Suprunyuck remained officially unemployed, but made a living driving his green Daewoo Lanos as an unlicensed taxi.

Some 20,000 people are officially unemployed, while 35,000 others are on "paid leave" from Zastava and its associated companies.

According to the Labor Department's latest numbers, from July, only 2.4 million full-time permanent jobs were open, with 14.5 million people officially unemployed.

Behind the Unrest "Remember that one-third of the active population, that's 300,000 people, is officially unemployed, and yet the city does not explode."

In 1933 his family starved during the Holodomor as he was not given ration cards because he was officially unemployed.

This swells the ranks of the officially unemployed and makes a monthly gain of 200,000 look even smaller.

The economy is going great guns, we're told, but nearly nine million Americans are officially unemployed, and the real tally of the jobless is much higher.

Having thrown in the towel, they are not counted among the officially unemployed.

In 2005, there were approximately 1,500 people officially employed in the district and less than 200 people officially unemployed.

To be counted as officially unemployed, a person must be out of work and actively searching for a job.