ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/suppl/empsit.cpseea1.txt

The site above contains the data I show here.

It shows the unemployment rate for various years.

 HOUSEHOLD DATA
  HISTORICAL
 
 A-1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and over, 1969 to date
 
 (Numbers in thousands)
  
 
 Civilian labor force  
 
 
 Year  Civilian Employed Unemployed Not in 
 and noninsti- labor 
 month tutional Percent force 
 population Number of Percent Percent 
 population Number of Number  of 
 population labor 
 force 
  
  Annual averages
 
 
 1994 (1)..... 196,814 131,056 66.6 123,060 62.5 7,996 6.1 65,758 
 1995......... 198,584 132,304 66.6 124,900 62.9 7,404 5.6 66,280 
 1996......... 200,591 133,943 66.8 126,708 63.2 7,236 5.4 66,647 
 1997 (1)..... 203,133 136,297 67.1 129,558 63.8 6,739 4.9 66,836 
 1998 (1)..... 205,220 137,673 67.1 131,463 64.1 6,210 4.5 67,547 
 1999 (1)..... 207,753 139,368 67.1 133,488 64.3 5,880 4.2 68,385 
  
 2000 (1)..... 212,577 142,583 67.1 136,891 64.4 5,692 4.0 69,994 
 2001......... 215,092 143,734 66.8 136,933 63.7 6,801 4.7 71,359 
 2002......... 217,570 144,863 66.6 136,485 62.7 8,378 5.8 72,707 
 2003 (1)..... 221,168 146,510 66.2 137,736 62.3 8,774 6.0 74,658 
 2004 (1)..... 223,357 147,401 66.0 139,252 62.3 8,149 5.5 75,956