Question

Suppose that in some state the civilian, non-institutionalized adult population is 4 million, the labor force participation rate is 75%, and 250,000 people are unemployed. What is the unemployment rate (to the nearest tenth, no % sign)?

Answer 1

Answer:

8.33%

Explanation:

The computation of the unemployment rate is shown below;

Before computing it, first we have to determine the labor force which is

As we know that

Labor force participation rate = Labor force ÷ Total non-institutionalized adult population

75% = Labor force ÷ 4,000,000

So, the labor force is

= 4,0000,000 × 0.75

= 3,000,000

Now unemployment rate is

= Unemployed people ÷ Labor force

= 250,000 ÷ 3,000,000

= 8.33%