Figure 23.

Unemployment rates of persons 25 to 64 years old, by highest level of educational attainment: 2011

1 The unemployment rate is the percentage of individuals in the civilian labor force who are not working and who made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the prior 4 weeks. 2 Includes equivalency credentials, such as the General Educational Development (GED) credential. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2011, previously unpublished tabulations (November 2012).