Black unemployment and skills-based underemployment are still too high: Black workers are twice as likely to be unemployed as white workers and black college grads are 28% more likely to be in a job that doesn't require a college degree
| Race/ethnicity | Rate |
|---|---|
| 0% | |
| Black | 6.4% |
| White | 3.1% |
| 0% | |
| Black | 3.5% |
| White | 2.2% |
| 0% | |
| Black | 39.4% |
| White | 30.9% |
Notes: Estimates are based on a 12-month average (July 2018–June 2019). “Black” includes blacks of Hispanic ethnicity. Whites are non-Hispanic. College graduates in the bottom panel include those with a bachelor’s degree or higher. See the methodology for how “college occupation” is defined.
Source: Authors’ analysis of Current Population Survey basic monthly microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau