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Report | Program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy (PREE)

Distressed States

Report • By Mary Gable, Doug Hall, and Algernon Austin • April 28, 2011

The unemployment rate for some minority workers is significantly higher than that for white workers in a number of states, including Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Michigan, Mississippi, and North Carolina.

Distressed Louisiana: Recovery uneven as unemployment remains high among African Americans

Distressed Texas: Unemployment high among African Americans and Hispanics in an uneven jobs recovery

Distressed New Mexico: An ongoing and uneven unemployment crisis

Distressed Michigan: Unemployment rate for African Americans more than double that of whites

Distressed Mississippi: Unemployment rate for African American workers is signifi cantly higher than that for whites

Distressed North Carolina: Unemployment rate higher for African Americans in uneven jobs recovery


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