and discuss the significance of the data that you received for this Data exercise.
6. Reflect on what you have learned from this exercise.