A more comprehensive look at unemployment rates: Unemployment rates for select workers by race/ethnicity and gender, Average of same 3 months prior year, January 2026, February 2026, and March 2026

 

characteristic Average of same 3 months prior year January 2026 February 2026  March 2026
White men 3.3% 3.3% 3.4% 3.2%
White women 3.3% 3.4% 3.2% 3.4%
Black men 6.2% 7.4% 7.0% 7.3%
Black women 5.4% 6.4% 7.1% 6.1%
Latinx men 4.4% 3.9% 4.5% 3.9%
Latinx women 4.7% 4.8% 5.0% 5.1%
Economic Policy Institute

Notes: Data are for workers ages 20 and older. Racial and ethnic categories are not mutually exclusive; white and Black data do not exclude Latinx workers of each race. Unemployment levels are labeled for February, November, and the peak in between.

Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Household Data Table A-2, and Table A-3.

View the underlying data on epi.org.