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What=E2=80=99s the unemployment rate?
The monthly unemployment rate released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (B=
LS) is one of the most widely used gauges of how the job market is holding =
up. The BLS [calculates the rate]([link removed]
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viding the number of unemployed people who are looking for work by the tota=
l labor force. The rate was 4.2% in June, down 0.1 percentage point from th=
e month before.
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Many states had rates above the national average. California, Washington, O=
regon and Connecticut had the highest unemployment rates at 5.2%. The Dakot=
as had the lowest rates: 2.0% in South Dakota and 2.3% in North Dakota.
[Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate]([link removed]
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Alabama and Kentucky had the largest rate increases from May to June, risin=
g from 3.0% to 3.2% and from 4.5% to 4.7%, respectively.
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The BLS has several other measures to track unemployment, including discour=
aged workers who haven't sought jobs because they don't believe any are ava=
ilable to them. See all the measures (do you/have you ever counted yourself=
among them?) and explore your state=E2=80=99s data [in the article](https:=
//usafacts.org/answers/what-is-the-unemployment-rate/country/united-states/=
?utm_content=3Dsection2_text).
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=E2=80=9CWhy aren=E2=80=99t these facts more current?=E2=80=9D
[Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate]([link removed]
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That=E2=80=99s a question we recently received from a reader. And it=E2=80=
=99s a very good one. It takes a long time for government agencies to colle=
ct and share data. That=E2=80=99s a little understandable given the size an=
d scope of government programs. But, like this astute reader, we think it t=
akes too long. You can=E2=80=99t plan for tomorrow with data from two years=
ago, but that=E2=80=99s often the most recent data available.
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information, faster. [Sign your name]([link removed]
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Congress and tell lawmakers to modernize government data collection. This i=
s bigger than one report or one agency. This data could do so much more.
Everyday Americans, agencies, and lawmakers all have a role to play in buil=
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Mapping homelessness across cities
Just over 50% of the nation=E2=80=99s homeless population lives in, or near=
, the country=E2=80=99s 50 biggest cities. This data comes from the Departm=
ent of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)=E2=80=99s annual Point-in-Time C=
ount, a one-night January tally of people in shelters or without shelter. H=
ere=E2=80=99s more about how the count works and [what the latest data show=
s]([link removed]
essness/?utm_content=3Dsection1_text).
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HUD divides the US into 386 continuums of care (CoC), which are groups of l=
ocal nonprofits, hospitals, law enforcement, mental health providers, and m=
any others, that coordinate homelessness services. Some cover one city, oth=
ers span wide areas.
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About 745,652 people were homeless in January 2025.
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The CoCs containing New York City and Los Angeles had the largest homeless =
populations, at 125,683 and 67,777 people, respectively. These are also the=
two most populous cities in the country.=C2=A0
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The data is divided into whether someone is sheltered (such as in emergency=
shelters and transitional housing) or unsheltered. About 34.5% of LA=E2=80=
=99s homeless population was sheltered, compared with 96.3% in New York Cit=
y.
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Seven of the 10 major-city CoCs with the highest unsheltered rates were in =
California. These included, among others, Long Beach, San Jose/Santa Clara,=
and San Diego. Among these, the rates of homeless people without shelter r=
anged from 71.4% in Long Beach to 56.4% in Sacramento.
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Boston, New York City, Milwaukee, Memphis, and Baltimore had the highest ra=
tes of homeless people with shelter, all above 90%. Colder-climate cities t=
end to have more sheltered people during the January count.
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Data behind the news
The Federal Reserve voted to leave interest rates in a range between 3.5% a=
nd 3.75% last week. Learn more about the Fed [in this video with Steve Ball=
mer]([link removed]
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Five states ranging as far and wide as Washington to Michigan to Virginia a=
re holding primaries on August 4. How red or blue have these states [voted =
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One last fact
[Highways receive the highest share of water and transportation spending](h=
ttps://usafacts.org/articles/how-much-does-the-government-spend-on-transpor=
tation-and-water-infrastructure/?utm_content=3Donelastfact_chart)
In 2023, the largest share of government [transportation and water infrastr=
ucture spending]([link removed]
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t_text) was for the nation=E2=80=99s highways ($249.16 billion). Water util=
ities came in second ($172.84 billion), followed by mass transit and rail (=
$99.21 billion).=E2=80=AF
Why are water utilities including and transportation spending measured toge=
ther? That=E2=80=99s because they=E2=80=99re both [basic infrastructure](ht=
tps://usafacts.org/articles/transportation-infrastructure-government-spendi=
ng-explained/?utm_content=3Donelastfact_text) subcategories and are mainly =
funded through the public sector. Both involve large, long-lived physical a=
ssets managed largely by governments, so they use similar methods to measur=
e the infrastructure=E2=80=99s value and how it depreciates over time.
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