Chart: Employment gains for blacks accelerated in 2015, indicating the recovery is not over yet: Percentage-point change in employment-to-population ratio, by race and ethnicity, 2013–2014 and 2014–2015 | Economic Policy Institute

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Employment gains for blacks accelerated in 2015, indicating the recovery is not over yet: Percentage-point change in employment-to-population ratio, by race and ethnicity, 2013–2014 and 2014–2015

Race/ethnicity	2014	2015
Black	1.1	1.4
Hispanic	1.2	0.4
White	0.3	0.2

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Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey public data series

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Employment gains for blacks accelerated in 2015, indicating the recovery is not over yet

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