Black Worker `Not Seasonally Adjusted' Unemployment Rate Increases To 14.3 Percent In January 2013

The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all Black workers in the United States increased from 13.7 to 14.3 percent between December 2012 and January 2013; while the total number of unemployed Black workers increased by 128,000 (from 2,518,000 to 2,656,000) during the same period, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ “not seasonally adjusted” data.

The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Black male workers over 20 years-of-age increased from 13.8 to 14.4 percent between December 2012 and January 2013; while the “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Black female workers over 20 years-of-age increased from 12.1 to 12.5 percent during the same period.

The number of unemployed Black male workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 60,000 (from 1,150,000 to 1,210,000) between December 2012 and January 2013, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data; while the number of jobless Black female workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 49,000 (from 1,140,000 to 1,189,000) during the same period. In addition, the number of unemployed Black youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age increased by 30,000 (from 228,000 to 258,000) between December 2012 and January 2013; while the official jobless rate for Black youths increased from 38 to 39.6 percent during the same period, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data.

The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for white youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age also increased from 19.6 to 21.5 percent between December 2012 and January 2013; while the number of unemployed white youths increased by 81,000 (from 853,000 to 934,000) during the same period, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data. In addition, the “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for white male workers over 20 years-of-age jumped from 6.4 to 7.6 percent between December 2012 and January 2013; while the “not seasonally adjusted” number of jobless white male workers over 20 years-of-age jumped by 771,000 (from 4,148,000 to 4,919,000) during the same period.

For white female workers over 20 years-of age, the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate increased from 5.9 to 6.6 percent between December 2012 and January 2013; while the number of unemployed white female workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 371,000 (from 3,191,000 to 3,562,000) during the same period, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data. In addition, the official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all white workers in the United States (male, female and youth) jumped from 6.6 to 7.6 percent between December 2012 and January 2013; while the total number of jobless white workers in the United States jumped by over 1.2 million (from 8,191,000 to 9,415,000) during the same period, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” statistics.

According to the “not seasonally adjusted” data, the unemployment rate for Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age jumped from 8.4 to 9.7 percent between December 2012 and January 2013; while the number of jobless Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 175,000 (from 1,134,000 to 1,309,000) during the same period. The “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Latina female workers over 20 years-of-age also increased from 9.4 to 9.9 percent between December 2012 and January 2013; while the “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latino youth between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 26.5 percent in January 2013.

According to the “not seasonally adjusted” data, the official jobless rate for all Latino workers in the United States (male, female and youth) jumped from 9.6 to 10.5 percent between December 2012 and January 2013; while the total number of unemployed Latino workers in the United States (male, female and youth) increased by 228,000 (from 2,350,000 to 2,578,000) between December 2012 and January 2013, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” statistics. In addition, 548,000 Asian-American workers were still unemployed in January 2013, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data; and the jobless rate for Asian-American workers was still 6.5 percent during that same month.

The official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all female workers in the United States over 16 years-of-age increased from 7.3 to 7.9 percent between December 2012 and January 2013; while the total number of unemployed female workers over 16 years-of-age increased by 414,000 (from 5,341,000 to 5,755,000) during the same period, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data. In addition, the “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for female workers over 20 years-of-age increased from 6.9 to 7.4 percent between December 2012 and January 2013; while the number of jobless female workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 361,000 (from 4,828,000 to 5,189,000) during the same period, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data.

The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age in the United States increased from 22 to 24.2 percent between December 2012 and January 2013; while the “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all male workers in the United States over 16 years-of-age increased from 7.9 to 9 percent during that same period.

Between December 2012 and January 2013, the total number of unemployed U.S. workers jumped by 1,337,000 (from 11,844,000 to 13,181,000) according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data, while the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for all U.S. workers jumped from 7.6 to 8.5 during that same period.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ February 1, 2013 press release:

“In January, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was about unchanged at 4.7 million and accounted for 38.1 percent of the unemployed…

"The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons, at 8.0 million, changed little in January. 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 January, 2.4 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 804,000 discouraged workers in January… Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them…

“…In January…[there was] a loss of 8,000 jobs in nursing and residential care facilities…Employment edged down in transportation and warehousing in January (-14,000). Couriers and messengers lost 19,000 jobs over the month…Air transportation employment decreased by 5,000 in January…Manufacturing employment was essentially unchanged in January…Employment in…financial activities, professional and businesses services, leisure and hospitality, and government, showed little change over the month…”