A more comprehensive look at unemployment rates: Unemployment rates for select workers by race/ethnicity and gender, December 2019 and December 2020
| December 2019 | December 2020 | |
|---|---|---|
| White men | 3.1% | 6.3% |
| White women | 2.9% | 6.8% |
| Black men | 6.7% | 12.1% |
| Black women | 5.6% | 10.9% |
| Latinx men | 4.0% | 9.7% |
| Latinx women | 4.7% | 11.4% |
Notes: Data are for workers ages 16 and older. Racial and ethnic categories are not mutually exclusive; white and Black data do not exclude Latinx workers of each race.
Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Current Population Survey (CPS) microdata.
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