Is there an historical account of the percentage of unemployment during the Great Depression? If so, what was it?
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A. At the height of the Depression in 1933, 24.9% of the total work force or 11,385,000 people, were unemployed. Although farmers themselves technically were not unemployed, drastic drops in farm commodity prices resulted in farmers losing their lands and homes to foreclosure. See: http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/depres24.html# Click the question: Q. How high was unemployment during the Great Depression? The Answer comes up as a pop-up window.
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There is all kinds of stuff out there, just google it. Here is one site. http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/great-depression.htm Here is another. http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20030124ar03p1.htm
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