Chart: Black and Hispanic workers face higher rates of unemployment than similarly, and sometimes less educated, white workers: Unemployment rates by race and ethnicity and education, 2023

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Black and Hispanic workers face higher rates of unemployment than similarly, and sometimes less educated, white workers: Unemployment rates by race and ethnicity and education, 2023

	Black	White	Hispanic
Overall	5.7%	2.9%	4.6%
Less than HS	13.3%	7.4%	6.1%
High school	7.8%	3.8%	5.5%
Some college	5.0%	2.8%	3.8%
Bachelor’s degree	3.1%	2.2%	3.2%
Advanced degree	2.0%	1.7%	1.9%

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Notes: Race and ethnicity categories are mutually exclusive (i.e., white non-Hispanic, Black non-Hispanic, and Hispanic any race). Educational categories are mutually exclusive and represent the highest education level attained for all individuals ages 16 and older.

Source: Economic Policy Institute, State of Working America Data Library, [Unemployment by race and education], 2023.

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