<page_title> Economic history of the United States </page_title> <section_title> Great Depression: 1929–1941 </section_title> <table> <cell> Unemployment (% of civilian work force) <col_header> Table 2: Depression Data </col_header> </cell> <cell> 13.9 <col_header> 1940 </col_header> </cell> </table>
In 1940, the unemployment rate was 13.9%.