Unemployment rate: 6.2 % (2021-02-28)
Reporting and findings
- documented
Unemployment rate: 6.2 %, period ending 2021-02-28. Population: U.S. civilian noninstitutional labor force, age 16 and over. Original source observation, dated at period end.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Unemployment rate [UNRATE] via FREDUNRATE; 2021-02-01 through 2021-02-28; source observation; retrieved 2026-09-21
Summary and current status
Observed economic data
People and organizations
- Donald J. TrumpSubject of the cross-administration economic comparison
Figures
Unemployment rate6.2 % Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- U.S. civilian noninstitutional labor force, age 16 and over
- Period
- 2021-02-01 to 2021-02-28
- As of
- 2021-02-28
- Method
- Original source observation, dated at period end. Source retrieval: 2026-09-21.
- Uncertainty
- Seasonally adjusted U-3 unemployment. Does not measure involuntary part-time work or everyone who has stopped looking for a job.