Black Male Worker Jobless Rate 16.8 Percent Under Obama & GOP House of Representatives

The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Black male workers over 20 years-of-age in the United States was still 16.8 percent in September 2011 under the Democratic Obama Administration and the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives; while the unemployment rate in September 2011 for all Black workers was still 16 percent. The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Black youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 44.2 percent in September 2011; while the unemployment rate for Black women over 20 years-of-age was still 13.2 percent September 2011.

The number of officially unemployed Black workers was still 2,893,000 in September 2011, according to the “seasonally adjusted” data; while the number of officially unemployed Black male workers over 20 years-of-age in the United States was still 1,372,000 in September 2011. The number of jobless Black women workers over 20 years-of-age in September 2011 was still 1,227,000; and the number of unemployed Black youths between 16 and 19 years-of age increased by 3,000 (from 291,000 to 294,000) between August and September 2011.

In September 2011, the official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latino or Hispanic workers in the United States remained at 11.3 percent; while the number of unemployed Latino or Hispanic workers increased by 19,000 (from 2,585,000 to 2,604,000) between August and September 2011. The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Latino or Hispanic male workers over 20 years-of-age also increased from 8.9 to 9.3 percent between August and September 2011; while the number of unemployed Latino or Hispanic male workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 56,000 (from 1,169,000 to 1,225,000) during the same period. The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latina or Hispanic female workers in the United States was also still 11.2 percent in September 2011. And according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data, the official unemployment rate for Latino or Hispanic youth between 16 and 19-years-of-age was still 27.1 in September 2011; while the number of jobless Latino or Hispanic youths in September 2011 was still 257,000, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data. The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for white youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 21.3 percent in September 2011.

Between August and September 2011, the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Asian-American workers jumped from 7.1 to 7.8 percent; while the number of unemployed Asian-American workers increased by 50,000 (from 517,000 to 577,000) during the same period.

The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white workers was still 8 percent in September 2011; while the number of officially unemployed white workers in the United States increased by 19,000 (from 9,932,000 to 9,951,000) between August and September 2011. The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for white female workers over 20 years-of-age also increased from 7 to 7.1 percent between August and September 2011; while the number of unemployed white female workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 83,000 (from 3,828,000 to 3,911,000) during this same period. The number of unemployed white male workers over 20 years-of-age also increased by 37,000 (from 4,997,000 to 5,034,000) between August and September 2011; while the official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for white male workers over 20 years-of-age was still 7.7 percent in September 2011.

For all U.S. workers (male and female) over 16 years-of-age, the official "seasonally adjusted" unemployment rate was still 9.1 percent in September 2011; while the jobless rate for U.S. female workers over 16 years-of-age increased from 8.5 to 8.7 percent between August and September 2011. The official jobless rate for U.S. male workers over 16 years-of-age was still 9.4 percent in September 2011; while the number of unemployed U.S. female workers over 16 years-of-age increased by 119,000 (from 6,114,000 to 6,233,000) between August and September 2011. In addition, the jobless rate for U.S. female workers over 20 years-of-age increased from 8 to 8.1 percent between August and September 2011; while the number of unemployed female workers over 20 years-of-age in the United States also increased by 150,000 (from 5,472,000 to 5,622,000) during this same period. And between August and September 2011, the official total number of unemployed U.S. workers over 16-years-of-age increased by 25,000 (from 13,967,000 to 13,992,000), according to the “seasonally adjusted” data.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ October 7, 2011 press release:

“Government employment continued to trend down….The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) was 6.2 million in September. These individuals accounted for 44.6 percent of the unemployed…

“The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) rose to 9.3 million in September. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job...

“In September, about 2.5 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force… These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey…Among the marginally attached, there were 1 million discouraged workers in September. Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them…

“Manufacturing employment changed little in September (-13,000) and has been essentially flat for the past 2 months…Within retail trade, employment declined in electronic and appliance stores (-9,000) in September…Government employment continued to trend down over the month (-34,000). The U.S. Postal Service continued to lose jobs (-5,000). Local government employment declined by 35,000..."