As seen in the chart, these rates are also still higher than pre-pandemic rates. Dr. William Spriggs, the chief economist of the AFL-CIO, tweeted that "though the Black unemployment rate fell ...

The following chart highlights aggregate household ... Hispanic unemployment remained 60% higher than white unemployment, while Black unemployment rose from 60% higher to 90% higher," EPI wrote.

Black males who were at least 20 years old saw an unemployment rate of 5.3% in January, up from 4.6% in December. By comparison, white men saw a jobless rate of just 3.3% in January, holding ...

Black women saw a decline in the unemployment rate in December, as it slipped to 5.4%. That is an improvement from November’s ...

The numbers were higher than expected. Unemployment was 3.7%, which is near a 50-year low. The economy added 216,000 jobs. One notable number was that Black unemployment was 5.2%, 40% higher than ...

The overall labor force participation rate edged lower to 62.5%. The unemployment rate climbed sharply for Black women in November. The overall jobless rate edged up slightly last month to 4.2% ...

The unemployment rate slipped to 5.4% for Black women last month, reflecting an improvement from November’s rate of 5.9%. Hispanic men also saw an improvement in the jobless rate in December ...