The total number of unemployed is 7.5 million, based on recent statistics from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Unemployment reached a 17 - year high after another 128,000 joined the jobless ranks, meaning
the total number of unemployed is now 2.64 million.
In 2012, there was only 39 % of regular EI beneficiaries relative to
the total number of unemployed.
Not exact matches
By contrast, Latin America added fewer than 50,000 additional
unemployed to the global
number — or around 1 percent
of the
total increase in unemployment in 2013, the ILO noted.
The metro area increased its
total job
numbers by 1.3 percent, and its unemployment rate dropped by 1.1 percentage points, demonstrating strong growth, although that still leaves San Jose with an unimpressive 8.2 percent
of its workforce
unemployed.
Compared to 2012, the
total number of people
unemployed for over 12 months increased by 27k whilst the
number of people
unemployed for up to 6 months remained the same at 1.2 million.