Black Female Worker `Not Seasonally Adjusted" Unemployment Rate Increases To 13.2 Percent In August 2012

The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Black female workers over 20 years-of-age in the United States increased from 12.7 to 13.2 percent between July and August 2012; while the number of unemployed Black female workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 64,000 (from 1,190,000 to 1,254,000) during the same period, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics “not seasonally adjusted” data.http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t02.htm

The “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Black youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age increased from 38.1 to 38.8 percent between July and August 2012; while the number of Black youths who still had jobs decreased by 142,000 (from 604,000 to 462,000) during the same period. In addition, the “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all Black workers in the United States (female, male, and youth) was still 14.5 percent in August 2012; while the “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Black male workers over 20 years-of-age was still 13.8 percent during the same month.

The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Latina female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 10.3 percent in August 2012; while the number of Latina female workers over 20 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by 33,000 (from 8,788,000 to 8,745,000) during the same month, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data.

The “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latino youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 29 percent in August 2012; while the number of Latino youths who still had jobs decreased by 118,000 (from 979,000 to 861,000) between July and August 2012. In addition, the “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all Latino workers in the United States (female, male and youth) was still 10.1 percent in August 2012; while the “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age was still 8.1 percent during the same month.

The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age increased from 21.7 to 22 percent between July and August 2012; while the number of white youths who still had jobs decreased by 579,000 (from 4,553,000 to 3,974,000) during the same period, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data.

The “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all white workers in the United States (female, male and youth) was still 7.2 percent in August 2012; while the number of white workers who still had jobs decreased by 360,000 (from 115,255,000 to 114,895,000) during the same month, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data. The “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 6.9 percent in August 2012; while the number of white male workers over 20 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by 150,000 (from 60,588,000 to 60,438,000) between July and August 2012, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data. In addition, the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Asian-American workers in the United States was still 5.9 percent in August 2012; while the number of Asian-American workers who still had jobs decreased by 136,000 (from 7,830,000 to 7,694,000) between July and August 2012, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data.

The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all female workers over 16 years-of-age in the United States (Black, Latino, Asian-American and white) was still 8.4 percent in August 2012; while the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all male workers over 16 years-of-age was still 8 percent in the same month. In addition, the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all workers in the United States was still 8.2 in August 2012; while the “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white male workers over 20 years-of-age was still 6.3 percent in the same month. And between July and August 2012 the total “not seasonally adjusted” number of U.S. workers who still had jobs decreased by 568,000 (from 143,126,000 to 142,558,000); and 12,696,000 U.S. workers were still officially unemployed.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ September 7, 2012 press release:

“…In August, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was little changed at 5.0 million. These individuals accounted for 40.0 percent of the unemployed…Both the civilian labor force (154.6 million) and the labor force participation rate (63.5 percent) declined in August…The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was little changed at 8.0 million in August. 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 August, 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 844,000 discouraged workers in August…Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them…

“…Employment in temporary help services changed little over the month and has shown little movement, on net, since February.

“Manufacturing employment edged down in August (-15,000). A decline in motor vehicles and parts (-8,000) partially offset a gain in July…Employment in other major industries, including mining and logging, construction, retail trade, transportation and warehousing, information and government, showed little change over the month…
“…In August, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees edged down by 1 cent to $19.75…The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for June was revised from +64,000 to +45,000, and the change for July was revised from +163,000 to +141,000…”