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2. 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 a high school diploma; high school graduates, no college; some college or associate degree; bachelor's degree and higher.
a. Present the result in your project as a table.
b. Create one or more charts (line graph, bar graph, etc.).
3. 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.
a. Present the result in your project as a table.
b. Create one or more charts (line graph, bar graph, etc.).
Write a report (2 pages double-spaced) in your own words about the results you received.
TABLE B27: Civilian unemployment rate, 1977-2022 [Percent; monthly data seasonally adjusted]
By sex and age
By race or ethnicity
By educational attainment (25 years & over)
AI Year or month civilian Women's High Some workers White Asian plo degree higher
16.0
16.0
te
228 2021
8.0 33
342 8.6
3.6 9.4
6.8
2022:
60
3.2 1333
Unemployed as a percent of civilian labor force in the specified group.
2See footnote 1. Table B23.
3 Total unemployed plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part-time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force.
Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
Note: Data relate to persons 16 years of age and over, except as noted. See Note, Table B22
Source: Department of Labor (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
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