I am surprised that no one has mentioned shadow stats yet. this is an excellent set of stats maintained privately: http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/une

I am surprised that no one has mentioned shadow stats yet. this is an excellent set of stats maintained privately: http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/unemployment-charts http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/unemployment-chart... he maintains it by following pre-clinton era methodology so its relatively less gamed.