Unemployment Rate. Current. Depression.

If you're wondering what the difference in the current unemployment rate is as compared the the unemployment rate during the depression, here you go.

Here is a link to a chart for the unemployment rate as of the end of June -- Click Here

For more information on the current unemployment rate, which is nearly 10%, Click HERE

The unemployment rate for the years 1923-29 was 3.3 percent. In 1931 it jumped to 15.9, in 1933 it was 24.9 percent. It then steadily decreased until 1941 when it stood at 9.9%. In 1942, after U.S. entry into World War II, the rate dropped to 4.7%. (Source: http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20030124ar03p1.htm)