Money | unemployment Jobless Outnumber Jobs, 6-1 Ratio hits worst level since recording began in 2000 By Polly Davis Doig Posted Sep 27, 2009 10:38 AM CDT Copied In this Sept. 10, 2009 photo, Robbin Williams, second left, of Moorestown, NJ, talks with recruiter Paul Doria, second right, at a job fair in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Even as the US pulls out of the recession, the ranks of the out-of-work have swelled to 14.5 million people, leaving six jobless people vying for every available job—the worst ratio since the Labor Department began keeping track in 2000. "There's too much uncertainty out there," says one economist who says with no surefire source of growth in sight, businesses aren't hiring. Read These Next It's a survival story fit for a sea shanty. Wondering how Cheryl Hines feels about all this? Wonder no more. It's the second-worst wildfire season ever for Canada. A fixture on TV for years, she was suffering in silence. Report an error