Key figures
Unemployment rate
3.49%
% · 1969
Nonfarm payroll jobs
70,514,833
Jobs · 1969
Unemployed people
2,830,167
People · 1969
Historical data
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Unemployment rate
1960–19693.5%
BLS Current Population Survey, annual average. Source: FRED series UNRATE.
Sources: BEA, BLS, Census Bureau, EIA, FBI, USDA, NCES, U.S. Treasury and other federal agencies (via FRED where noted). National totals marked “Sum of the 50 states” add up official state figures.