The Share of Families With an Unemployed Person Fell to 11.5% in 2011

by Gary Kopycinski on April 26, 2012

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Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 26, 2012. In 2011, 11.5 percent of families included an unemployed person, falling from a peak of 12.4 percent in 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Of the nation’s 78.4 million families, 79.8 percent had at least one employed member in 2011.