States with significant changes in the black unemployment rate and EPOP, 2013–2014

Unemployment rate EPOP
Arkansas -6.5 3.3
Indiana -4.6
Tennessee -3.6
Pennsylvania -3.5
Minnesota -3.5
Ohio -2.8 2.9
North Carolina -2.6
Illinois -2.6 2.3
Delaware -2.2 3.4
South Carolina -2.0
Louisiana -1.9 3.1
California -1.9 3.6
UNITED STATES -1.7 1.1
New York -1.6
Florida -1.6
Maryland -1.3
Missouri 3.2
Wisconsin 4.8 -4.5

Note: The figure shows only states that had a statistically significant change in the black unemployment rate between 2013 and 2014.

Due to insufficient sample sizes, data are available only for 30 states and the District of Columbia. EPOP stands for the employment-to-population ratio.

Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey data

View the underlying data on epi.org.