<P> After being higher in the postwar period, the U.S. unemployment rate fell below the rising eurozone unemployment rate in the mid-1980s and has remained significantly lower almost continuously since . In 1955, 55% of Americans worked in services, between 30% and 35% in industry, and between 10% and 15% in agriculture . By 1980, over 65% were employed in services, between 25% and 30% in industry, and less than 5% in agriculture . Male unemployment continued to be significantly higher than those of females (at 9.8% vs. 7.5% in 2009). The unemployment among Caucasians continues being much lower than those for African - Americans (at 8.5% vs. 15.8% also in 2009). </P> <P> The youth unemployment rate was 18.5% in July 2009, the highest rate in that month since 1948 . The unemployment rate of young African Americans was 28.2% in May 2013 . The unemployment rate for the city of Detroit is officially 27%, but Detroit News suggests that nearly half of that city's working - age population may be unemployed . </P> <P> US employment, as estimated in 2012, is divided into 79.7% in the service sector, 19.2% in the manufacturing sector, and 1.1% in the agriculture sector . </P> <P> United States non-farm employment by industry sector February 2013 . </P>

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