The number of women unemployed in June 2012 was 5,785,000, an increase of 780,000 from when Barack Obama was inaugurated in January 2009 – at that time, the number of unemployed women in the United States was 5,005,000

The number of unemployed is for women ages 16 and older in the civilian work force and is seasonally adjusted, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The BLS data also shows that the unemployment rate for women in June 2012 was 8.0%, up from 7.9% in May 2012. That’s also up from 7.0% in January 2009 when Obama became president.