Black Male Worker Unemployment Rate Increases To 14 Percent In September 2013

The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Black male workers over 20 years-of-age in the United States increased from 13.5 to 14 percent between August and September 2013; while the official number of unemployed Black male workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 72,000 (from 1,120,000 to 1,192,000) during that same period. In addition, the number of Black female workers over 20 years-of-age in the U.S. labor force decreased by 29,000 (from 9,450,000 to 9,421,000) between August and September 2013; while the official jobless rate for Black female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 10 percent in September 2013.

The official unemployment rate for Black youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 35.1 percent in September 2013; while the official number of unemployed Black youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 263,000 during that same month. In addition, the official jobless rate for all Black workers (youth, male and female) was still 12.9 percent in September 2013; while the total number of jobless Black workers in the United States during that same month was still 2,402,000.

The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Latino youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 25.8 percent in September 2013: while the number of unemployed Latino youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by 88,,000 (from 919,000 to 831,000) between August and September 2013, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data. In addition, the number of Latino youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age in the U.S. labor force decreased by 164,000 (from 1,284,000 to 1,120,000) during the same period.

The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Latina female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 8.1 percent in September 2013; while the number of unemployed Latina female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 798,000 during that same month.

The number of Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by 43,000 (from 12,799,000 to 12,756,000) between August and September 2013, according to the “not seasonally adjusted” data; while the number of Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age in the U.S. labor force decreased by 113,000 (from 13,894,000 to 13,782,000) during that same period. And the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latino male workers over 20 years-of-age was still 7.4 percent in September 2013.

According to the “seasonally adjusted” data, the total number of all Latino workers in the United States (male, female and youth) who still had jobs decreased by 14,000 (from 22,612,000 to 22,598,000) between August and September 2013; while the total number of Latino workers in the U.S. labor force decreased by 116,000 (from 24,942,000 to 24,826,000) during that same period. In addition the official “seasonally adjusted jobless rate for all Latino workers (male, female and youth) was still 9 percent in September 2013; while the total number of unemployed Latino workers was still 2,228,000 during that same month..

The official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for white youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 19.3 percent in September 2013; while the official unemployment rate for all white workers (youth, male and female) was still 6.3 percent during that same month. In addition, between August and September 2013, the total number of white workers in the United States who still had jobs decreased by 76,000 (from 115,464,000 to 115,388)); while the number of white workers in the U.S. labor force dropped by 199,000 (from 123,378,000 to 123,179,000).

Between August and September 2013, the number of white female workers over 20 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by 209,000 (from 51,494,000 to 51,285,000); while the number of unemployed white female workers over 20 years-of-age increased by 14,000 (from 2,980,000 to 2,994,000) during that same period. In addition, the number of white female workers over 20 years-of-age in the U.S. labor force decreased by 195,000 (from 54,474,000 to 54,279,000) between August and September 2013; while the official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for white female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 5.5 percent in September 2013.

The number of white male workers over 20 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by 8,000 (from 60,416,000 to 60,408,000) between August and September 2013; while the number of white male workers over 20 years-of-age in the U.S. labor force decreased by 110,000 (from 64,433,000 to 64,323,000) during the same period. In addition, the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white male workers over 20 years-of-age was still 6.1 percent in September 2013; while 3,915,000 white male workers over 20 years-of-age were still unemployed during that same month.

The official “not seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for Asian-American workers in the United States increased from 5.1 to 5.3 percent between August and September 2013; while the “not seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed Asian-American workers increased by 17,000 (from 441,000 to 458,000) during that same period.

In September 2013, the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age was still 21.4 percent; while the official jobless rate for all female workers over 16 years-of-age in the United States was still 6.7. percent during that same month. In addition, the official unemployment rate for all male workers over 16 years-of-age in the United States was still 7.7 percent in September 2013.

Between August and September 2013, the number of female workers over 20 years-of-age who still had jobs decreased by 168,000 (from 65,750,000 to 65,582,000); while the number of female workers over 20 years-of-age in the U.S. labor force decreased by 204,000 (from 70,140,000 to 69,936,000) during that same period. In addition, the official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all female workers over 20 years-of-age was still 6.2 percent in September 2013; while the jobless rate for all male workers over 20 years-of-age in the United States was still 7.1 percent during that same month.

The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for all U.S. workers was still 7.2 percent in September 2013; while the official total number of unemployed workers in the United States was still 11,255,000 during that same month. In addition, the total number of people not in the U.S. labor force increased by 132,000 (from 90,473,000 to 90,609,000) between August and September 2013.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ October 22,, 2013 press release:

“…The unemployment rate, at 7.2 percent, changed little in September…The number of unemployed persons, at 11.3 million, was also little changed over the month…In September, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was little changed at 4.1 million. These individuals accounted for 36.9 percent of the unemployed…The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was unchanged at 7.9 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, 2.3 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 852,000 discouraged workers in September…Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them…

“…Employment in…mining and logging, manufacturing, information, and government, showed little change in September…The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for July was revised from +104,000 to +89,000…”