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Black and Hispanic New Yorkers faced higher rates of unemployment than white New Yorkers before, during and since the pandemic: New York unemployment rates by race and ethnicity, 2019-2022
| White | Black | Hispanic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3.40% | 6.60% | 4.90% |
| 2020 | 7.90% | 11.60% | 14.30% |
| 2021 | 5.20% | 10.20% | 9.50% |
| 2022 | 3.10% | 8.50% | 6.00% |
Note: Race and ethnicity categories are mutually exclusive (i.e., white non-Hispanic, Black non-Hispanic, and Hispanic any race).
Source: Economic Policy Institute (EPI) analysis of Current Population Survey basic monthly microdata, EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0.40 (2023), https://microdata.epi.org.
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