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June Unemployment by the Numbers
July 8, 2011 
 
 After more than two and a half years of the Obama Administration’s destructive policies—including theconstant threat of higher taxes, excessive regulations, and record spending—unemployment remainsstaggeringly high and is actually getting higher. Today’s labor report reiterates a sad fact that Americansalready know: the economic recovery has stalled and President Obama’s economic policies have failed.
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9.2%
: The unemployment rate for the month of June, the highest level in 2011 and the thirdstraight month the rate has increased. From March 2009 (the month after the stimulus passed)through June 2011, unemployment hasaveraged 9.5 percent. Prior to President Obama takingoffice, unemployment had not been above 9 percent in 28 years.
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29
: The number of consecutive months the unemployment rate has been at or above 8percent—the level the President said unemployment would never reach if the stimulus passed.Unemployment has not been above8 percentfor 29 consecutive months since the GreatDepression.
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14,087,000
: The number of unemployed Americans looking for work in the month of June, thehighest number of unemployed workers of any month in 2011. The number of unemployedeclipsed13 millionfor the first time in history two months after President Obama took office andhas remained above 13 million for 28 straight months.
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44,647,861
: The number of Americans receivingfood stamps, the highest number of recipientsin history. Today, 14 percent of Americans receive food stamps, an increase of 40 percent sincePresident Obama took office.
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39.9
: The averagenumber of weeksit takes for job seekers to find a job—the longest averagetime that Americans have been unemployed since the statistic was first recorded in 1948.
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8,552,000
: The number of Americans who are working only part-time because they cannot findfull time employment. The number of peopleworking part timefor economic reason reached 8million for the first time in history under President Obama and has remained above 8 million for29 consecutive months.
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6,289,000
: The number of Americans unemployed and searching for work for more than 27weeks. Since President Obama took office, the number of people unemployed for more than 27weeks has increased by134 percent.
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1,222,000
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The number of job seekers that are new to the workforce and have yet to find a job. The number of new workers who cannot find a job has been above 1 million for23 straightmonths.
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24.5%
: The unemployment rate among job seekers between the ages of 16 and 19. Youthunemployment has been above 24 percent for25 months, the longest streak since the GreatDepression.
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