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U.S. Historical Unemployment by President

President Years Served Avg Unemployment % Avg Interest Rate %
Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960 5.11 2.62
John F. Kennedy 1961,1962,1963 5.97 2.61
Lyndon B. Johnson 1964,1965,1966,1967,1968 4.17 4.51
Richard Nixon 1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974 5.09 7.29
Gerald Ford 1975,1976 8.09 5.44
Jimmy Carter 1977,1978,1979,1980 6.54 9.51
Ronald Reagan 1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988 7.54 9.64
George H. W. Bush 1989,1990,1991,1992 6.31 6.63
Bill Clinton 1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000 5.21 5.05
George W. Bush 2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008 5.27 2.90
Barack Obama 2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016 7.45 0.16
Donald Trump 2017,2018,2019,2020 5.01 1.32
Joe Biden 2021,2022,2023,2024 4.13 2.99
Donald Trump 2025 4.20 4.21