Discover how to get data and a data chart of the unemployment rate since 1987.
Scroll down looking for the "LATEST NUMBERS" link for "Unemployment Rate:"
Observe and note the month, year, and unemployment rate displayed.
Click on the little chart icon and observe the data chart and the data table.
See if you can figure out how to display a chart of the unemployment rate for some interesting time frame: since your birth, since World War II, since Reagan's presidency, since the 21st Century has commenced (Did the 21st Century start 1/1/2000 or 1/1/2001?).
Also check out the following table
What does this table A-15 tell you about
How bad is unemployment currently?
What should the unemployment rate be?