Family unemployment

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Thursday, March 24, 2011

In 2010, 12.4 percent of families included an unemployed person, up from 12.0
percent in 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The proportion
of families with an unemployed member in 2010 was at its highest level since the
data series began in 1994. Of the nation's 78.2 million families, 80.0 percent had
at least one employed member in 2010, down from 80.4 percent in 2009.

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