New data released by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in May showed the unemployment rate for Black U.S. residents shrunk to a record-low 4.7 percent in April—the first time the rate fell below 5 percent since the department began tracking the statistic for Black individuals in 1972.
May 18, 2023
Apr 7, 2023 · The Black unemployment rate hit a record low in March, a milestone for a U.S. labor market that most policymakers and economists expect to ...
May 5, 2023 · The unemployment rate for Black Americans fell below 5% for the first time ever in April, after peaking at 16.8% in May 2020.
Overall Unemployment averaged 4.2% in 1999 -- the lowest since 1969. The unemployment rate for Hispanics (6.4%) and African-Americans (8%) are both the lowest ...
Feb 23, 2024 · In 2023, the unemployment rate of African Americans in the United States stood at 5.5 percent.
Apr 7, 2023 · Today, we learned that under President Biden, the unemployment rate for Black workers fell to a record low and the gap between Black and ...
Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Rate - Black or African American (LNS14000006) from Jan 1972 to Mar 2024 about African-American, ...
Apr 7, 2023 · A surge in labor market demand coming out of the pandemic has fueled one of the fastest jobs recoveries on record, sending the national ...
Apr 12, 2023 · The unemployment rate for Black Americans reached a historic low in Friday's jobs report but is still 1.5 percentage points higher than the ...
Low unemployment across the board led to a healthy yet still inequitable labor market. Key numbers • 2023 Q4. D.C. Highest Black-white unemployment ratio 4.7-to ...