WINTER OUTLOOK
AMERICAN UNEMPLOYED
CENSUS BUREAU FIGURES
TWO-ANP-HALF MILLION
United Tress Association—By Electric Tele-
graph—Copyright.
(Received 25th August, 11 a.m.)
WASHINGTON, 24th August,
The nation's unemployed numbered 2,508,151 when the Census was taken in April, the Census Bureau announced to-day. This was 2 per cent, of the country's total population, and 5.2 per cent.' of the estimated number of workers. -Five out of every 100 persons who wanted work were jobless.
The figures include only those without jobs, able to work, and seeking employment at the time the Census was taken. It does not include several other classes as those with jobs who were laid off without pay.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19300825.2.66
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 48, 25 August 1930, Page 9
Word Count
108WINTER OUTLOOK Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 48, 25 August 1930, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in