Wednesday, November 9, 2011

U.S. Male Worker Jobless Rate Increases To 9.5 Percent Under Obama & GOP House of Representatives

The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all U.S. male workers over 16 years-of-age increased from 9.4 to 9.5 percent between September and October 2011 under the Democratic Obama Administration and the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives; while the unemployment rate for all Latino or Hispanic workers in the United states increased from 11.3 to 11.4 percent during the same period.

The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Black male workers over 20 years-of-age in the United States was still 16.2 percent in October 2011; while the unemployment rate in October 2011 for all Black workers was still 15.1 percent. The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Black youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 37.8 percent in October 2011; while the unemployment rate for Black women over 20 years-of-age was still 12.6 percent in October 2011.

The number of officially unemployed Black workers was still 2,720,000 in October 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 1,321,000 in October 2011. The number of jobless Black women workers over 20 years-of-age in October 2011 was still 1,164,000; and the number of unemployed Black youths between 16 and 19 years-of age was still 231,000 in October 2011.

Between September and October 2011, the number of unemployed Latino or Hispanic workers increased by 56,000 (from 2,604,000 to 2,660,000) according to the “seasonally adjusted” data; while the “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Latino or Hispanic male workers over 20 years-of-age also increased from 9.3 to 9.8 percent during the same period. The number of unemployed Latino or Hispanic male workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 66,000 (from 1,225,000 to 1,291,000) between September and October 2011, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data; while the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latina or Hispanic female workers in the United States was still 10.5 percent in October 2011.

According to the “not seasonally adjusted” data, the official unemployment rate for Latino or Hispanic youth between 16 and 19 years-of-age increased from 27.1 to 31 percent between September and October 2011; while the number of jobless Latino or Hispanic youths increased by 50,000 (from 257,000 to 307,000) during the same period. The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for white youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age also increased from 21.3 to 21.8 percent between September and October 2011; while the number of jobless white youths increased by 43,000 (from 1,006,000 to 1,047,000) during the same period.

The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white workers was still 8 percent in October 2011; while the number of officially unemployed white workers in the United States increased by 70,000 (from 9,951,000 to 10,021,000) between September and October 2011. The number of unemployed white male workers over 20 years-of-age also increased by 112,000 (from 5,034,000 to 5,146,000) between September and October 2011; while the official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for white male workers over 20 years-of-age increased from 7.7 to 7.9 percent during the same period. And in October 2011, the official total number of unemployed U.S. workers (male and female) over 16-years-of-age was still 13,897,000, according to the “seasonally adjusted” data.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ November 4, 2011 press release:

“…Government employment continued to trend down….In October, 2.6 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 967,000 discouraged workers in October…Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them…

“Construction employment declined by 20,000 in October…Government employment continued to trend down over the month (-24,000), with most of the October decline in the non-educational component of state government…”

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