Chart: Unemployment rate, Mississippi compared with U.S., by race, 4th quarter 2012

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Unemployment rate, Mississippi compared with U.S., by race, 4th quarter 2012

	Mississippi	United States
All	8.7%	7.8%
White	5.4%	6.3%
Black	14.3%	14.0%

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Note: Races and ethnicities are presented in mutually exclusive categories, i.e., white refers to non-Hispanic whites and black refers to non-Hispanic blacks.

Source: Author's analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics and basic monthly Current Population Survey microdata

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Ongoing Joblessness in Mississippi: Unemployment rate for African Americans ninth in nation, more than double the state’s white rate

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