What was the number of unemployed Americans in 2007?

Answer 1

It is still 2009 so cannot be answered the way you ask the question.
Here is the government report (adding it up comes to
almost 20,000,000 out of work - with 180,000,000 working)

In August, the number of unemployed persons increased by 466,000

USING CURRENT FORMULA (Designed in 1995)
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Official Unemployed as of September 1 2009 ........................=14.9 million (9.7%)
The number of people who have lost jobs in last 9 months....= 7.4 million (up 4.8%)

Unemployed persons not counted in above number
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People unable to find a job but Not counted as unemployed.= 2.3 million (up 38%)
Discouraged workers because believe no jobs are available.= 0.7 million (Up 50%)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------= 3.0 million
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .True unemployment rate =17.9 million (16.85%)


The number Full time who lost hrs and are now Part time....= 9.1 million (up 6.3%)

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TOTAL of People out of work or Majorly adversly effected ...=26.9 million (17.5%)

Answer 2

As of October, 2009 the unemployment rate in the US was 10.2%. See the Related Link below.
According to the Tribune Washington Bureau's reporter, Peter Nicholas on November 27, 2009 the US unemployment rate was 10.2 % and nearly 16 million people were unemployed.

According to the U. S. Department of Labor , the unemployment rate for Sept. 2009 was 9.8%. For a complete, recent history of unemployment rates, see the Related Link below.

Answer 3

In June, 2009, there were 11. 6 million Americans who were unemployed. 23% of those had been unemployed for more than six months.

Answer 4

13.5 million Americans are unemployed and 5.4 receive unemployment benefits (Submitted Oct. 2009)

Answer 5

10 million